A hair-shaving, fundraising experience

• Principal hair shaving

Dana Christenson, principal at Voyager Elementary School, got his hair shaved at an assembly rewarding students for raising money for leukemia and lymphoma.
• Head rub

A student at Voyager rubbed the principal's head after he got his hair shaved.

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Students at Voyager Elementary School got an interesting award for raising money for a good cause – they watched their principal, Dana Christenson, get his head shaved. The school took part in a Pennies for Patients fundraiser for leukemia and lymphoma. They were challenged to raise $1,500 by bringing in spare change, but in just eight days, $3,716 was raised for the cancer cause. The class that raised the most funds at each grade level earned a popcorn/movie party, while the class that raised the most money overall, Bob Cunniff’s 6th graders, won a pizza party. Christenson followed through on his promise to have his hair shaved at a recent celebration. Another teacher, Nate Knick, also had his head shaved, and Christenson, Knick and Cunniff each got a pie in the face.

Tags: life, features, fundraiser, haircut, voyager