Once again I am behind on my Charity of Choice for this month, but I am super excited about this one. This month I chose to donate to the St. Baldrick's Foundation.
I learned about the St. Baldrick's Foundation through my work at Miller Children's Hospital Long Beach. Each day I am faced with children battling cancer and it saddens me. It is hard enough watching an adult go through cancer, but to see a young child, baby or teenager hooked up to an IV is incredibly hard to watch. Last March, I attended a St. Baldrick's Foundation where some of the money raised went towards pediatric cancer research at my hospital. March is the biggest time for the Foundation which is why I chose this as the month to donate to their efforts.
The St. Baldrick's Foundation hosts head shaving events to raise money for pediatric cancer research. Men, women and children of all ages raise money to have their heads shave in honor of pediatric cancer. Since their creation, they have raised $13 million for pediatric cancer research. Each year, they have five St. Baldrick's "Kid" Ambassadors. These kids tell their story of their battle with cancer. They choose five children to represent the alarming statistic that one in five children diagnosed with cancer will pass away.
Another reason why I love this charity so much, is that my dear friend Rachel works for them. We met at the St. Baldrick's event last year and I am so blessed to have her in my life. We both share a passion of raising awareness about what people can do to help kids with cancer.
You can donate to the foundation or your can buy their amazing shirts. I just bought two! They have new Marvel comic shirts which are absolutely amazing and I just bought a shirt that says "childhood cancer takes love." I can't wait to get these shirts in! St. Baldrick's is a phenomenal organization and I am proud to have them be my March Charity of Choice.
I learned about the St. Baldrick's Foundation through my work at Miller Children's Hospital Long Beach. Each day I am faced with children battling cancer and it saddens me. It is hard enough watching an adult go through cancer, but to see a young child, baby or teenager hooked up to an IV is incredibly hard to watch. Last March, I attended a St. Baldrick's Foundation where some of the money raised went towards pediatric cancer research at my hospital. March is the biggest time for the Foundation which is why I chose this as the month to donate to their efforts.
The St. Baldrick's Foundation hosts head shaving events to raise money for pediatric cancer research. Men, women and children of all ages raise money to have their heads shave in honor of pediatric cancer. Since their creation, they have raised $13 million for pediatric cancer research. Each year, they have five St. Baldrick's "Kid" Ambassadors. These kids tell their story of their battle with cancer. They choose five children to represent the alarming statistic that one in five children diagnosed with cancer will pass away.
Another reason why I love this charity so much, is that my dear friend Rachel works for them. We met at the St. Baldrick's event last year and I am so blessed to have her in my life. We both share a passion of raising awareness about what people can do to help kids with cancer.
You can donate to the foundation or your can buy their amazing shirts. I just bought two! They have new Marvel comic shirts which are absolutely amazing and I just bought a shirt that says "childhood cancer takes love." I can't wait to get these shirts in! St. Baldrick's is a phenomenal organization and I am proud to have them be my March Charity of Choice.
