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.
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Two.
As in every two minutes a child is diagnosed with cancer. Most of those "two minutes" pass us by, leaving us personally unaffected.
Some do not.
Some hit us right between the eyes, grab our head, and scream at us "this time it's personal." Sometimes its someone we love. Whether they are friends, or family, or we just consider them family. It's when their "two minutes" comes around that we realize how important this fight is.
For my before shave picture this year, I chose a picture of myself at my high school, where I was having lunch with my son. I chose it for three reasons. First, being there and enjoying lunch with my son reminds me that I'm so lucky that neither of my own children have faced childhood cancer. It reminds me to keep in my prayers those parents and grandparents not so fortunate. Doing this shave each year reminds me to be thankful for that. The second reason is that as many of you know, my high school mascot was a crusader. And last year I was halfway to earning the rank of "crusader for a cure" in Saint Baldrick. The third reason, is that I remember being in that same room in 1978 with one of my classmates fighting leukemia. I didn't know very much about cancer at that young age. I learned firsthand, watching my friend suffer through the treatment. We've lost touch over the years , And I have no idea how he's doing now, or how his life has progressed. But I know that what happened to him all those years ago was a life-changing event.
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, and for those who are starting their fight now, or in the next two minutes, or the next two, or the next two...
Let's end this disease.
