In conjunction with John Reed Middle School, Redding Police raised over 9-thousand dollars for the St Baldricks Foundation.  The Police team raised just under $2000.  Several members of the Department then shaved their heads. The organization says world wide, 300,000 children are diagnosed with cancer each year. And in the U-S, more children die of childhood cancer than any other disease—more than AIDS, asthma, cystic fibrosis, congenital anomalies and diabetes combined.