You may or may not have heard of St. Baldrick’s before. It’s a fundraiser done each year to raise money for children’s cancer research, and I’ve decided to go for it this year.
Long story short, well-meaning folks with hair-to-spare (such as myself) solicit donations for the charity (from awesome folks like you), and in exchange, I’ll show up to an official St. Baldrick’s event to get my head shaved.
So… yeah. I’m signed up for the March 13th event here on Long Island. If anyone wanted to chip in for the cause, here’s my page:
Also, I’ve personally decided that for every $500 I raise, I’m keeping my head shaved for an extra two weeks. I suspect that this reason alone may cause my sister, or others, to go crazy with their credit card.
Thanks.
Edit: In case anyone’s hesitant, the St. Baldrick’s charity is on the up and up. They’ve been doing these events for going-on 11 years. Here’s some info about their spending:
I’m thinking of growing mine out for Locks of Love. I want to grow it out to see what it looks like anyhow. Might as well put it so some use afterward. So far I’m only at 2" out of the necessary 10 and this is the longest my hair has ever been in my life.
[quote]Steel Nation wrote:
I’m thinking of growing mine out for Locks of Love. I want to grow it out to see what it looks like anyhow. Might as well put it so some use afterward. So far I’m only at 2" out of the necessary 10 and this is the longest my hair has ever been in my life.[/quote]
Good on you, Steel!
I’ll be doing the same thing within the year. I want to make sure I have enough length so I can cut off the split ends and still have the required minimum for Locks of Love.
By the way, please post pics (before and after) when you reach “hippie” status.
[quote]Nards wrote:
I’d love to have any reason to shave my head again.
I did it about 15 years ago and loved it. I couldn’t stop rubbing my own head.[/quote]
They are talking about the head at the end of your neck.
[quote]Nards wrote:
I’d love to have any reason to shave my head again.
I did it about 15 years ago and loved it. I couldn’t stop rubbing my own head.[/quote]
They are talking about the head at the end of your neck. [/quote]
[quote]Chris Colucci wrote:
You may or may not have heard of St. Baldrick’s before. It’s a fundraiser done each year to raise money for children’s cancer research, and I’ve decided to go for it this year.
Long story short, well-meaning folks with hair-to-spare (such as myself) solicit donations for the charity (from awesome folks like you), and in exchange, I’ll show up to an official St. Baldrick’s event to get my head shaved.
So… yeah. I’m signed up for the March 13th event here on Long Island. If anyone wanted to chip in for the cause, here’s my page:
Also, I’ve personally decided that for every $500 I raise, I’m keeping my head shaved for an extra two weeks. I suspect that this reason alone may cause my sister, or others, to go crazy with their credit card.
Thanks.
Edit: In case anyone’s hesitant, the St. Baldrick’s charity is on the up and up. They’ve been doing these events for going-on 11 years. Here’s some info about their spending:
[quote]Steel Nation wrote:
I’m thinking of growing mine out for Locks of Love. I want to grow it out to see what it looks like anyhow. Might as well put it so some use afterward. So far I’m only at 2" out of the necessary 10 and this is the longest my hair has ever been in my life.[/quote]
Good on you, Steel!
I’ll be doing the same thing within the year. I want to make sure I have enough length so I can cut off the split ends and still have the required minimum for Locks of Love.
By the way, please post pics (before and after) when you reach “hippie” status. [/quote]
I was just thinking about this the other day too. I’ve been growing it since about September and am getting pretty shaggy.
Should be good to go by April when the weather breaks.
[quote]John Romaniello wrote:
I’ve done this a few times. Where on LI are you doing this? They have a pretty big to-do in my home town.[/quote]
I (randomly) decided to do the one at Jackie Reilly’s in Bethpage.
It’s turning out to be one of the larger local events this year, attendance-wise, but there are a dozen or so different Baldrick gatherings across the Island.
