I am a proud father
The universe gifted me two wonderful children. Each of them has their unique qualities. My older son has an edge to his personality but he can also be sweet at times. He is great at reading a room and engaging anyone in conversation. My younger son has a heart of gold. His kindness presents itself to everyone he meets. Childhood cancer is a terrible curse on society and a new child is diagnosed with it every 2 minutes. Luckily for me, I never had to deal with any childhood cancer with either of my children. now, one of them is trying to help fight it.
For the last two years, my youngest son Michael, has participated in St. Baldrick’s Head Shaving Campaign to raise money to the non-profit. With the raised funds, St. Baldrick’s spearheads the fight to eliminate childhood cancers.
Who is St. Baldrick?
St. Baldrick is not actually a real saint. No Baldrick (to the best of anyone’s knowledge) walked the fields of Ireland at any point in time. The name is actually a derivative of BALD and ST. PATRICK because the annual head shaving takes place on or around St. Patrick’s Day.
The first Head Shaving event took place in New York City in the year 2000 and has grown nation wide. Each year, they raise money for research into childhood cancers and the amount continues to grow. In 2019, they awarded 24.7 million dollars to organizations fighting pediatric cancer.
Please help Michael
Today’s Wildcard Wednesday post is short and sweet because I would like everyone to read it quickly and take the moment to help out.
Michael has been passionate about St. Baldrick’s for some time now. Growing his hair out every year is annoying at times, but he is happy to endure it. He truly believes in the good he is doing for other kids. That is a selflessness you seldom see in children. He would be honored to be one of the top fundraisers locally and we are trying to help him reach that goal.
Would you please take a moment to give a small donation to the cause of fighting childhood cancer in my son’s name? I promise you that he AND children suffering from pediatric cancer thank you!
CLICK HERE TO DONATE TO MICHAEL’S PAGE
Christopher Hess, LMT