I've answered the call to help! I'm having my head shaved to stand in solidarity with kids fighting cancer, but more importantly, to raise money to find cures. As a father of five children and a person that has dedicated much of my live to serving youth, the idea of a child being diagnosed with cancer rattles me and knowing that cancer is the number one disease killer of children petrifies me. On Saturday March 3, I'm having my head shaved to stand in solidarity with kids fighting cancer, but more importantly, to raise money to find cures. Last year, my twelve-year-old son Chase was moved by a kindergarten boy at his school that was battling cancer and signed up to raise money and get his head shaved. Chase raised close to $500 in a few days with the help a few families and friends. This year when Chase asked me to join him as a “shavee” he sealed the deal with “you have to help, one out of five children with cancer won’t survive”. So if Chase is committed to improving those odds, I’m in. I’ve set a goal of raising $750 to the St. Baldrick's Foundation to give hope to infants, children, teens and young adults fighting childhood cancers. Chase set his goal at $500 and of course has started talking smack about how he’s going to raise more money than me. While walking around with no hair is a little out of my comfort zone, the idea of a child suffering through the impacts of cancer horrifies me. So when my five-year-old son asked if he could be a “shavee” along with his big brother, the imagery of my youngest child shaved bald “like a cancer patient” was so unsettling that I had to say yes. Favor #4: Choose which reason is the most compelling reason that you are going to donate I know that if you are still reading this message that you are going to stand with me in the fight against childhood cancer. Oblige me one favor: You probably have decided on an amount that you are going to donate, thank you! But when you go to enter the amount on the donation page, consider giving a little more. I went from being engaged to being passionate about assisting St. Baldrick’s Foundation when I allowed myself to imagine cancer striking one of my children. I can’t help to think that if everyone just did a little more, that the day that cures will be found for childhood cancer might arrive a little sooner. Thank you for your time and the consideration of my request!