The Shave 2 Save campaign is organized by Mix 96 in conjunction with the Quebec Cancer Foundation as part of Cancer Awareness Month. Over the past six years, the campaign has raised $2.1 million in Montreal.

The fundraising activities at Selwyn House began with a “free dress� day and a pizza sale, with pizzas donated by John Kyres, father of Grade 11 student Theo Kyres and owner of Little Caesar’s Pizza.

This year, eight volunteers, including Senior School Director Sean O’Donnell, went under the shears to raise money for cancer research. In order to qualify for the total trim, each volunteer had to raise a minimum of $2,000 in pledges.

In addition to Mr. O’Donnell, teachers Mark Watson and Bill Bedard, Grade 11 students Tim Charron and Gerald Kounadis, and all three members of the Selwyn House tech department—Scott Kilbride, Mike Kane and Jean-Pierre Trudeau—raised enough to qualify for a clip.

In addition to putting their heads on the chopping block, Charron and Kounadis collected the donations from Senior School students in just a few days.

“It’s difficult getting the pledges in,� Charron said. “Students really need to be motivated, and because the lower levels of the school did not take part, this year’s total represents a much larger donation per student.�



Selwyn honours Goldbloom



Selwyn House honoured former Gazette publisher Michael Goldbloom as part its annual Founder's Day celebrations, held at the school yesterday.

Goldbloom received the Speirs Medal, which is the school's highest honour, due to his work on the Making Room for the Future capital campaign over the last six years.

Having graduated from Selwyn in 1969, Goldbloom remains close to the school.

“During the last six years, Michael contributed great vision, energy and wise counsel to the Selwyn board in successfully and significantly moving the school forward,� said Selwyn representative Richard Wills.

Also as part of its Founder’s Day activities, the school dedicated a new dining hall to the memory of former student Christopher Coristine, who died in a 1961 boating accident that has since been immortalized the book and movie 'White Squall'.