Helen Fitzgerald's Hosts Top St. Baldrick's Fundraising Event in Nation

The restaurant raised more than $500,000 and approximately 460 people shaved their heads at the Syberg's restaurant chain's annual event in Sunset Hills.

Helen Fitzgerald's annual St. Baldrick's event brought in $526,477 in 2013, making it the top-earning event for the children's cancer awareness fundraiser, according to the St. Baldrick's website. Around 460 individuals shaved their heads this year. The restaurant, which is part of the Syberg's restaurant chain, teamed up with WIL 92.3 DJs Cornbread, Judy Diamond and Derrick Keith, who acted as emcees. (The trio raised around $35,000 for the event, according to Syberg's Marketing and Advertising Manager Tracy Stamper.) Volunteers Peggy Schneider and Laura Wolff had a large part in organizing this year's event, Stamper told Patch. Helen Fitzgerald's raised $436,000 last year, according to Stamper. View participant photos in two albums on …

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