What a fun event. Kudos to the organizers and the volunteers! ANd more thanks to the donors. I'm almost to my stretch goal of $1,000, and in fact with my employer match I will have already surpassed it, and the event is almost to it's goal of $50k.
Make that $500 goal a $1000 goal. There is still time and you can donate during and after the event!
I'm shaving my head to raise money for childhood cancer research! Did you know that kids' cancers are different from adult cancers? It's true. And childhood cancer research is extremely underfunded. So I decided to do something about it by raising money for cures.
Now I need your help! Will you make a donation? Every dollar makes a difference for the thousands of infants, children, teens, and young adults fighting childhood cancers.
To answer a few of the questions I have gotten from friends who I have asked to donate:
1: No the beard is not going; I’ll only sacrifice so much! ;)
2: No, thankfully, I’m not doing this because someone close to me is going through childhood cancer.
2a: The longer version of the short story is that, Ive always said I wanted to shave my head, but my wife has “asked” me not to. When we heard the commercial for this event I looked at her and said, “You can’t say no! It’s for kids with cancer!”
2b: And maybe after my own successful short fight with cancer a couple years ago I have also been looking for a way to help out.
3: Yes, there will be plenty of before and after pictures. If you are on facebook I’m hoping to put the actual shaving on facebook live. And there will be before and after pictures on this site as well as on facebook. Or I will happiuly send them to you, just ask. Also if you are anywhere near “in the area” anytime before it grows back you are welcome to stop by, point and laugh or even rub my head for luck.
###Attention Power Solutions employees### Danfoss Power Solutions is a matching partner for St. Baldrick's. If you donate you can go to HR and get a form that, once you get it filled out by St. Baldrick's they will match employee donations of $50-$500! If you need help getting the form or getting it filled out and/or signed let me know.