Jodi Wilson, a physical and health education teacher at Rampart High School and aunt of Jaxson Wilson, reacts as her daughter, Josie, holds her freshly cut hair in front of her face during Rampart High School’s Bald for Bucks assembly on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)
Jodi Wilson, a physical and health education teacher at Rampart High School and aunt of Jaxson Wilson, reacts as her daughter, Josie, holds her freshly cut hair in front of her face during Rampart High School’s Bald for Bucks assembly on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Bald for Bucks event raises $43,000Nine-year-old Riddyck Edgett is comforted by his mother, Davlyn Edgett, assistant principal of Rampart High School, as he gets his head shaved during the 18th annual Bald for Bucks assembly at Rampart High School on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Each year, the event sponsors a Hero Child, a local child who has experienced blood cancer. This year’s Hero Child, eight-year-old Jaxson Wilson, had multiple metastatic glioblastomas and passed away on Feb. 19. More than 180 participants from eight Academy District 20 schools cut their hair or shaved their heads in his honor and more than $43,000 was raised for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, the Gazette)Gabriel Barton, a Rampart senior, gets his head shaved at Rampart High School’s Bald for Bucks assembly on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Students participating in shaving their heads or cutting their hair enter the gym at Rampart High School’s Bald for Bucks assembly on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)From left, Jaxson’s cousin Josie Wilson, and grandparents, Linda Wilson and Larry Minkler hold hands as a video about his life and battle with cancer plays at Rampart High School’s Bald for Bucks assembly onFriday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Jodi Wilson, a physical and health education teacher at Rampart High School and aunt of Jaxson, becomes emotional as she speaks about her eight-year-old nephews life and battle with cancer at Rampart High School’s Bald for Bucks assembly on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)From left, Jodi Wilson, a physical and health education teacher and aunt of Jaxson, Davlyn Edgett, assistant principal, and her son Riddyck, embrace at Rampart High School’s Bald for Bucks assembly on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)A hair stylist wears a blood cancer ribbon at Rampart High School’s Bald for Bucks assembly on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Rampart senior Ally Kiker collects donations at Rampart High School’s Bald for Bucks assembly on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Students from seven other Academy District 20 schools gather at Rampart High School for the 18th annual Bald for Bucks assembly on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Davlyn Edgett, Rampart High School assistant principal, gets her hair cut by her mother Teddi Roberts, left, and mother-in-law- Irene Edgett, center, both of whom are cancer survivors, at Rampart High School’s Bald for Bucks assembly on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Jodi Wilson, a physical and health education teacher at Rampart High School and aunt of Jaxson, cuts her daughter, Josie’s, hair at Rampart High School’s Bald for Bucks assembly on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Confetti cannons mark the start of head shaving at Rampart High School’s Bald for Bucks assembly on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Daylen Rauenzahn, 8, reacts to her hair after getting it cut for the first time at Rampart High School’s Bald for Bucks assembly on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Mackenzie Rauenzahn, reacts to her daughter Daylen’s, 8, hair after getting it cut for the first time at Rampart High School’s Bald for Bucks assembly on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Students rub their bald heads as they watch Mountain Ridge Middle School seventh grader Robert Reed get his head shaved during Rampart High School’s Bald for Bucks assembly on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Confetti and hair collect on the floor at Rampart High School’s Bald for Bucks assembly on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Regan Rend reacts as her head is shaved at Rampart High School’s Bald for Bucks assembly on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Students cheer on a friend as they get their haircut at Rampart High School’s Bald for Bucks assembly on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Rampart senior Steven Burton gets his head shaved at Rampart High School’s Bald for Bucks assembly on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Rampart freshman Layla Johnson gets her head shaved at Rampart High School’s Bald for Bucks assembly on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)
