Be Bold Be Bald...it's that time of year again

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 9/23/2013

Contact:

Sally Hawkins, team captain

785-404-2371

Sallyrhawk@yahoo.com  and http://beboldbebald.org/DosPelones

Our team Dos Pelones will go bald to fight cancer on 10/18.

Joining thousands across the country in Be Bold, Be Bald! fundraising event.

[Salina, 9/23/2013]  For many cancer patients, going bald is not a choice.  It is just one of the many challenges they face as they bravely fight the disease.  On October 18, [Dos Pelones] will join thousands of people across the country as they put vanity aside, shave our heads or wear a bald cap to show solidarity with those who bravely fight cancer and raise money to help fight back. 

The event is Be Bold, Be Bald!, a national fundraiser started by Boston advertising agency, Small Army, after losing its co-founder to the disease.  In just 4 years, the event has raised more than $600,000, with 100% of the net proceeds going to cancer charities.

By going about their day as usual - commuting on the bus, meeting with colleagues, stopping in the local coffee shop, or going to class – participants get a small taste of what many cancer patients face.  And, others can sponsor them for their bold move. 

“Our members have each been touch in a very personal way.  The team captain
(Sally) lost her mother, grandmother, grandfather, high school sweetheart and dear friend.  Nathan’s sister lost her fight just 9 days after his son was born…they never got to meet.  Catie lost her grandmother, aunt, and two great grandparents and has a child in her school battling an incurable form of leukemia.  Gage lost his father just last year.  Touches lives and it leaves scars.”

In its fifth year, Be Bold, Be Bald! unites and supports more than 40 cancer charities, from The Jimmy Fund and LIVESTRONG to smaller-scale charities such as Heaps of Hope and No Stomach for Cancer. Participants choose the charity for which they would like to support and grants are made accordingly.  For the event, to-date, due to generous donations and support, each of the participating cancer charities received more than 100% of the funds raised on their behalf. 

[This is the third year for our team and it has grown every year as people hear about us they want to get involved.  Losing your hair is such a small price for a cure.]

Be Bold, Be Bald! is managed by Small Army for a Cause, a 501c3 organization committed to helping raise awareness and funds for medical-related causes.  Small Army for a Cause was founded in 2008 by Boston Advertising Agency, Small Army, in honor of its co-founder, Mike Connell, a 2-time cancer survivor who lost his life to the disease in November 2007.  

9/11/01 We remember!

How much should we dedicate to this event...we don't do more than mention Pearl Harbor maybe it's written about in the paper and like 9/11 it took us into a war.   Sad yes, but probably more appropriate than having our children pour over the tragedy that we all lived.  I remind my daughter that her grandfather was on an airplane that morning and I was terrified.  I remind my son that my grandfather was a fireman in Kansas City and he lost more than a thousand of his brotherhood that morning and my heart was breaking for him and all of their families.  It's my job to make that day more relatable. I remember the week of broadcast from all of the major networks on the event.   I remember all of the Christmas lights that winter were red, white, and blue...it was too much.  I remember walking around in a deep depression off and on for months.  Then there was the unending war...we are still there.     We talk about it and I remind them how important it is to remember.   My children have no real understanding of that day because they were not even born yet...some of these children in high school were preschoolers and won't remember those events unless you as parents remind them.  So take a moment to talk to your children about what this day means to you...they aren't getting much at school.