Why am I shaving my head, and why should you care?
A challenge among friends 25 years ago has become the largest volunteer movement to Conquer Kids’ Cancer. This year, I’m joining thousands of others to shave my head to raise money for childhood cancer research!
Why am I shaving my head with St. Baldrick’s?
Two years ago in March (2022) , I volunteered to raise money for St Baldrick's childhood cancer research. This was the first and only time I had done St Baldricks and I had not had a shaved head since I was a child, I did think I would look goofy with a shaved head and initially I didn’t put much thought into this event, I just shared it on my Facebook page and with some friends , but then, My cousins husband who was diagnosed with cancer in high school donated to St Baldricks in my name, and when he did he messaged me and said , “thank you for doing this, St baldricks to me is a big deal and here’s why. For me, after I was diagnosed with cancer, I was just going through the motions, I was dealing with cancer until my hair fell out. For me, That’s when it was real to me, that’s when reality set in and my life flashed before my eyes. That’s also when people start noticing that you’re going through tough times. People look at you differently, they treat you differently and it was at that moment I became scared for once. So when I see people shave their heads for the cause and they have to feel awkward for a bit, I know it’s comforting to those going through that battle to know they aren’t the only ones.” After he told me this I decided I was going to do the event yearly.
Last year in 2023 I helped cohost a St Balrdricks event and personally raised over $5,500 (https://www.stbaldricks.org/participants/Ccritser) and the event raised over $13,500 for St Baldricks , unfortunately this year I was unable to get involved hosting an event, but still wanted to shave my head and raise funds for the cause.
This year for 2024, I have started the event and listed my initial goal as $3,000 but hope to up that and double it and beat my last year amount.
Research is hope for kids with cancer, but donations to find cures have been down since 2020.
Your gift will give kids hope, supporting the best research across the country, through the largest charitable funder of childhood cancer research grants.
Cancer kills more of our kids than any other disease. I don’t want to let these kids down. With your donation “on my head,” together, we can save lives. Can you help? Thank you!
