BREAKING NEWS: Join me for a NOT QUITE YET head shaving April 16th in Erie PA at Firestone's Restaurant. The PROs let me know that my Ponytail is ONE INCH TOO SHORT to make a solid 12" length required for "Wigs for Kids". Rather than not provide a wig for a cancer survivor I must delay about two months (think July 4th). 7 pm dinner is STILL on with a social hour 9-10 pm. If you want dinner before, make a reservation at 814 864-5640, tell them you're with Kirk!
Why am I shaving my head, and why should you care?
My son Hunter and I first started doing this back in 2000 at AJ Rocco's in Cleveland OH. We did it for years (check out the pics below), it's time to do it again. Covid let me grow my hair long enough to also donate a ponytail with my daughter Kara to https://www.wigsforkids.org/ (check them out too).
It's simple and easy to donate and it goes to basic cancer research to help improve and save kids' lives from the trauma of childhood cancer.
PLEASE donate and please forward my message to your circle of friends who may or may not know me. Share a "Kirk Olsen" story if you think it will help, everybody's got one. Best story wins a prize!
Embrace the Bald, Save a Child. Help me make it happen!
Thanks, "Cap'n" Kirk
PS Do not forget matching gifts to which you might be eligible! At Parker it’s here: Matching Gifts | Team Member Giving (cybergrants.com) just type in St Baldricks Foundation. Please note my name and number: 1141109.
History from St Baldrick's Organization: A challenge among friends 25 years ago has become the largest volunteer movement to Conquer Kids’ Cancer.
Did you know, 1 in 5 kids diagnosed with cancer in the U.S. won’t survive? For those who do, more than 96% have severe or life-threatening conditions by the time they are 50.
Each shaved head, every dollar donated, creates a ripple effect of progress for kids with cancer.
Your gift will give kids and their families hope, supporting the best research across the country, through the largest charity funder of childhood cancer research grants, the St. Baldrick’s Foundation.
Together, let’s give these kids the lifetime they deserve. Thank you for your support!
