Garrett Rogers and his friends are celebrating their fundraising efforts in support of Cops Against Cancer.
Supported by his classmates, the seven-year-old from Albert Bridge, N.S. helped raise about $8,000 in five days.
“I just wanted to do it for my mom and grandmother and all that,” Garrett says.
Garrett isn’t a stranger to the fundraiser; his dad shaved his head for the cause each year. But, Garrett decided to step up and raise his own money after his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer in August 2013.
“It was probably about six months later that I just said to Garrett one day, ‘You need to get a haircut!’” says his mom, Stacey. “And he said, ‘No Mom, I’m not cutting my hair. I’m shaving my head for Cops against Cancer.’ He knew when I got sick that he had to step up.”
Garrett was able to raise a large sum of money in five days, partly due to social media. He also wrote a letter to his classmates asking them for donations.
The donations were tracked at his school on a mural called “Garrett’s Flower Garden.”
But, that wasn’t enough for Garrett.
“I went to some houses, asked if they would like to donate, and they donated,” he says.
“In 20 years, I haven’t seen it,” says Sgt. Barry Gordon of Cops Against Cancer. “It was phenomenal, the effort he put in by writing a letter.”
On Friday, the Canadian Cancer Society presented Garrett with a plaque in recognition of his efforts.
With files from CTV's Ryan MacDonald
