Since late December I have been growing my hair out. Why you may ask? I decided to participate in a campaign with St. Baldrick's, an organization committed to raising money toward the awareness of cancer in children. My part in this will involve shaving my head on March 4th at the Hibernian in downtown Raleigh, NC. My goal is to raise $500.

You may wonder why I would participate in such an event. To be honest, I felt it was only a small part I could play toward such a great cause. I have been blessed so far not to feel the affects of cancer nor to my knowledge anyone in my immediate family. Therefore while I reap the benefits of a blessing, it is the least I can do participate and in an event to help does who have not been as fortunate.

Sadly, I don't have a recent picture of myself on hand. Really I don't have a camera all together and I do a terrible job keeping up with pictures I receive in the first place. When I can get my hands on both of these items I will update my photo. So far though, I have a mini afro growing which is the first time in about five years I have allowed my hair to grow out for so long. Once I am shaved, it will be first time ever I will have been bald. While I might feel like Sampson when it comes to my hair and keeping it looking neat, its only a small price to pay as I meet my goal.

What you can do is donate money toward research in curing cancer in children. I have a webpage hosted on Stbaldricks.org that you may go to so that you can donate money online either in my name or directly to St. Baldrick's. If you prefer to just send a check you can write to:

St. Baldrick's Processing Center
c/o RT Lawrence
14111 Freeway Drive, Suite 200
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670

Or you even have the option to phone it in by calling 1 (888) 899-BALD.

St. Baldrick's is a non-profit organization with the Federal ID 20-1173824. I want to thank for reading this if you got this far, a truly thank you if you have donated or plan to donate. You can check back on this blog to see the time I will be shaving my head if you would like to come out and support or make fun of me.