John McKenna:  

Please support my effort to find a cure a cure for childhood cancer. Visit the St Baldrick's Foundation website for more information. Or go to my web page to sponsor my efforts. Please read below for more information about the St. Baldrick's Foundation. In 1999, a few friends of mine decided it was time to give back to society. They ended up deciding to raise funds for childhood cancer. but how could they raise funds? They decided in solidarity with children going through chemo, we would shave our heads and get sponsors to raise money. The original idea was to have seventeen guys from (co-workers) each raise $1,000 for shaving their head on March 17, 2000. When all was said and done we raised $104,000 for childhood cancer research. Thus St. Baldrick's was born. Sine then the St Baldrick's Foundation has raised over $51M, shaving over 72,00 heads, including over 4,000 women at over 1,700 events in 48 states and eighteen countries. The Foundation funds collaborative research through clinical trials, fellowships, continuing scholar programs and infrastructure grants for major institutions across the cou...Expand for more