Hello my Friends and Family! I am so excited that you are viewing our St. Baldrick's Foundation event to raise money for children's cancer. We are working hard and getting things underway to raise 3,000$ at our event, an ambitious yet achievable goal; and thus far we have all been amazing. Dear friends of mine and some whom I have never met, have embarked and succumbed ourselves to complete commitment to the cause; using every outlet we contain to simply go for it.
From the begining we took off running and a plan was excecuted. My dear dear friends Danielle Wade and Josh Myrick came to me with an idea.... "let's shave our heads for cancer research funding". Without hesitation I said, "I'm in."
My motivations are numerous and dense, and became more clear to me as I have now had time to contemplate the relativety of cancer to my life. I am currently in my senior year about to graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Biology, a minor in Chemistry and a Concentration in Cellular and Molecular Biology. Oncology included somewhere in the latter; is such a young field, growing exponentialy year by year since the first oncogenes were mapped. As our knowledge increases about cancer, so does the spread and diversity. There is so much work to be done. Although I am uncertain currently as to where I am going to be for graduate school or what I will study, I do know that cancer research is in my top interests. I can only begin to imagine the surface of the politics behind cancer research or the money that it takes for countless trials and trials in the lab, but I do know that it takes a global push to want to do something about. I do not believe that nothing can be done, and that we will not be able to invent new ways for treatment beyond chemotherapy. "Life will find a way." as the great Dr. Malcolm once said. I want to be a part of it, change our future. I graduate in May and with a clear and shaved head I will walk towards my future in science wherever that may be. Inspired by my family Eric Schell and my Nana, I am doing this for you. To let you know that I have not forgotten and you will never leave my heart.
As far as shaving my head goes, it is freedom. Defying the sexual stereotypes. I AM NOT MY HAIR; no one is. I would be lying if I said that I wasn't nervous, but its keeping me on my toes. As every day passes I find one more reason to put my heart, mind body and soul in doing this.
I invite anyone reading this page to join and get involved in any way you are comfortable with. We would love for you to be a part of this. Cancer might not have happened to You or I, but surley to someone we have known. Invite others if you are unable to get involed. Every dollar and every minute counts, but most of all faith in youselves and us.