Imagine being sentenced to the harshest punishment imaginable—not for something you did, but simply for existing. Imagine the pain, the suffering, and the isolation, all because of a cruel, relentless disease. Childhood cancer is a merciless judge, jury, and executioner, and its victims—innocent children—are forced to endure punishments no one deserves.
I'm shaving bald to raise money for pediatric cancer research and make this suffering a thing of the past. Whether I shave my beard and eyebrows too is up to you!
My daughter, Jasmine, was just 10 years old when she was handed her life sentence. Her only crime? Being a child whose own cells betrayed her. In 2014, she was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a bone cancer that took over her body and stole her future. She suffered through the brutal trials of chemotherapy, surgery, and relentless medical interventions. We watched helplessly as her freedom—to run, to play, to dream—was taken from her piece by piece. Cancer amputated her childhood, leaving behind a body marked by scars and a spirit weighed down by suffering.
Jasmine fought with everything she had. She endured the unbearable, losing her right fibula, then her left ring finger, then her right arm. But cancer is a ruthless executioner. It showed no mercy. A few days after her 13th birthday, it took her life.
This is the cruel and unusual punishment that children with cancer face every day. They are stripped of their health, their hair, their childhoods, and for too many—like Jasmine—their futures. And yet, despite this horror, childhood cancer remains one of the most underfunded areas of medical research.
I refuse to accept this injustice. That is why I’m shaving my head with St. Baldrick’s. Standing in solidarity with the kids who don’t get a choice in losing their hair. St. Baldrick’s is the largest non-government funder of childhood cancer research, working tirelessly to find better treatments—treatments that don’t just prolong life but truly save it.
And to make this effort even more impactful, I’m putting my own hair on the line. If the following milestones are reached by Feb 25th, more than just my head of hair will be cut.
$20,000 in donations = My beard goes.
$25,000 in donations = Goodbye, eyebrows.
Jasmine lost her hair to chemotherapy. And yes, with the dosage of chemotherapy Jasmine received, she lost her eyebrows too. If it is required to raise the funds needed to fight this cruel disease, I’ll gladly lose mine too.
No child deserves the punishment of cancer. No family should have to stand by, powerless, as they watch their child suffer. With your support, we can give future kids a fighting chance. Let’s change the system. Let’s rewrite the story. Let’s make sure no child has to face the same fate as Jasmine.
Donate today. Stand against this injustice. And help us build a world where childhood cancer is no longer a life sentence.
