Liam first shaved his head for St. Baldrick’s in 2007. Since then, he has shaved every year and raised over $50,000 for childhood cancer research! You can help kids with cancer, too. Be a shavee℠.
Liam, right, with his dad and brother after shaving their heads at a St. Baldrick’s event in 2013.
The next day, we went to school and got some of our friends to join us. At the time, we didn’t have a full grasp of what exactly we were doing, but the seeds were planted for the future.
I have shaved every year since then, and last year, I became a Knight of the Bald Table. Each shave was a great experience, but none was more memorable than this year’s.
Earlier this year, my good friend Billy’s mother, Crissy Fox, passed away after numerous long battles with breast cancer. In her honor, Billy and I asked a couple of our friends to shave their heads. The guys were all over the idea and started fundraising right away. When word spread around school, more and more people joined our team.
By the day of the event, the 20 members of our Regis Class of ’15 St. Baldrick’s team had managed to raise $35,000 for pediatric cancer research. It was incredible to see everyone rally around Billy and do something positive in the midst of a painful situation.
Most of our varsity basketball team shaved that day, and we used our bald heads as a rallying inspiration on our way to the 2014 city and state championships — and we won both titles!
Liam and most of his basketball teammates shaved in March and were bald for the city and state championship games.
That said, all of our sacrifices pale in comparison to what children with cancer face every day. My hope is that they will find some solace in knowing there are thousands of us out here fighting for a cure, and we won’t stop until a cure is found.
Join Liam and the thousands of others helping to cure childhood cancer. Get involved today.
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