Heads Shaved, 'Lives Saved' with Fundraising Goal Met

Sydney Cahoon (left) and Peter Moosman

Sure, the shaving of the heads was fun, but the cause for the recent livestreamed close cuts is no laughing matter.

The Salt Lake Community College Gender and Sexuality Student Resource Center set a goal of raising $5,000 for the new GSSRC Fund by June to establish what its organizers say are “lifesaving” resources and support for SLCC students.

GSSRC Coordinator Peter Moosman said he would bump up the fundraising deadline to the end of April by offering to shave his head if that goal was reached. Sydney Cahoon, an administrative assistant in the SLCC Office of Admissions, also offered up their magnificent mane to sweeten the deal. Money raised, the clippers came out May 4, and the hair came off.

“We wanted to offer some kind of dramatic incentive to help motivate people to give,” Moosman said. “If I was willing to give up my signature spike, and Syd their long locks, I was hoping others would be willing to give up some money for these lifesaving services and resources.”

The fund is intended to support SLCC students in a variety of ways, including helping to pay for legal name and gender marker changes or for mental health counseling visits at SLCC. Moosman said the fund will be ongoing and that people can donate anytime, including setting up a monthly payment program.

Moosman and Cahoon gave event attendees a turn at the scissors and clippers, and they’re happy to report there were no injuries – only the new sensation of a slight chill atop their closely cropped heads.

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