{"id":1023,"date":"2010-03-15T08:47:15","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T13:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/blog\/?p=1023"},"modified":"2010-03-15T08:47:15","modified_gmt":"2010-03-15T13:47:15","slug":"proud-of-my-cousins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/blog\/2010\/03\/15\/proud-of-my-cousins\/","title":{"rendered":"Proud of my cousins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We all like to help out worthy causes when we can. \u00a0Often that just requires a few bucks, or a text message, or volunteering a couple hours. \u00a0Don&#8217;t get me wrong, all those things matter, but when someone really gets behind something, and is willing to make true sacrafices, that is when amazing things happen. \u00a0Two of my Chicago cousins certainly fit into this later category.<\/p>\n<p>A few weeks ago I received an email from cousin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stbaldricks.org\/participants\/mypage\/participantid\/375041\">Amy<\/a> about her participation with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stbaldricks.org\/\">St. Baldrick&#8217;s Foundation<\/a> event. \u00a0Basically, participants shave their heads to raise money and awareness about cancer. \u00a0A few days later I received another email from my cousin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stbaldricks.org\/participants\/laurens\">Lauren<\/a> saying she too was going to participate.<\/p>\n<p>I consider myself a pretty bold person, but I have never been brave enough to shave my head&#8230; and I am a guy. \u00a0Here, my two FEMALE cousins are willing to shave theirs in solidarity and support of cancer research. \u00a0This is especially poignant considering our grandfather, who fought various types of cancer, <a href=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/blog\/2009\/09\/09\/transition-of-life\/\">passed away last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Beth and I are very proud of Lauren and Amy and wanted to share what they were doing. \u00a0We donated to both of them, and <strong><em>we want to encourage you to consider doing the same<\/em><\/strong>. \u00a0Here are their participant pages:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stbaldricks.org\/participants\/mypage\/participantid\/375041\">https:\/\/www.stbaldricks.org\/participants\/mypage\/participantid\/375041<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stbaldricks.org\/participants\/laurens\">https:\/\/www.stbaldricks.org\/participants\/laurens<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1025\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0276.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1025\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1025\" title=\"IMG_0276\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0276-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0276-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/kickert.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0276.jpg 451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1025\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amy after shaving her head.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all like to help out worthy causes when we can. \u00a0Often that just requires a few bucks, or a text message, or volunteering a couple hours. \u00a0Don&#8217;t get me wrong, all those things matter, but when someone really gets behind something, and is willing to make true sacrafices, that is when amazing things happen. 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