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By Matthew Odam
| Tuesday, March 17, 2009, 03:45 PM
I am sad that I am just now catching wind of this event, but was pleased to hear of the St. Baldrick’s Day event tonight at Mother Eagan’s.
St. Baldrick’s Foundation raises awareness and funds to cure children’s cancer by supporting research and fellowships. In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, the foundation is staging shaving events around the country, in which sponsored participants who raise money for cancer awareness and research, shave their heads, beards, etc.
As the son of a mother who is valiantly fighting breast cancer, I am personally touched by this event and was glad to hear that my friend Scott Holmes is a participant. The Grizz, as he is known to friends, women and MMA fans everywhere, has raised close to $3,000 and will be shaving his legendary beard and long hair tonight at Mother Eagan’s. For visual evidence of said hirsute legendariness, please see the pic to right.
Here is The Grizz’s mission statement in his own words:
Cancer sucks. My family has had a Hatfield and McCoy type feud going with cancer for years and I’m sure you or someone you love has been pushed around too. Several members of my family have been able to fight back and survive with medical advancements and proactive treatment, no doubt aided by previous donations.
In the US, more children die of childhood cancer than any other disease. Please make a donation on my behalf to support childhood cancer research. Your donation will save lives.
As you can see, after 3 years I am at full plumage. Now you have a chance to do the right thing and make me go from grizzly to gorgeous, from the cave to the catwalk, etc.
Now is your chance to help a very worthy cause and rid the streets of one less creep. Oh and forward this link to anyone you know that hates cancer and/or beards.
If you want to contribute to The Grizz’s efforts, you can click here. And, if you want to be a part of what promises to be a pretty funny and extremely worth cause, head down to Mother Egan’s tonight at 7 p.m. for the en masse shavings.
Below is a video made by one of the listener’s to The Grizz’s MMA radio show. (For the record, I would definitely be down for participating in this event next year, but I have a feeling the shaving of my two-week growth of beard and almost-balled head would fetch about $20 on the open market.)
St. Baldrick’s Day
Mother Eagan’s Irish Pub
715 W. Sixth St.
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Thanks so much for writing this and getting the word out there! Scott is my cousin and I’m damn proud to know the Grizz. Thanks so much to everyone who has donated and is a part of this wonderful cause!
I am the coordinator of this event and it was amazing!!! Tons of generous Austinites came out and supported all our shavees. We even had a suprise addition to our shavee list..Police Chief Acevedo…he is now walking around BALD!! Thanks to everyone who donated money and time to make this event a total success!! Go Grizz and all our bald heros! Go to www.stbaldricks.org and seach for the event. Donate if you want or get my contact info if you want to participate next year!!
Thanks so much to the Grizz, Chief Acevedo, and all those who participated in any way last night. We were at the event as my son Thomas was one of the honored heroes - he is now battling leukemia for the second time (he’s 12 years old)- and it was overwhelming seeing the throngs of people supporting kids like him. It gives him and our family so much hope that there are such generous, incredible people in the Austin community willing to help out suffering kids like Thomas. We WILL find a cure, and someday families won’t have to go through what we have been through the past 9 years. THANK YOU!!!!!
Lisa Molina
Austin, TX
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By Jeanine
March 17, 2009 4:24 PM | Link to this
Thanks so much for writing this and getting the word out there! Scott is my cousin and I’m damn proud to know the Grizz. Thanks so much to everyone who has donated and is a part of this wonderful cause!
By chandra artman
March 18, 2009 10:04 AM | Link to this
I am the coordinator of this event and it was amazing!!! Tons of generous Austinites came out and supported all our shavees. We even had a suprise addition to our shavee list..Police Chief Acevedo…he is now walking around BALD!! Thanks to everyone who donated money and time to make this event a total success!! Go Grizz and all our bald heros! Go to www.stbaldricks.org and seach for the event. Donate if you want or get my contact info if you want to participate next year!!
By Lisa
March 18, 2009 7:16 PM | Link to this
Thanks so much to the Grizz, Chief Acevedo, and all those who participated in any way last night. We were at the event as my son Thomas was one of the honored heroes - he is now battling leukemia for the second time (he’s 12 years old)- and it was overwhelming seeing the throngs of people supporting kids like him. It gives him and our family so much hope that there are such generous, incredible people in the Austin community willing to help out suffering kids like Thomas. We WILL find a cure, and someday families won’t have to go through what we have been through the past 9 years. THANK YOU!!!!!
Lisa Molina Austin, TX