A FRIEND WITH A NEED....SHAVE YOUR HEAD 3/15/2008

This blog has turned into alot of things for many different people in a very short time. It has been flattering that so many of you enjoy what my sick mind brings to these pages in cyberland, the beauty of it all is that it will remain floating around for anyone to visit until the end of time. Many of you call me with great ideas, cool pictures (see the previous post) and stories to post so you can share it with my mostly uncaptive audience. It's just a bunch of senseless rambling but the beauty of it is that it is also a forum to spread the word about stuff that really matters, stuff that people actually have to deal with on a daily basis while the rest of us have a tendency to take life for granted in this amazing place we live.

Finn, the squinter

This is the Rooney family who live in Eagle, I consider Eamonn (dad) a great bloke and friend. If you do not know of him, he is an ex-pro cyclist Englishman and has a cool family, he has had to deal with some issues health wise with one of his kids, Finn. Finn is not possible to describe other than I believe he could give it a pretty good run at beating any of the presidential candidates left running and take helm of our country no problem. I was not sure how to relay this important info to you all, so I will just copy Dad on his e-mail which he sent out Monday, please read it, and help if you can.

Hi Everyone, It's that time of year again! Are you ready to help me shave the way to a cure for childhood cancer? Last year, I shaved my head to raise money for the St. Baldrick's Foundation. And now I'm going to do it all again--with a little extra surprise planned for the day of the "shaving." Here in Eagle, our St. Baldrick's Day event will be on Saturday, March 15, from 1 - 5pm. If you're in town, feel free to join us at the Eagle Fire Department where you'll get to see the shavees up close and personal. Or we can just send you pictures after the fact your choice. Worldwide, more than 160,000 children are diagnosed with cancer each year. As you know, our own Mighty Finn was one of those 160,000. On August 5, 2007, after 3 1/2 years of chemotherapy, Finn completed his leukemia treatment. We are very, very lucky--so many families don't get the same chance. While advances have saved many children, including Finn, childhood cancer still claims the lives of more children in the U.S. than any other disease more than diabetes, asthma, congenital anomalies, cystic fibrosis and AIDS - combined. Now it's our turn to give back and St. Baldrick's is one of the ways we're doing that.

Funds raised by the St. Baldrick's Foundation are used to fund childhood cancer research - to help speed the day when every child with cancer will be guaranteed a healthy future.

You can click on the link below and go directly to my Web page on the St. Baldrick's site if you'd like to sponsor me in this year's shaving event:

http://stbaldricks.org/referral.html?Ref=L3BhcnRpY2lwYW50cy9zaGF2ZWVfaW5mby5odG1sP1BhcnRpY2lwYW50S2V5PTIwMDh8MzQyMjg=

(If for some reason the link doesn't work, you can go to www.stbaldricks.org and search the participants for Eamonn R.)

On behalf of all children with cancer, and especially from our family, thank you for your support of the St. Baldrick's Foundation.

Eamonn. . .and Natalie, Declan & The Mighty Finn