Last week after I put my daughter Reese to bed I sat on the couch to unwind for a minute and found myself watching a clip about a 6 year old that died of cancer and how she wrote little notes for her parents and left them all around the house before she died. The tears started flowing from my eyes. I couldn't imagine anything worse in life. The nightmare these parents have to live is unimaginable. It’s horrifying for all involved and a battle a child should never have to face. Coincidentally, the next day I found out how my husband Ryan’s company is involved in sponsoring a St. Baldrick’s event, where participants shave their heads and raise money to benefit kid’s cancer. This called out to me and I realized that while I may be helpless on the disease of cancer, I don’t have to be helpless entirely. I’ll be honest…The idea of shaving my head is a little scary (well, very scary), and has taken me some time to find the courage to commit, but if someone told me I could save the life of a child if I shaved my head, I would do so without thinking twice. So, this is my hope… I am joining this campaign, I’m going to shave my head (and donate my hair), and hope that maybe, just maybe, it will save the life of a child. I've never been directly impacted by childhood cancer and hope and pray I never will. I hope that by shaving my head and joining the thousands of others who are doing the same, we can drive awareness, raise money to fund research, and stop a nightmare that unfortunately does impact so many. • Worldwide, a child is diagnosed every 3 minutes • All types of childhood cancers combined receive only 4% of U.S. federal funding for cancer research • 1 in 5 children diagnosed with cancer in the U.S. and Canada will not survive, and 2 out of 3 that do survive will develop long term effects from the very treatment that saved them. • We need to stop this… We all need to help... I am writing this letter with a little anxiety but a lot of hope and love, and ask for you to help me join this fight. By raising money and driving awareness, together we CAN save the life of a child. With sincere gratitude, Nikki