I’m Going Bald!
You heard it right – I’m shaving my head in solidarity with children who have cancer and typically lose their hair during treatment, while raising critical funds for childhood cancer research!
In the US, more children die of childhood cancer than any other disease. Please make a donation on my behalf to support childhood cancer research so that all children diagnosed with cancer will have a better chance for a cure.
To make a donation, visit my page at http://bit.ly/d6hDu3 and click on “Make A Donation” or donate by mail or phone.
Thank you for your support!
By the way: my son Christopher is going to shave his head, too! You can donate under his name at http://bit.ly/ckWzhi.
(NOTE: The links changed on Wednesday afternoon, 3/3/10, so if you made note of the old links, you may want to update!)
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I really respect you for this fun raising effort. To clarify facts, according to the AHA “Nearly twice as many children die from congenital heart disease in the US each year as die from all forms of childhood cancers combined.”
Hi Debbie! Thanks.
The statement “more children die of childhood cancer than any other disease” is drawn from the St. Baldrick’s website (http://www.stbaldricks.com), and is consistent with data from the American Cancer Society, which says “cancer is the chief cause of death by disease in children between ages 1 and 14″ (See http://bit.ly/bsOL5k, page 10).
I can’t reconcile the two statements…and regardless, any time a child dies it’s tragic and heartbreaking. Hopefully the money raised through this will help prevent some of those deaths.
It can be reconciled by the fact that the cancer society uses 1-14. Many of the children that die from congenital heart disease are under 1 year of age. I can get more specific statistics for you later. The statistics on congenital heart disease start at birth.
Debbie