St. Baldrick’s 2008
March 15th, 2008 Posted in Community, St. Baldrick's
Well, as you can see from these pictures (and more in the photo gallery) we had a great time this past Friday at Fado’s Irish Pub for the St. Baldrick’s fund raiser. My good friend, Dave Rodberg, cut my hair then somehow decided it was safe to give me the shears. Big Mistake!
Dave is one of those trusting guys who knows his friends would never take advantage of a situation where cameras and sharp objects are involved! Dave and I go way back to his days when he worked for GA Aeromedical as a flight nurse. Now he is active duty Air Force taking care of our soldiers.
I must credit Dave and his wife, Lorna, for getting me involved in St. Baldrick’s. He is probably the most dedicated, selfless individual I will ever know.
So you are asking yourself, “What is this St. Baldrick’s thing and why would anyone want to shave their head?” St. Baldrick’s is the world’s largest volunteer-driven fundraising event for childhood cancer research. Thousands of volunteers shave their heads in solidarity of children with cancer, while requesting donations of support from friends and family. I like the organization because they directly sponsor doctors who are doing the important research.
I had a lot of great support in this year’s event: My family first and foremost, everyone in the office (Deborah Michael showed up, but didn’t shave her head), lots of masters swimmers from the Fowler YMCA, and my long time friend and tech collaborator, Andrew Lunde. I think it would have only taken one more Black and Tan for Andrew to shave his long hair. We may have him talked into participating next year!
The mission of St. Baldrick’s Foundation is to raise awareness and funds to cure kids’ cancer by supporting cancer research and fellowships. If you would like to sponsor me I’d be honored! Just click here to get to my web page.