Clipping for a Cause: Raising awareness about cancer

In honour of World Cancer Day, Jordan Rossman shaved his head at Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre.

Rossman shaved his head to bring awareness to a disease that took his father, Michael Rossman, and to kick off his fundraiser for RVH’s Hearts & Minds campaign. He has set a fundraising goal of $10,000.

According to the Canadian Cancer Foundation, 214 Canadians die of cancer every day.

Hearts & Minds is an initiative to raise $25 million for five priority areas – advanced cardiac care, child and youth mental health, women’s cancer services, equipment, teaching and research.

The campaign has already surpassed the halfway mark.

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  In honour of World Cancer Day Dr. Christiaan Stevens (left), medical director, Simcoe Muskoka Regional Cancer Centre, and Dr. Bryn Pressnail, oncologist, traded in their stethoscopes for clippers as they helped shave Jordan Rossman’s head