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Cops going bald
Officers raising funds for childhood cancer research

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 3:56 PM PST

Folsom Police officers will voluntarily go bald next month.

Seven officers, dubbed the Folsom Fuzz Heads, will shave their heads at 5 p.m. on March 16 at the UC Davis Cancer Center in Sacramento. The team is participating in a fundraiser for the St. Baldrick's Foundation, a non-profit organization raising funds for childhood cancer research.

Leading the team will be Officer Mark Brenner. He decided to organize a team after learning a friend's 3-1/2-year-old daughter had been diagnosed with leukemia.

"We want to put Folsom on the map at this event," Officer Brenner said.

Other members of the Folsom Fuzz Heads are Chris Aland, Christine Corcoran, Dirk Regan, Don Koupal, Perry Albers, Sean Stokhaug and Skip Rogers.

Each officer is collecting donations from individuals who want to see him go bald on behalf of the St. Baldrick's Foundation.

To make a donation in support of any member of the Folsom Fuzz Heads team, go online to www.stbalddricks.org/team_detail.asp?2945 www.stbalddricks.org/team_detail.asp?2945> or call (888) 899-BALD.

Three men of Irish descent organized the first St. Baldrick's in 1999 in New York. Their initial plan was to raise $17,000 on March 17. In the end, the event netted more than $104,000.

Since then St. Baldrick's events, which have been held in 10 countries and 42 states, have raised more than $20 million. More than 26,000 heads have been shaved in support of research to find a cure for childhood cancer.