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Mighty Mikey

This is 7-year-old Mikey Weinstein. He laughs, smiles, sings, whistles, celebrates, and plays every day. He has a big sister, Katie, and a little brother, Timmy.  He loves all things Sesame Street, and when you ask him what he wants to be when he grows up, he will tell you that he wants to be Ernie’s puppeteer on Sesame Street. He is funny and sweet but has no problem letting you know when he’s mad or upset!

Mikey has been battling unclassifiable leptomeningeal tumors in his brain and spine since September 2008. He’s been on three different chemo protocols and is getting ready to fight this beast for the fourth time.

He’s been nicknamed Mighty Mikey, and mighty he is. Cancer has taken away so much of his childhood and has impacted Katie and Timmy’s life so deeply, yet Mighty Mikey takes the punches that these tumors throw and he punches right back.

We have been so honored to volunteer for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation since May 2009. Mikey has been an honored child at events in our hometown of Rockaway Beach, New York. It was at these events that his dad and an overwhelming number of family members and friends have shaved their heads and volunteered in his honor. I have been a volunteer event organizer for 2 events in Rockaway Beach, and I can’t wait to be an organizer for as many years as necessary.

This year, Mighty Mikey is joining in the fun and shaving his head in memory of the many friends he has lost to this disease at the annual Hero Celebration at The Boathouse Central Park event.

The impact that the St. Baldrick’s Foundation has on the childhood cancer community is profound, and we HOPE and BELIEVE that, with the help of St. Baldrick’s, one day, no child will ever have to fight like Mighty Mikey.

Support Mighty Mikey and his brother, Timmy — donate on their heads! Or follow their lead and shave your head for kids with cancer!