Pat Mac Day is FRIDAY!
PAT MAC DAY at ST. BARNABAS SCHOOL - Friday, March 7, 2025
11:50am student dismissal; After Care is not available.
Registration for head shaving, haircuts, and temporary tattoos is now closed.
To date, we have raised over $37,000 for 2025!! With over 50 head shave + haircut participants and 180+ face tattoo participants.
- Temporary Face Tattoo will be applied throughout the morning activities.
- Haircuts and Head Shaving for PK - Grade 4 students expected around 10:30am
- Haircuts and Head Shaving for Grade 5 - Grade 8 students expected around 11am
Contribute to our $3 Charity Dress Down Day! Students may wear their Pat Mac Apparel or any green or Irish-inspired apparel (including jeans, hoodies, and athletic wear) to school on Friday, March 7. Contribute online or bring $3 cash to school (exact change only please!)
Many thanks to all who have registered for a head shave or hair cut - we have over 50 registered participants!!Registration for head shaving and hair cutting to benefit the St. Baldrick's Foundation is now closed. But there is still time to donate to our Pat Mac Day Team!
Participant reminders: all participants are required to have a signed waiver. Print, complete and return to the school's Main Office. The fundraising minimum is $75 per participant, please continue to share the personalized fundraising page you received upon registration.
Many thanks to all who have registered for Pat Mac Temp Tattoo - we have over 180 registered participants!!Registration for Temporary Tattoos to benefit Pat Mac's Pack is now closed. Tattoos will be applied throughout the morning activities for all those who purchased a tattoo. We cannot provide tattoos for students who did not register; we appreciate your understanding. ALL St. Barnabas students will receive a sticker for their support of this great day.
Pat Mac Friday Night Party! (age21+)Enjoy a night of drinks, bites, dancing, raffle prizes, and games all supporting Pediatric Brain Cancer Research! Live Music with In Spite of Ourselves on the main stage and St. Barnabas' own Mr. Connor Grant performing at Pat Mac's Pub stage. Tickets $85 per person. Learn more and purchase tickets!
EACH YEAR, at St. Barnabas School, we celebrate the life and legacy of Patrick McNamara. Patrick, the young St. Barnabas student with a heart of gold, showed our community that young children can change the world. Diagnosed at age 2 with a brain tumor, Patrick and his family spent 11 years searching and fighting for a cure. Patrick inspired everyone around him through his unyielding humor, positivity, and determination.
In 2011, at the very first St. Barnabas Pat Mac - St. Baldrick’s Day, classmates, parents, parishioners, and friends came together to shave heads and raise money to support the St. Baldrick's Foundation and their fight against pediatric cancer. We continue this tradition with our annual Pat Mac Day, and each year, a new wave of young Buckeyes learn that we each have the power to implement positive change. “We are - Pat Mac’s Pack!”
WHAT WE SUPPORT
Pat Mac Day at St. Barnabas School has the dual mission of supporting the St. Baldrick’s Foundation and Pat Mac’s Pack. These charitable organizations serve to conquer children’s cancer, and the funds we raise on March 7 go to support both of these organizations.
THE IMPACT
When Patrick was first diagnosed, his parents, Tom and Dee, were shocked to learn how grossly underfunded and under-researched pediatric brain tumors were. They made it their mission to change that, and in 2014, Pat Mac’s Pack was created. Their determination, the spirit of Patrick, and a community of inspired friends and family have raised more than $2.5 million to support brain tumor research at Lurie Children’s Hospital and to provide financial assistance to young cancer patients and families. Learn more about the numerous events Pat Mac's Pack hosts throughout the year.
Tom & Dee McNamara, 2024
2024
When Losing Hair is a Good Thing, 2020
The original group of Pat Mac's Pack shares their Why, 2016
St. Barnabas School, 2012
