I'm shaving my head to raise money for childhood cancer research! Thank you so much for visiting my donation page. Please donate if you can--it would mean the world! This is very near and dear to my heart. Childhood cancer kills more children than any other disease in the United States. It also is extremely underfunded. Two thirds of surviving children have long term health effects of treatment. St. Baldrick's is the largest private funder of childhood cancer research grants.

This is bigger than me. So much bigger.

Having been born with Sickle Cell Disease, I know firsthand what it is like to be a child in a hospital bed, at death's door, scared and extremely in need of help. I was that child. I have been that child. I have seen my mother be emotionally torn apart by seeing her children almost taken away from her due to disease. I have experienced multiple family members dying, and a couple who have survived, from cancer. I have seen the hardship and devastation that it causes. I have felt the pain. As a child, I needed to know that someone outside of my family and friends cared about me and what was happening to me. 

God has blessed me with beautiful hair. Long, gorgeous hair. Hair that I waited years and years for. Hair that I am so grateful to have had and that has made me feel amazing and unique. Hair that I love so much and that is my crown and glory. And I am giving it all up because I know in my soul that these children and their having a shot at living and playing and getting a shot at their dreams are more important. I need to be one of the people who lets them know how cared about they are. I need to help researchers to find better treatments; to find a cure. I need to help save a child. 

Please, please consider donating. It is a matter of life and death.