Signal Mountain resident Jack Skowronnek, 12, is looking for volunteers willing to shave their heads to raise funds for pediatric cancer treatment at Children’s Hospital. He will be at a recruiting event tonight at Buffalo Wild Wings downtown from 6 to 8 p.m. His Jack’s Chattanoggins head-shaving event will be at the Chattanooga Market Sunday, June 26 beginning at 11 a.m.
Photo by Emily CrismanSignal Mountain resident Jack Skowronnek, 12, is busy convincing locals to aid in his fundraising effort for pediatric cancer by shaving their heads. Volunteers find sponsors and agree to go under the razor blade together at Jack’s Chattanoggins, an event to be held at the Chattanooga Market Sunday, June 26 beginning at 11 a.m.
Any business or organization interested in hosting an event or becoming involved should contact Dawn Skowronnek at 994-7680.
He is hosting several recruiting events around town to boost awareness, participation and therefore fundraising. Jack will be at Buffalo Wild Wings in Hixson to give out information and register participants tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. Customers can also request 10 percent of their bill tonight be donated to Jack’s Chattanoggins.
Chattanoggins is a larger-scale operation than Skowronnek’s previous efforts, in which he raised more than $1,300 the first year on his own in sponsorship funds and $3,200 the next with the help of 13 friends and neighbors.
“It struck me as admirable for such a young boy to want to do something so big that impacts so many people like cancer [does,]” said Chattanooga Market general manager Paul Smith, who has lost several vendors to cancer just in the past few years. “I felt the event needed a larger audience, and I thought this would be a way to embrace helping others who are suffering from cancer.”