It's head-shavin' time again

Well, let's give this a try. It's time to raise money for the St. Baldrick's Foundation, and I've volunteered to get my head shaved again if folks will pay good money to see it happen.

What is St. Baldrick's Foundation and why should you give them some money?

St. Baldrick's Foundation funds more in childhood cancer research grants than any other organization except the United States government. 74.5% of the money they raise goes to research grants, 21.8% goes to fundraising, and only 3.7% goes to administrative costs. That's pretty good.

The dye is out and my hair has long since returned to it's natural gray, but there's still plenty of it to be chopped off.

After last year's unfortunate realization that I look less like Travis Bickle and more like Bert or one of those pinheads from Freaks when I have a mohawk, I won't let the barber stop this year until I'm bald as a cue ball.

Anyway, if you have even $5 to spare and you'd like to donate to a good cause, please visit my fundraising site here.

Thanks!

Let's do some good

Recently I came across two worthy causes that would certainly appreciate having a little extra kale thrown their way.

Haley is the adorable 6 year old niece of a friend of mine. Haley was diagnosed with a brain tumor at the age of 7 months and has gone through a lot. Please, please click on her page here and donate something to St. Baldrick's Foundation in her honor.

Longtime friend of the Compound Denise is running in her first 8k, the Shamrock Shuffle, and is raising money for the American Cancer Society.

These are good people, and you can donate as little as $5. I mean, come on, that's a cup of coffee, right? It's not often you get a chance to donate as little as $5 and can know it's going somewhere good.

Take a walk

I know this is short notice, but it's the best I can do.

Tomorrow morning, September 29, I'm going to participate in an Out of the Darkness Community Walk at the Busse Woods Forest Preserve in Elk Grove Village. The walk starts at 11:00 am, and the proceeds benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

A bunch of us were going to form a team to raise money, but we got our act together too late; so now a few of us are registered as individuals. There's no registration fee, and there's no minimum amount of money that you have to raise. I suppose you could just grab a cup of coffee, show up and walk through the woods for a while to show your support if you wanted.

Here's a map. The event is taking place at Groves 5 & 6; the entrance is off Higgins Road (IL 72).



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