I shaved my head because I wanted to honour the people who didnt have a choice wether to keep their hair or not and to stand bald proudly beside people who have cancer or are undertaking chemo. Yes, a friend in 6th grade, Lyndsey Eyles who died of ewing sarcoma and just this new year's day my second cousin died of pancreatic cancer. People ask me if I like how my hair looks bald all the time and of course i have gotten used to it now but if it weren't for the cause, I probably wouldn't ever go bald i often get differently treated and definately have gotten some nasty rude comments; for the conveinience factor of it, I love it. It has literally cut out like 20 minutes of my morning routine. Yes, i raised $165 for St Baldrick's, and am still raising money. If anyone wants to support me you can go to StBaldricks.org, search Beka Horn, and donate! Shaving my hair off was definately worth it. I have gotten to know so many stories of people I see everyday that have fought cancer that I probably never would have heard had I had hair. One of the coolest things was the day I shaved my hair I got on the activity bus after school and my bus driver asked me what i did to my hair. I told her i went bald to honour people who had cancer and she told me she has been fighting cancer for years and has currently beat it. The coolest thing was she thanked me with tears in her eyes and i knew that standing up against cancer was better than having my hair. When i told my parents that i wanted to do it they both said yes. Then the weekend before i was to get it shaved i double checked with my mom and she was like "NO! I thought you were kidding! You can't shave your hair!" The only reason of why i couldn't that she could think of was because she's been wanting to get a family picture done because my brother is a senior. So the night before I was to lose my hair I made us an appointment for sears portraits and we got our family picture done. I would definitely do it again. I get asked if im going to keep it short and the answer would be no, because next year i want to be able to donate long hair