Those of you that know me probably know what is about to come but for those that don't, I lost my dad to cancer when I was 8. To save you from doing the math, that was 13 years ago, or January 2005. March of that year was the first time I participated in St. Baldrick's and as you can guess, I still do.
For those of you who don't know what St. Baldrick's is, it's an organization where you raise money to find a cure for childhood cancer and then shave your head to stand in solidarity with the kids who often lose their hair during chemotherapy.
I would like to ask that you consider donating for my 14th year participating. In the past I've asked you to donate without saying anything about where the money goes, so why don't we change that this year?
- $50 provides two hours of a clinical trial, often a child’s best hope for a cure
- $100 covers a student to work in a pediatric oncology research lab for one week
- $250 allows for ten hours of research to improve patient and survivor quality of life
- Since 2005, St. Baldrick’s has funded more than $230 million in research grants to find cures for kids with cancer
Since I started back in 2005, I have raised over $15,000. Of course I don't expect everyone to donate as much as those amounts mentioned above, but if just 10 people donate $5, that's already one clinical trial for a child.
Please try and pass this on to other family and friends to help out this cause.
Thank you.