On Saturday, March 10th, Smithtown Councilman Tom Lohmann and Superintendent of Highways Robert Murphy said goodbye to their precious manly manes during a special St. Baldrick’s Shave-a-thon event held at Napper Tandy’s in Smithtown. The two were a part of a team to raise close to $11,000 for childhood cancer research in memory of Matthew Gonzalez, who passed away on May 21, 2009 from non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.
Team Matt Gonzales started with four Shavees; Gregory Gonzalez, Ron Leli, Councilman Tom Lohmann, and Superintendent Robert Murphy. However, the group quickly doubled as the team convinced family and friends who were there for moral support to go bald or go home.
This is Councilman Lohmann’s 8th year participating in St. Baldrick’s events. Together with his teammates, he has helped to fundraise over $70,000, which will go to fund research for childhood cancers, which are extremely underfunded.