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Five Years After Chuckstrong, Former Colts Cheerleaders Donate Their Hair

Related Topics: Chuck Pagano, Cheerleading

It was a moment that captured hearts, shattered stereotypes, and defined a community.

With Coach Chuck Pagano battling leukemia and Colts players shaving their heads in support - Colts mascot, Blue, had a challenge for the Colts Cheerleaders. If he raised $10,000 for the IU Simon Cancer Center, would one of them agree to let him shave her head?

Megan accepted Blue’s Chuckstrong challenge, calling it “a God thing.”

“I had a dream that I shaved my head to raise money for cancer before Chuck was even diagnosed,” she says. “I told the team about it and they remembered that I said that.