Bolingbrook St. Baldrick's Event Raises Second-Highest Total in State

About 2,000 people celebrated raising $170,000 for St. Baldrick's at the Bolingbrook Golf Club last week. More than 350 people shaved their heads. 

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St. Baldrick's is a volunteer-driven charity dedicated to raising money for childhood cancer research. 

It was the eighth annual "Bolingbrook 4 Kids" event, organized by Bolingbrook Police Department Sgt. John Sullivan and the St. Baldrick's Bolingbrook Chapter, according to the Bolingbrook Reporter. 

The total is the second highest behind Chicago and the 26th highest in the world. 

bd's Mongolian Grill was one St. Baldrick's team to participate. bd's raised $6,150 with a team of 16. Fourteen people shaved their heads. 

Kenny Leetch, regional training general manager for bd's Mongolian Grill, said the restaurant first participated in the event for marketing purposes. 

But once they learned more about St. Baldrick's, things changed. 

"When you hear from some of the sponsored children and moms and dads, there's not a dry eye in the room," Leetch said. "It's starts resonating in you. It's a very cool cause."