Hoping to increase the buzz around its ongoing head shaving contest, the Wayne County Humane Society is inviting residents to the Corner Coffee-house in downtown Goldsboro Friday for an evening of blues and possible haircuts.
The goal, said society vice president Jean Hollowell, is for at least one of the three contestants to be halfway home.
"We're prepared to partially buzz our hair if any of us reaches the halfway mark by or on Friday," Ms. Hollowell said. "That means one or all of us would have to raise $6,250."
The goal is for Ms. Hollowell, society vice president Barrett Parker and society board member Frances Gooden to raise $37,500 -- $12,500 each -- for the new animal shelter.
County Manager Lee Smith also has pledged to buzz his head if $12,500 is raised in his name, but he won't be participating in Friday's event.
Currently, Mrs. Gooden is in first place with $2,132. Ms. Hollowell is in second with $1,347, and Ms. Parker is in fourth with $1,000.
There is no deadline on the fundraiser, but they're hoping that a night of entertainment by regional blues artist Donald Underwood Thompson will be enough incentive for Wayne County residents to push at least one of them to that halfway point.
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