donate your birthday

Amber donated her birthday to raise money for childhood cancer research. You can, too! Read her 10 super helpful tips below.

Amber donated her birthday to help raise funds for childhood cancer.

You can donate your birthday by taking the day that would usually be centered on you and turn it into a meaningful celebration to support kids with cancer. Giving up your birthday shows your friends and family that you are passionate about fighting this serious disease!

I was looking for a special way to recognize the many Honored Kids I’ve come to know in my time here at St. Baldrick’s. Each has made a huge impact on my life. So I decided to donate my birthday to the Haven’s Gastropub event in Pasadena, California, to help raise important funds for childhood cancer research.

While I started with a fundraising goal of $1,000, it was passed in little more than a day and I ended up raising $5,500! It was amazing to see all of the people in my life come together to support this cause that I care so much about. It truly was the best birthday ever.

So are you ready to donate your birthday but you don’t know where to start? Here are my top secret super-duper birthday tips!

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Darcy’s daughters Eva, turning 6 years old, and Isabel, turning 8, took part in a St. Baldrick’s head-shaving event in 2012. Now, the girls are donating their birthdays for children with cancer on June 8. You can give them a birthday donation and help them reach their $500 goal!

Eva and Isabel, turning 6 and 8 years old, decided to donate their birthdays to raise funds for childhood cancer research.

Then, a thought struck me. I looked at her and said, “Why don’t you donate it in March?” She asked what I meant. After talking to her about childhood cancer, treatments, and how kids lose their hair while trying to get better, my little baby, who wanted hair like Rapunzel, said, “Mommy, I want to give my hair to a little girl who lost hers.”

We set up her fundraising page and chose to honor Aleigha, who came to Concordia with her father during our Cancer Awareness Week.

The girls got to meet Aleigha at the St. Baldrick’s head-shaving event. Within minutes, they were running around the school auditorium as if they had known each other forever. Isabel and Eva still ask for updates and pray for Aleigha and are also more understanding of other children. When they see a child out in public without hair, the only question they ask me is how they can keep helping.

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