新冠疫情打断了我们许多学校的日常和庆祝活动，但无法阻挡一个社区的心。 安德鲁·西布尔德学校连续参加了15年的“剃发助力儿童”活动。

儿童癌症关爱组织的这一活动是他们最大规模的筹款行动之一，自1998年创办以来已筹集超过1400万美元。每年，数百名阿尔伯塔省的人剃发、染发或剪发，为与癌症作斗争的儿童们提供支持。这些勇敢的行动向每年在阿尔伯塔省被诊断为癌症的190个儿童表达了道义支持，并为年轻受癌症影响的人提供夏令营、研究、辅导和奖学金项目筹集资金。

当课程被取消时，我们曾经担心是否时机不对，邀请家庭筹款是否不恰当。然后事情开始了。几个家长询问，接着是一个小型活动的请求，以保持传统的延续。然后我们的社区给我们带来了惊喜。

5月22日，安德鲁·西布尔德学校举办了有史以来第一次虚拟儿童癌症关爱筹款活动。这是多么精彩的活动！22名学生在自家舒适的环境中染发、理发或剃发，支持正在与癌症作斗争的儿童。我们邀请了首席执行官克里斯汀·麦克艾佛（Christine McIver）加入我们，并与大家分享了她对活动的兴奋，以及对儿童癌症关爱组织简要的历史介绍。她还带来了特别的客人，儿童癌症关爱组织的代言人乔斯琳（Jocelyn），她分享了自己最近与癌症作斗争的感人故事。我们还邀请了一些朋友。我们邀请整个学校社区加入我们，他们都积极响应。超过130名教职员工、学生和家庭无声地为我们呐喊助威，并展示了自制的支持标语，我们举办了一个持续两个多小时、非常顺利的活动。尽管我们无法亲身聚在一起，但人们对这一活动的热情可感受到。

我们设定了通过这次活动筹集5000美元的目标，觉得这可能是一个有挑战性的目标。但我们错了。我们的社区打破了这个目标，筹集了超过16000美元的善款给儿童癌症关爱组织。这种慷慨和对活动的承诺年复一年令我们惊叹不已。我们感到幸运能成为如此关心和慷慨的学校社区的一部分。

COVID-19 has interrupted so many of our school routines and celebrations but it could not stop the heart of one community. Andrew Sibbald School has participated in Shave Your Lid for a Kid for the past 15 years.

Kids Cancer Care’s event is one of their largest fundraising initiatives, raising more than $14 million since its inception in 1998. Each year, hundreds of Alberta cut, colour or shave their heads for kids battling cancer. Brace actions show moral support for the 190 kids in Alberta who are diagnosed with cancer each year, while raising money for camp, research, tutoring and scholarship programs for young people affected by cancer.

When classes were cancelled, we wondered if the timing was wrong and if inviting families to raise funds would be a poor choice. Then it started. A couple of parent inquiries, followed by a request for a small event to keep the tradition alive. Then our community blew the doors off.

On Friday, May 22, Andrew Sibbald School hosted the first ever virtual Kids Cancer Care fundraiser. What an event it was!  From the comforts of their homes, 22 students colored, cut or shaved their hair to support children battling cancer. We had the CEO, Christine McIver, join us and share her excitement for the event along with a brief history of Kids Cancer Care. She also brought along a special guest. Jocelyn, the Kids Cancer Care Spokeskid, who shared her heartfelt story about her recent battle with cancer. We invited some friends too. We invited our entire school community to join us and they showed up in force. With over 130 staff, students and families silently cheering and sharing their homemade signs of support, we hosted an event that lasted over two hours and went as smooth as butter. One could feel the passion for this event even though we were unable to be together physically.

We had set a goal of raising $5,000 through this event, feeling this might be ambitious. We were wrong. Our community shattered this raising over $16,000 for Kids Cancer Care. The generosity and commitment to this event continues to amaze us year after year. We feel blessed to be part of such a caring and generous school community.