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Sammy Mederos, 9, will shave her head to help kids with cancer

St. Baldrick's event will be at Washougal High School

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Cape Horn-Skye Elementary third-grader and cancer survivor Sammy Mederos will shave her hair off to benefit childhood cancer research.

Sammy Mederos’s beaming smile and long, thick, curly blond hair are the very picture of health.

To look at her, you’d never guess she is a leukemia survivor.

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