I am raising funds to support St. Jude's lifesaving mission of finding cures for children battlingh cancer and other life-threatening diseases, and I need your help to reach my fundraising goal.
I've been growing out my hair for hair donations most of my adult life. I began growing out my hair in 1995, and made my first donation in 2000. Since then, I've donated 6 times, and approximately 8 feet of hair. I've donated to all of the major hair donation charities, including Wigs for Kids, Locks of Love, and Beautiful Lengths. In 2012, I traveled to Tirumala in Tirupati, Andrha Pradesh, India and participated in a Hindu tradition called Tonsure. There, my head was shaved by a priest and my donation was gathered with the thousands of others who did the same that day. Tirumala donates more hair than any other place on earth.
On February 18, 2018 (or as soon as we reach $1000), I plan to make my 7th donation, and am currently asking my friends around the world to decide how much I cut off this time - from shaved head to cutting only to the pony tail length. I've got about 20-24" of hair to donate at this time if it were all to be taken at once.
I am looking to raise at least $1000 for St. Jude's, and hope that my friends and family with open their hearts and wallets for this cause. Whether you give a little or a little more, every dollar is appreciated.
I am grateful for the genetics that causes my hair to grow at nearly 1" per month, and allows me to make such frequent hair donations. I've applied for a Guinness World Record for the most hair donated lifetime, and await their approval to decide if this donation would give me that honor.
Please share this drive to raise funds for St. Jude's with everyone you know!
How your donation helps:
- Thanks to donors like you, no family ever receives a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food – because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.
- Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to more than 80% since it opened more than 50 years ago.
Join me! Together we can help St. Jude change the world.