TO BE BROUGHT METEOROLOGIST CANDACE CAMPOS AND TRAFFIC SAFETY EXPERT TROOPER STEVE.
THIS IS NEWS. 6 AT 09:00AM
GETTING RESULTS.
>> CANDACE: WELL, IT’S SAFE TO
SAY THERE IS A BROTHER AND
SISTERHOOD IN THE FIRE
SERVICE. FIREFIGHTERS BAND
TOGETHER IN A TIME OF AN
EMERGENCY. BUT ALSO WHEN
THERE’S A GOOD CAUSE. THAT’S
RIGHT. THEY HAVE A GREAT CAUSE
COMING UP SOON AND YOU CAN
JOIN THEM. PLENTY OF FIRST
RESPONDERS WILL BE COMING
TOGETHER SUPPORTING CHILDREN
WITH CANCER THIS WEEKEND.
TROOPER STEVE STANDING BY TO
TELL US MORE ABOUT THE SAINT
BALDRICK’S EVENT IN DOWNTOWN
ORLANDO.
>> THIS IS SUCH AN AWESOME OF
THAT. WHENEVER IT HAPPENS
AROUND TOWN, EVERYONE KNOWS
ABOUT IT. KIDS UNDERGOING
CANCER TREATMENT TOO OFTEN,
UNFORTUNATELY LOSE THEIR HAIR.
SAINT BALDRICK’S PARTICIPANTS
ARE ENCOURAGED TO SHOW THEIR
SUPPORT BY SHAVING THEIR
HEADS. ALSO AND RAISING
AWARENESS FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER
RESEARCH. JOINING ME RIGHT
NOW, SOMEONE WHO WILL BE
BRAVING THE SHAVE. JUST HOLD
THE SHAVE. THE MUSTACHE TO
JOHN CLAYTON OF THE ORLANDO
FIRE DEPARTMENT IS HERE. LEAD
ORGANIZER AND THE TEAM
CAPTAIN, SIR, APPRECIATE YOU
BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME. SO FIRST, TELL ME A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF.
YOU’RE WITH THE ORLANDO FIRE.
HOW LONG IT WITH THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT? I’VE BEEN A
FIREMAN FOR 17 YEARS FOR JUST
OVER 12 AND THEN YOU’RE
SOMEWHERE ELSE BEFORE IT DOWN
TO A CITY IN THE CITY OF
KISSIMMEE. ONE OF MY
HOMETOWN’S RIGHT THERE. SO
FIRST AND FOREMOST, WHY IS
THIS SUCH AN IMPORTANT EVENT
CAUSE ORGANIZATION TO YOU?
WELL,
>> WHEN I FIRST STARTED, I
STARTED AS A WHICH JUST
RAISING MONEY TO SHAVE MY
HEAD. AND LIKE IN ORLANDO AND
PICK UP THE EVENT. I’VE BEEN
DOING IT FOR 10 YEARS NOW
ORGANIZING THE EVENT. I JUST
LIKE, YOU KNOW, FIRST
RESPONDERS, WE LIKE TO HELP
AND I JUST ONE ANOTHER WAY TO
Flights daily from Kennedy HELP.
>> SO HOW’D YOU INITIALLY GET
INVOLVED IN THIS ORGANIZATION?
DID YOU GET APPROACHED? DID
YOU JUST SEE THE BY SHAVING
AND BEING A PARTICIPANT AND
THEN REALIZE I THINK I WANT TO
DO MORE. I JUST ADD FRIENDS
WITH ORLANDO AND CITY OF
KISSIMMEE, MY FIRST APARTMENT
AND HAVE AN EVENT AT THE TIME.
I JUST PIGGYBACK ONTO THEIR
EVENT AND CAME DOWN AND
STARTED SAVING. SO THIS
WEEKEND, WE DO HAVE SOME
EVENTS. HENCE WHY YOU ARE
HERE. WHAT IS GOING ON? WHERE
IS IT HAPPENING? HOW DOES IT
WORK? KIND OF EDUCATE THE
FOLKS OUT THERE. SO SAINT
BALDRICK’S IS A NATIONAL
ORGANIZATION BASED IN
CALIFORNIA AND THEY RELY ON
THESE LITTLE FEET OR EVENTS TO
HELP THEIR FUNDING. AND THAT’S
WHAT WE’RE DOING THIS WEEKEND
ON MARCH 4TH, SATURDAY FROM 2
TO IS CAFE. IT’S A HEDGE OF
THE ARE GOING TO PRIZES. ALL
SORTS GAMES AND STUFF FOR THE
KIDS, OK? I’M JUST GOING TO
TIME. SO IF SOMEONE WATCHING
NOW WANTED TO COME OUT AND
PARTICIPATE, THEY CAN DO THAT
THIS WEEKEND. ABSOLUTELY. AND
IS THERE STILL TIME TO MAKE A
TEAM OR IS THERE A WAY TO SHOW
UP? GET YOUR HEAD SHAVED AND
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT? YEAH, YOU
YOU CAN SIGN UP RIGHT GOING TO
SEE BALTICS ARE ORG. YOU CAN
IN THE SEARCH PART. I’VE BEEN
MY NAME JOHN CLAYTON OR IS
CAFE WAS RECRUITING FOR HIS
TEAM FOR ORLANDO. YEAH, AND
JUST SIGN UP. SO IS THIS. THIS
TEAM FOR ORLANDO. YEAH, AND
JUST SIGN UP. SO IS THIS. THIS Flights daily from Kennedy IS A SPECIFIC EVENT. SO THIS
IS AN ORLANDO EVENT. ARE THERE
OTHER CHAPTERS AROUND THE AREA
THAT PEOPLE MAY SEE THAT? ARE
YOU GUYS AFFILIATED? IS IT ALL
GO TO ONE POT? ARE YOU GUYS IN
SUPPORT OF EACH OTHER? WE I
MEAN, WE DEFINITELY SUPPORT
EACH WE ARE.
>> IN CENTRAL FLORIDA, WE’RE
LIKE THE BIGGEST ONE. WE HAVE
ORANGE COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT,
ORLANDO, LAKE COUNTY CITY OF
CLERMONT SEMINOLE COUNTY’S BIG
AND WHEN YOU’RE WE HAD
>> THEY REPORT. SO IS NOT JUST
FOR IT’S EASY TO GET
FIREFIGHTERS INVOLVED. JUST
TELL THEM THEY WERE DOING THIS
AND THEY GO DO IT. THEY COULD
DO IT.
>> IT’S FOR ANYBODY. AND
EVERYBODY REALLY, I REMEMBER
PROBABLY SEVERAL YEARS AGO I
WAS IN THAT STILL AT
TRANSITION PHASE FROM THE
FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL OUT
HERE TO BECOMING A NEWS ANCHOR
WITH NEWS 6 AND THE KISSIMMEE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, A FRIEND OF
MINE CHAN AND SHE’S NOW MOVED
ON TO A POSITION AT FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. BUT SHE HAD LONG
HAIR GOT UP THERE LED HER TEAM
AND SHAVED HER ENTIRE HEAD
OFF. AND SHE WAS SO EXCITED
BECAUSE LIKE WHAT WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT BEFORE WE CAME
ON AIR, IT’S ABOUT BUILDING
THAT AWARENESS. WHAT IS WHAT
WE PRIZE THE MOST? IF YOU ALL
KNOW ME, IT’S THE HAIR AND
HAVE THAT SUDDENLY GO AWAY.
I’M SURE THAT PLAYS A BIG
ROLE. IT’S NOT. IT’S FUN, OF
COURSE. BUT THERE’S MORE
BEHIND THAT AND WHAT IT MAKES
AN IMPACT. WHEN YOU SEE.
>> FOR, YOU KNOW, 4 GUYS FROM
THE FIRE ENGINE. THEY’RE ALL
FRESHLY BALD. YOU ALL BANDED
TOGETHER AND DID IT AS A CREW
AND PEOPLE ASK QUESTIONS. AND
THAT’S WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT.
YES, QUESTIONS. WE GET THE
ANSWERS AND
>> GROW. THE AWARENESS
AWARENESS. AWESOME. WELL, THIS
WEEKEND THEY WILL BE HAVING
THAT EVENT AND YOU CAN ATTEND
AT THE CENTRAL FLORIDA SAINT
BALDRICK’S A VENT FROM 2
O’CLOCK TILL 06:00PM AT THE
ACE CAFE. NOW THAT’S IN
DOWNTOWN ORLANDO. OFF OF 100
WEST LIVINGSTON. IT IS AN
AMAZING LOCATION. YOU CAN KIND
OF SEE IT RIGHT OFF OF I-FOUR
THERE. COME OUT. CHECK IT OUT,
SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
JOINING US. APPRECIATE OVER TO