Team Shimer at St. Baldrick's

Hola Amigos! How's it going? I know it's been a while since I rapped at ya (cf. Jim Anchower). Well, I thought maybe Sara would beat me to the punch on this, but it looks like I get to tell you about our adventure last week at the St. Baldrick's event at IIT's "Bog." In brief, I, Sara, and alumnus Eric Nicholson got our heads shaved to raise $$ for children with cancer (and me to get a haircut at the same time). We raised more than a thousand dollars, though I am not sure how much exactly. Eric's contribution was by far the most impressive though: he had been growing his hair for more than twenty years, after losing it all when he had chemotherapy in his own bout with cancer. Wow. So, he got the pony tail clipped and bagged as it was long enough to help make a wig for a bald child. Now that's giving. Here's a photo of us all after the clipping:

Comments

[Eric Nicholson]

In actual fact, my bout with cancer involving six months of chemotherapy occurred just short of five years ago, about three quarters of the way through the gestation period of my recently donated lock of love. For some reason I was spared the loss of my hair at that time. There was a little bit of thinning that showed up primarily on my brush after brushing my hair or blocking the drain after shampooing in the shower, but the loss was evenly distributed across my scalp and not at all noticable to anybody who was honest with me. Sorry about the confusion. We wouldn't want Team Shimer to get a reputation for misinformation.

[Stuart Patterson]

Oops - indeed, we want to be on the up-and-up - sorry to all - I got the story wrong. But I think it's still an impressive story. And someone's getting some extra durable locks!