The Buzzing for Change Foundation

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Donate whatever you are comfortable donating. The organization will accept any donation and any amount will help to make a big difference for the kids.

Donors get the satisfaction that they supported a great cause! They will receive a thank you note, via e-mail or snail mail, shortly following the event acknowledging their tax-deductible donation.

Buzzing for Change is a one-day event where people come together to shave, buzz, and donate hair as well as have a good time. All hair that is donated must be the length designated by Locks for Love, which is the program that the hair is going to be donated to. We are working with the Hair Cuttery, who will be volunteering their time for the day to help with the event. To learn more about the Buzzing for Change Foundation, please visit the main site.

Locks of Love is a nonprofit organization that manufactures wigs for children who loose their hair due to disease. More information can be found about them on their website.

We are now accepting applications for new programs for the spring of 2013.  Click here for more information.

*B4C @ RU stands for B4C @ Rutgers University.  This program was only in existence for one year.

There are plenty of ways your company can sponsor B4C (and plenty of great advertising opportunities as well!). Click here for more information.

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Buzzing for Change takes place on college and university campuses across the country. Please click here for a list of programs.

Buzzing for Change was started as a student organization at The George Washington University in 2002, with the first event on September 14th of 2003. The event was started by Judah Ferst, who had lost his mother to cancer when he was 15. It is her spirit and memory that inspires this event with love, determination and hope. The success of the event being hosted three times at GWU led some recent GWU graduates and past B4C @ GWU board members to form The Buzzing for Change Foundation in December of 2006.

Buzzing for Change is a one day program on a college campus where participants shave their heads or cut their hair for Locks of Love, an organization that makes wigs for children who have lost their hair due to disease. Participants are encouraged to recruit sponsorship for their acts. The event has a carnival-like atmosphere with bands playing, free food and other activities going on. See our press coverage and pictures from past events.

B4C participants are primarily college students and others associated with the university (i.e. faculty, staff, administrators, etc.). However, many community members come to participate in the event as well as individuals associated with the charity.

Buzzing for Change events support children's cancer charities that work to improve the daily activities of children living with cancer. We do not support research or research institutions unless they are working to improve the daily activities of children living with cancer. For example, B4C @ GWU has supported Special Love, an organization that supports camps for children with cancer. B4C @ Drexel and B4C @ Bryn Mawr raise funds for the Pediatric Oncology Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.  B4C @ Pitt Supports The Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation.

We shave our heads as a way of showing solidarity with those undergoing chemotherapy. It allows those who do not raise any money to still have an impact on our cause.

The Buzzing for Change Foundation (TB4CF) was formed as a nonprofit corporation in 2006 in order to promote B4C programs and provide start up funding and logistical support on campuses across the country. TB4CF is working with five schools hosting programs in the spring of 2012.

There are a variety of ways to support B4C - everything from making a donation, having your company become a corporate sponsor or becoming a participant. Click here for more information.