News Release
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Office of News and Information Johns Hopkins University 901 South Bond Street, Suite 540 Baltimore, Maryland 21231 Phone: 443-287-9960 | Fax: 443-287-9920 |
Johns Hopkins Frat Stunt to Boost
Prostate Cancer Foundation
| April 22, 2008 | |
| TO: | Assignment editors, producers and reporters |
| FROM: | Amy Lunday | 443-287-9960 | acl@jhu.edu |
| RE: | Johns Hopkins frat stunt to boost the Prostate Cancer Foundation |
| WHEN: | During Spring Fair: Friday, April 25, from noon to 7 p.m.; Saturday, April 26, and Sunday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. |
| WHERE: | Johns Hopkins Homewood campus Freshmen Quad 3400 N. Charles St. Baltimore, Md. 21218 |
| PARKING: | South Garage 3101 Wyman Park Drive Baltimore, Md. 21211 |
The Johns Hopkins chapter of the service fraternity Sigma Phi Epsilon will be doing something silly this weekend for a serious cause: They'll be shaving their heads in exchange for donations to support the Prostate Cancer Foundation. People can either pay per swipe or pay to shave a frat brother's whole head. Last year, SigEp, whose members live by the motto "virtue, diligence and brotherly love," used the same stunt to raise more than $3,200 to support research for Crohn's disease. The fraternity chose to support prostate cancer research this year after learning that a SigEp brother's father is undergoing chemotherapy this spring to treat prostate cancer.
This event would provide some great hair-raising footage for this weekend's news broadcasts. To cover this event, contact Amy Lunday at 443-287-9960. To reach the SigEp brothers during the event, contact Christopher Viemeister at 516-287- 4557.
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