Participant 1141635

James Lyden Before

James Lyden

shaved to cure childhood cancers!

Sep 14, 2024 • 11:00 am - 11:00 pm

Event: McMullan's Irish Pub

At: McMullan's Irish Pub

4650 West Tropicana Avenue, Las Vegas, NV US

Conquer Kids' Cancer Other Ways To Give

Fundraising

$1,415Raised

$1,500 GOAL

$1,500 GOAL

Participant 1141635

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Participant 1141635

Milestones & Stretch Goals

$ 1,415
  • GOAL 1,500 $
  • $2,000 - Bleach hair before traveling

    • $2,000 - Bleach hair before traveling

Every 2 minutes a child is diagnosed with cancer. Help me fund the research that will save their lives!

Fundraising

$1,415Raised

$1,500 GOAL

$1,500 GOAL

Participant 1141635

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Celebrating 25 Years

St. Baldrick’s started as a grassroots effort 25 years ago, driven by people who believe in helping kids with cancer.

National Partner

I shaved to raise money for childhood cancer research with: Space Monkeys

Sep 14, 2024 • 11:00 am - 11:00 pm

Event: McMullan's Irish Pub

At: McMullan's Irish Pub

4650 West Tropicana Avenue, Las Vegas, NV US

I shaved to raise money for childhood cancer research with: Space Monkeys

It's my 15th year of shaving my head to raise money for childhood cancer research! That makes me qualified as a Crusader, and I'm going back to celebrate this achievement in the first place I ever started getting my hair cut in taverns, McMullan's Irish Pub.


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.


Genetics gave me this sparkling personality, this adequate height, some above average powers of recall, and it also killed my dream to have hair like Stalin or Kenny Rogers. I've been growing my hair out since the end of June, and I've had quite enough of it. I mean, it's been over five years since the last time I haven't been bald. I spent a couple years raising money to lose the beard, and I can tell you horrifying, painful stories about what a bleach kit will do to a man's face, dermatologically.


So here we go again. For those of you who are unfamiliar, here's the history of it.

Because of that balding situation I was searching for some sort of solution to look better. Then in 2008, I was at a Las Vegas Wranglers hockey game with my kids, and they announced there would be a head shaving event across the street to benefit the St. Baldrick's Foundation. I figured we'd raise a couple hundred bucks and have some laughs.


Fast forward to today. My friends and I have raised over $35,000 for this charity. The Foundation now funds more in childhood cancer research grants than any organization except the U.S. government. 


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.


For every $5 you donate, you get to choose a color for me to dye my hair; one color, no stripes. If we break our all time Space Monkeys record of $5993 - and let's round that up to an even 6 grand -  I'll do it before I get on the plane to Vegas on Thursday, September 12, which means you might get to send me to a very nice restaurant in a suit and tie and probably keep me away from the nicer tables.


I'm getting shaved at McMullans Irish Pub on September 14, time TBD. Let me know if you'd like to come out and join us.


Thank you in advance for your consideration and generosity.


James Lyden

Team Space Monkeys

Knight of the Bald Table, 2014

Knight Commander, 2019

Crusader For a Cure, 2024


My Roles:

  • Shavee

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Crusader for a Cure

Be it known to all that this participant has dedicated at least fifteen years of service to the St. Baldrick’s Foundation helping kids with cancer throughout all the land.

St. Baldrick’s Honored Kids

Kids with cancer are our reason for it all. They’re the inspiration behind our event and the reason we’re helping fund childhood cancer research. We believe all kids should be able to grow up and turn their dreams into realities. Join our event or make a donation, and click the photos below to read their incredible stories.

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Celebrating 25 Years

St. Baldrick’s started as a grassroots effort 25 years ago, driven by people who believe in helping kids with cancer.

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