Jarot Gustin and I have been friends since we were 17 and worked together at the long gone Dillons store at 29th and Topeka Blvd. We went to the same college where I had the luck of living across the hall from his now wife of what, 15 years? Rosemary Wine Gustin and the privilege of introducing them and so technically, this is all kind of my fault.

Jarot and Rosemary have just like a whole pack of amazing kids and one of them is fighting cancer and the absolute least I can do to contribute is this. So, friends, donate a few $ to see me shave my head. It can't be that drastic a change -- my mother says my head is practically shaved already but maybe we can do some good? I'm going to donate the entire difference between my old salary and my new one for the month of May so that's like $9 already.

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.