Dave Anderson was born with the inability to grow a moustache. Despite suffering this devastating genetic predisposition to low hair follicle prevalence on the normally designated area for growing mustaches, he managed adversity well enough to become a firefighter. Overcompensating for this lack of beautiful bountiful bristles around the upper lip, he found some solace in the lonely, often underappreciated world of voluminous and superfluous outgrowth of epidermis atop Mt. Bizarre (named after the shape and appearance of his bald head as well as the thoughts that float through the brain below them) by growing enough hair to harvest 20 mustaches of varying flavor. Plagued by the constant regret of having never been able to participate in “Movember,” Anderson finally realized his calling when he discovered St. Baldrick’s. All jokes aside, I feel privileged that I can raise money for a worthy cause by doing something as simple as shaving my head (symbolic gesture to stand in solidarity with children affected by cancer). For those of you that I’ve known since elementary school, you remember how cancer took TJ’s life in 2nd grade before he had the chance to really live his life. And for some of you reading this, cancer affected your life as a child and we were fortunate that research and treatment (among other factors) had progressed along well enough to produce a favorable outcome. Most of you are in the same boat I am, being that you know someone who was affected by cancer as a child. Point being, that varying forms of childhood cancer have affected, currently affect, or will affect us or someone we know. The St. Baldrick’s Foudation is a “volunteer-driven charity that funds more in childhood research grants than any organization except the US government.” If you feel like donating, click “make a donation” to give online, or donate by phone or mail. Thank you all for taking the time to read this and for your consideration. -Dave