I shall be participating in the shave-a-thon on Sunday in Providence. It really is a great charity. I heartily second this appeal for your cash.
-----Original Message----- >From: "Thomas Heald, Esquire" <[email protected]> >Sent: Mar 13, 2009 7:33 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Make me go bald...er. > > >Make me bald...er. > >St. Baldrick's was dreamt up by a group of business executives in New >York City in 2000, who had been observing St. Patrick's Day in the >traditional way---pints at their favorite pub, with music and laughter >in great supply. They decided to give their celebration a little twist >and help young children diagnosed with cancer by recruiting volunteers >to have their heads shaved in public in return for pledges of financial >support. > >It began with a goal of "$17,000 on the 17th of March." Since then it >has raised over $50 million for lifesaving research. The primary >beneficiary of the event is CureSearch National Childhood Cancer >Foundation, the only organization of its kind focused solely on >supporting life-saving research and treatment of childhood cancer. > >Unlike many of these children who face an uncertain future, I am lucky >enough to know that my hair will grow back in just a couple of months. >So, if a little off the top will help save the life of a child, it's a >small price to pay. > >Being bald is sometimes a choice. Demi Moore's character did it in "G.I. >Jane" to be just like the other soldiers, no exceptions. The guys in >Blue Man Group ... well that's not so much a removal, but an addition of >latex skull caps and mysterious goo. Then, there's Britney Spears, who >well, not even she knows what was up with that. My brother shaves his >head because it looks cool on Michael Jordan -- and it's an identical >look as they're both stock middle-aged white guys who work at a >convenience store. > >Why do I shave my head once again this year? To honor two friends I'd >never met but loved as much as my biological family. Randy Amasia simply >was game shows -- having appeared on both "Jeopardy!" and "Whew!" (If >Regis Philbin's show had been titled 'I Want to Be a Millionaire!," he >probably woulda won there as well.) Possibly the smartest man I've ever >known, Randy died of throat cancer December 12, 2001. Not a kid, but >dying at 44 seems young. > >Another huge heart and brain belong to Randy's best friend David Zinkin, >who died August 13, 2008 after battling what he deemed "a rare form of a >rare" lower intestinal cancer. Anyone dealing with cancer is doing it >too young. > >I've done the head shave twice before. And the $600 raised in the past >... just isn't enough while advances keep being made. > >Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to the St. Baldrick's >Foundation by sponsoring me to shave my head. To make a donation, and >learn more about the event and the cause, visit www.StBaldricks.org, >click on "Sponsor a Shavee" to submit a donation in my name, or call >888-899-BALD to donate by phone. > >Visit http://snipurl.com/shavetom2009 to go there directly. > >Thanks, >Thomas Allen Heald > >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
