FMH Head-Shaving Event Raises Over $190K for Childhood Cancer Research and Blank Children’s Hospital

  • June 25, 2026

Fundraisers “braved the shave” to raise awareness for childhood cancer research at the 21st Annual St. Baldrick’s Head-Shaving Event hosted by Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company, SI (FMH) on June 11.

A portion of the funds raised at the event will support research grants at Blank Children’s Hospital.The event raised a total of $190,301 for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, an organization dedicated to supporting the most promising research to find cures for childhood cancers and give survivors long and healthy lives. Blank Children’s Hospital is a St. Baldrick’s Foundation grant recipient.

FMH made a corporate donation of $150,000 towards this year’s total funds. “The St. Baldrick’s Foundation has helped change the lives of children fighting cancer around the world and right here in Iowa,” said Shannon Rutledge, FMH President & CEO, who is also a member of the St. Baldrick’s Foundation Board of Directors. “We’re proud to have raised over $1.7 million for this organization over the past 21 years, and we look forward to continuing to support the Foundation in the future.” 

The event was open to friends and family of FMH employees, and featured a raffle, kids’ activities such as a bubble station and temporary tattoos, and of course, the signature head-shaving activity where volunteers who raised funds shaved their heads in solidarity with children fighting cancer. 

Donations are still being accepted and can be made at www.fmh.com/st-baldricks or directly to the St. Baldrick’s Foundation at www.stbaldricks.org. 

Thank you to the event sponsors and supporters: Sunny’s Sons Salon, Bow & Arrow Communications Inc., and to event emcees Lou Sipolt and Jackie Schmillen.