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03/24/2005 Entry: "I'm blue... so donate some money"

Well, I've gone and done it. I've dyed my hair blue. But it's all for a good cause.

You see...

My dad got asked to shave his head and beard for Cops for Cancer (he's not a cop... regular people participate too) at his school.

The story of Cops for Cancer

Cops for Cancer started when a little boy who was going through chemo got teased for being bald. A cop took photos of himself (he was bald) with the kid to show the kid's classmates that being bald was cool. It caught on, and a bunch of cops shaved their heads in support of this kid and went to his school to show the other kids. They started doing it every year and raising money for the Canadian Cancer Society when they did it. Soon more people started joining in and now it's one of the national fund raisers for the Cancer Society.

I, very belatedly, decided to join in. I have dyed my hair blue in the meantime for fun and also to get people to ask me about it so I can hit them up for a donation. I'm going to shave my head on March 30th and I'm looking for sponsors to donate money (that means YOU!).

I'm taking donations at Paypal. I can't give tax receipts over the internet, but I will keep a tally on here and I'll donate the internet-based proceeds to the Canadian Cancer Society. For my friends and family I can probably get you a tax receipt if you want to give me moolah in person.

I am trying to raise $500 CAD by March 30th and it's going to be tough. I'm calling in all favours. I'm beggin' for your hard-earned dollars. Please donate to the Cancer Society.

So far I've had $734 (approximately) in pledged amounts (whoo hoo! keep up the good work!) and actually collected $420.85.

I've had donations from all over the world - as far flung as India and Iceland - but lots from the US and the UK and, of course from Canada too. Wow. The internet is an amazing thing. ;-)

Update: I have also agreed to get a henna tattoo of the evolt.org logo if members of thechat list donate $150.

Update again: Thechat managed to scrounge the money from between the couch cushions and came up collectively with over $150. So... sorry Dave, it looks like I'm getting an evolt.org tattoo! Photos will be up as soon as I get it done.

Thanks thechat!

Donate by Paypal or if you're in Canada you can do it through an Interac Email Money Transfer