I will be marking my 15th birthday with my 10th year of shaving my head to help support childhood cancer research! I'm doing my 10th shave in honor of the original team captain, my Grandpa Tom Toy, who taught me what it meant to give back when you can and support others. He shaved his head 7 times! Grandpa Tom started shaving his head in memory of my Aunt Betsy, his daughter, who lost her fight against Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia back in 1993 at the age of 22, and for all the children who fought or are fighting childhood cancers. At 5 years old, I wanted to join him and shave my head, too! So, together we formed Betsy's Crew. A couple of years later my Uncle Bob joined the team, and over the years we have had many family and friends join us to chop or shave in support of childhood cancer research! Dad shaved his beard and Grandma Pam did the chop last year!!

Cancer kills more children than any other disease, 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. Kids' cancers are different from adult cancers and childhood cancer research is extremely underfunded. We want to help change the statistics and help find cures, so we joined St. Baldrick's to do something about it by raising money to bring awareness and fund new research for cures. Research is hope for every kid with cancer!

Now, we need your help! Every donation made helps fund research to find cures for the thousands of infants, children, teens, and young adults fighting childhood cancers!! Your gift will give kids hope, supporting the best research across the country, through the largest charitable funder of childhood cancer research grants.

Please consider making a donation or joining our team, become a fellow shavee (beards too), or get a ponytail chopped. You can also join an event near you or do a virtual event and shave on your own. With your support and donations “on my head”, we can save lives together and give these kids the lifetime they deserve. Thank you for your support!