Nearly every single person has been impacted by cancer in their lifetime. Whether this may be a diagnosis to themselves or a loved one, cancer creates a scourge that no one deserves to experience.
When an adult suffers from a cancer diagnosis, it is a terrible thing — the symptoms, the treatments, and potential outcomes from this disease are truly daunting. When a child is diagnosed with cancer, it is like a living nightmare to them and everyone in their life. Children are being robbed of their childhood from this disease. They may never be able to play the sport they love, ride a bike, drive a car, go to college, or accomplish their dreams. Cancer impacts their survival and their chances of living a long, healthy life.
In 2016, my wife Julie and I participated in a head-shaving event that raised over $100,000 for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation to help fund research towards finding cures for childhood cancers. St. Baldrick’s Foundation is an organization that I have been involved with for many years and one that is near to my heart. This year, we are proud to be running another fundraiser but this time, PLM employees will also be participating in St. Baldrick’s signature head-shaving event at our yearly company-wide meeting in April. A group of PLM employees have volunteered to shave their heads bald to support awareness of the effects of childhood cancer.
We are reaching out to our friends, colleagues, and partners in the wood and insurance industries to join us in our campaign. The time to give towards the fight against childhood cancer is the day before you or a loved one is impacted, not after you experience the turmoil it brings you and those around you. Please take the time today to visit PLM’s Fundraising Page and start making an impact to this ongoing battle. PLM’s fundraising goals are not just to support cancer research, but we are also supporting the hope that one day we will find a cure that puts an end to childhood cancer. With the help of your donations, together, we can come one step closer to this goal.
About St. Baldrick’s
The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a volunteer and donor powered charity committed to supporting the most promising research to find cures for childhood cancers and give survivors long and healthy lives. What started as a challenge between three friends in 2000 has grown into the largest charity funder of childhood cancer research grants. Since then, volunteers have held more than 16,000 events and more than 600,000 shaves have taken place to stand in solidarity with kids fighting cancer.
Donations raised through St. Baldrick’s support the development of childhood cancer treatments to cure every child. The St. Baldrick’s Foundation coordinates signature head-shaving events worldwide, giving volunteers the opportunity to stand in solidarity with kids fighting cancer and to raise money to support the best childhood cancer research, wherever it takes place.
To date, St. Baldrick’s has committed more than $325 million to lifesaving research, making it the largest charity funder of childhood cancer research grants. The research St. Baldrick’s funds have the potential to impact every kid diagnosed with cancer. When you give to St. Baldrick’s, you don’t just give to one institution – you give to more than 380 institutions that are treating kids with cancer across the U.S. and beyond.
