Make your organisation CSR event a meaningful and impactful one with GoBald!

1. An awareness and fundraising project,
organised by

2. About Sarawak Children’s
Cancer Society
• Mission: Care and support for childhood cancer patients and their
families in Sarawak.
• Started in 1999 by a group of parents, committee is currently made of
70% parents and 30% volunteers
• Assisted over 1,200 families to date

3. SCCS Services

4. SCCS Services

5. SCCS Expenses

6. About GoBald
• First launched in 2009
• The largest and the only head-shaving event in Malaysia that raises
funds and spreads awareness of childhood cancer.
• Aim:
• Raise awareness of childhood cancer in Malaysia
• Offer a public demonstration of moral support to cancer patients and their
families.
• Tell children with cancer that it’s ok to be bald
• Raise funds to help children with cancer, and their families.
• Build a community of support for children with cancer, and their families

7. GoBald stats
• Allowed for increase in staff hire to better focus on and manage
services
• Implementation of a wider range of services
• Monthly Financial Aid
• Transportation claim for check-up
• Support of medical equipment to ward and support of specialized medical
procedures/treatment not covered by hospital
• Training for doctors and nurses
• Wishing Star project for palliative patients
• Public awareness programs
And many more

8. GoBald Testimonial
• GoBald raised more than RM2million to build a comfortable halfway
home with 13 rooms for outstation patients, providing food and also
transport to hospital

9. Why Should You Join Us?
• Employee bonding, and loyalty
• Foster teamwork, and encourage personal and professional
development
• Positive media attention – improves public image

10. How you can join!
• Have your own satellite shave!
1. Decide on a date to have the event right at your organization (or
place of your choosing).
2. Arrange a person in charge, for personnel to collect cards, or
allocate 1 card per department – the choice is yours!
Collection of cards is advised to start at least 1 month before
event date.
3. SCCS will provide artwork for promoting the event
• Email blast to personnel
• Poster / Bunting / TV artwork
4. Set a target for each personnel to hit! (optional)

11. GoBald pledge card

12. Example of Promo Material

13. Raising Funds
1. Total amount of funds are collected by personnel
OR
2. Organisation matches certain percentage of total amount of funds collected by personnel
– e.g: If 100%: Personnel collects RM3,000 and Organisation will provide RM3,000 =
RM6,000 total.
OR
3. Organisation fully funds the event – provides total amount of donation. (usually for
organisations who have strict compliance regulations)
All cash donations made to SCCS are eligible for tax exemption to the extent allowed by law.

14. Raising Funds
1. Traditional method – use pledge card (donation card) to show to families
and friends and collect cash/cheque/bank-in slips physically.
• Receipts are collected at the agreed upon time.
• Card holder returns receipts to donors who requested.
2. Online – set up account at simplygiving.com.
• Can set fundraising target
• Donations sent directly to SCCS
• E-receipts issued directly to donor
• Please note there is a 9% service and credit card fee

15. Raising Funds –
simplygiving.com

16. How you can join!
1. SCCS can provide
• guidelines and draft program for the event day
• Meeting with personnel before event to give them an understanding of what
SCCS does and what they are going to contribute to
• Media invitation and press release for event day
• Hairdressers for event day
• Each participant (GoBald shavee) will receive a goodie bag with exclusive
GoBald t-shirt and wristband as appreciation for event day
2. Event day
• Introduction to SCCS and a few words from organization representative
• GoBald time!

17. General Event Timeline
Main Event Date
- Participants /
fundraisers
collect receipts
- GoBald time!
1 month before event
date
- Distribution of pledge
cards begin
- Marketing materials
rolled out
Suggested timeline : minimum 2 months
1 week before event date
- Return cards and donations
- Total no. of participants and
t-shirt sizes compiled
2 months before
- Discussion with
SCCS and selected
persons in charge on
event details

18. General event program
30 mins - arrival of SCCS and set up
10mins - Event attendees/shavees arrive and are
seated
2 mins - intro from Emcee and invite General
Manager or similar to give speech
5 mins - speech from GM or similar
10 mins - show SCCS documentary video
1 min - Emcee announces start of event
20mins – 1hour - Shaving

19. General event program
• Shaving flow:
1. Shavees queue up
2. Three at a time on stage (depending on no. of shavees and space)
3. After shaving, come offstage to receive goodie bag with t-shirt and wristband
4. Photo taking with photo and props provided by SCCS. Organisation to provide a photo
backdrop, or SCCS can bring bunting to take photo in front of (normal 2'x6' bunting)
5 mins - event ends, emcee thanks all attending
• SCCS to provide
- goodie bags with tshirt and wristband , and Thank you cards
- hairdresser 3 pax with shaver, or depending on how many are confirmed to shave. (Organisation to
provide chairs and a mat/tarpaulin/newspapers to put on the floor for easy cleaning)
- Instant print of shavees, and photo props
• Please standby garbage bags, brooms and dustpans, and volunteers to sweep up the hair.

20. Thank you for your time.
Together, Let’s Help Kids Fight Cancer!