New York-New York Hotel & Casino Raises More Than $400,000 for Childhood Cancer Research at 10th Annual St. Baldrick’s Day Head-Shaving Event
Celebrating a decade of raising funds and awareness for childhood cancer research, New York-New York Hotel & Casino raised more than $400,000 to benefit the St. Baldrick’s Foundation during its 10th annual head-shaving event on Saturday, March 9.
In addition to the $2 million raised by the landmark event over the last decade, hotel executives have a goal to surpass last year’s total of more than $600,000 raised by the end of this year and are on track to do so with the contributions continuing to come in. Throughout the day, more than 215 volunteers braved the shave at the hands of Las Vegas’ biggest public figures and celebrities, including Congresswoman Susie Lee, former Mayor of Las Vegas Oscar Goodman and casts from top shows such as ABSINTHE, ZUMANITY, Magic Mike Live and OPIUM.
Highlights from this year’s event include:
- St. Baldrick’s Foundation Chief Development Officer Anja Kloch presented Brent Cook, Vice President of Food & Beverage at New York-New York Hotel & Casino, with a framed certificate recognizing the more than $2 million raised by the property over the course of ten years, making this a landmark event for the organization.
- Congresswoman Susie Lee was onsite to shave the head of one of her staffers and commended the crowd and event attendees for their commitment to the fight against childhood cancer research.
- Former Mayor of Las Vegas Oscar Goodman made a special appearance to shave the head of longtime supporter and Las Vegas Review-Journal entertainment columnist John Katsilometes.
- MGM Resorts International Executive Vice President and General Counsel John McManus was recognized as a top donor for New York-New York Hotel & Casino’s St. Baldrick’s Day event for a fifth year, raising more than $1 million to date for the cause. The ladies of FANTASY at Luxor Hotel and Casino were onsite to do the honors of shaving the executive’s head while his beard was shaved off by his son.
- The all-day event was co-hosted by Vegas Golden Knights in-arena announcers Mark Shunock and Big D and New York-New York Hotel Operations Director James Healey, a longtime supporter of the annual event.
Throughout the day, Las Vegas’ biggest names in entertainment and most celebrated public figures turned out to serve as celebrity head-shavers, including:
- Congresswoman Susie Lee
- Former Mayor Oscar Goodman
- Cast members from Magic Mike Live – Las Vegas
- Cast members from OPIUM
- Cast members from ABSINTHE
- Comedian John Caparulo
- Las Vegas Aces standout Carolyn Swords
- Cast of Cirque du Soleil’s ZUMANITY
- KLUC-FM radio personality Kayla Walker
- Cast of WOW – World of Wonder
- Human Nature
- Cast of Chippendales
- Cast members from Legends In Concert
- Cast of Thunder From Down Under
- Cast of FANTASY
- Cast members from Tournament of Kings
- Coyote Ugly Girls
- Chance, mascot of the Vegas Golden Knights
- Cosmo, mascot of the Las Vegas Aviators
New York-New York’s St. Baldrick’s event helps raise funds and awareness for the fight against childhood cancer. The funds generated at this event are crucial in supporting research focused on improving treatment options and finding cures for all types of childhood cancers.