Pepper's hair will vanish tonight!

[PaulS]

Take it from someone who knows, you'll get used to it. Although it takes alot more guts to shave your full head of hair than it was for me to cut the last 4 strands I had a few years ago. We'll be in this weekend to contribute & witness the results.

[DRH]

I am planning to attend this terrific event and will attempt to record it for all to see!

[Waterbaby]

DRH, she's still Pepper, and more beautiful because of what she did tonight! Can't wait to see more pics, and I sure hope MUR made it there -- what a selfless gesture!

[Just Sold]

Pepper I firmly believe this is a wonderful tribute to your sister's memory and to help children thru St. Baldrick's Foundation is a great jesture. You are so beautiful inside and out.

BTW you look marvelous!!!!

I am very sorry that I could not make it tonight as schedules changed preventing my attendance but you were in mine and Katie's thoughts.

LOL and see you soon...hopefully this weekend.

Thanks Don for the photo!

[Pepper]

Thank you - all of you - for supporting me in this endeavor! Your kind words truly warm my heart!

DRH - I cannot thank you enough for your buzz-by-buzz photography, and for helping me share this event with all my forum friends! Having you and Quilt Lady there to share this evening with me means more than you will ever know!

Waterbaby - WMUR did not make it, but we did have a reporter/photographer from the Citizen! Thanks for thinking to alert a much larger media then I would have! You're sweet!

To all who wish to make a direct donation, you can do so via my page on St. Baldrick's website. You can reach that page by clicking here http://www.stbaldricks.org/ShaveePho...umber=15338634

To those who have already accessed that page and make donations - you knocked my socks off!!!!!

The generosity of members of this forum never ceases to amaze me, and I am blessed and honored to call so many of you my friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm truly overwhelmed ...

[Island Girl]

You are quite a woman... I understand the depth of anguish over your loss and commend you on doing something!

I will be contributing to your jar when I come for a lobster roll... soon.

Love you
IG

[IslandSib]

Pepper you can shave your head but not your smile!
Wish I could have been there, but very happy DRH captured the event.
Hope your jar is filling fast and furious!

[BBS2]

Pepper...
What an amazing thing to do in your sister's memory. You are a very special person to turn such a negative into a positive. Now...just don't forget that you'll need sunblock in a new area Best Wishes

[gtxrider]

Pepper,

All you need now is tootsie pop and you can be Kojak! May we call you Pepperjak? Thats not to cheesy is it?


"Who loves ya baby?" It seems like everyone!

[Pepper]

Originally Posted by gtxrider

Pepper,

All you need now is tootsie pop and you can be Kojak! May we call you Pepperjak? Thats not to cheesy is it?


"Who loves ya baby?" It seems like everyone!

I just spit coffee all over the laptop! Thanks for starting my morning with a hearty belly-laugh! That was hilarious.

IS - you know me - I'd rather laugh than cry! My dearest friend in the world once told me she think's I spend 80% of each day laughing. I think she's right! Life is good ... what's not to laugh about?

BBS2 - luckily I bought a beautiful sun hat when we were on our cruise over the winter. It'll sure come in handy now!

[Alton Bay Bob]

I have just spent the last twenty minutes exploring the St Baldrick's web site and then making a donation. As someone in the medical field I had not heard of this organization. After exploring their web site, I am very impressed.
This is an amazing organization that does all the things one would want a non profit to do. It raised over $5.3 million dollars last year and had only a 9% overhead. The letters from the receiving institutions and the stories of some of the people helped is overwhelming. I suggest everyone explore their web site. http://www.stbaldricks.org/default.asp
They even have a forum (of course not as robust as this one)

Pepper, you have done an amazing thing and have given all the forum members an opportunity to honor you, pay homage to the memory of your sister and really make a difference in the battle against childhood cancer.
I would suggest people consider making a tax deductible contribution on the web site and to continue to add to the water bottle each time they enjoy the lobster rolls.

http://www.stbaldricks.org/ShaveePho...umber=15338634


DRH Those pictures were beautiful!!

Pepper You are beautiful

[jkjoshuatree]

The world needs more people like you.

I'm proud to say I know you (even if it's just through association on the Forum).

I'll be by every chance I get (starting this weekend), to donate to that bottle of yours...and of course to eat your lobster rolls!!

[Skipper of the Sea Que]

Pepper,

What can I say. You look mah'velous.

Do you have a preference for the best method to use for donations? Via the web, phone, check, credit card or in your jar (direct to the shavee) at the restaurant or...? (all of the above)

I can't wait to see your new look in person. I better do it soon while you still have less hair than I do

You are awesome. Good for you.

[Pepper]

Wow, you guys! I just re-read this thread from the top, and found a couple of posts I had missed before! (I really must learn to hit the refresh button before I log off, so I can see posts that happened while I was online )

So, in reply to Lin and Mink Islander - with regard to Locks of Love - I did that 2 1/2 years ago after my sister recovered from her first bout with cancer. Unfortunately this time my hair was color-treated (yup! Lot's of grey hair on my head these days!)so I couldn't give the hair away this time.

PaulS - I was amazed how long it took to shave my head! But I must admit that Dan Barbary was having a lot of fun, and made the event enormously enjoyable for myself and everyone in attendance as well. There was a LOT of laughter on the patio last night!

Mee - If you think I've got a big heart, well, I think the girl in your mirror has the biggest heart I'VE ever come across!!!!!

IG - You've been my inspiration for several years now. I know you know just exactly how I was feeling, and it's people like you who give me the strength to "do something"! Thank you! Love you, too!!!

AltonBayBob - so glad you took the time to thoroughly research St. Baldricks! It really is an amazing organization, and in this day and age of "administrative bleedoff" practiced by many so-called charitable organizations, it's wonderful to find one that is so fiscally responsible and truly devoted to it's cause! I truly appreciate you posting your thoughts - particularly as a member of the medical community - and I'm proud to be putting my efforts to good use for such a worthy organization. Also, and more importantly, thank you for your generous contribution!!!!!!!

Skipper - I have no preference as to the method of donation. Which ever method is easiest and most logical for the individual is the method they should choose. St. Baldrick's certainly makes it easy to use their website or to donate by phone. I just appreciate everyone's willingness to give to a cause I feel strongly about, and to help me honor the memory of my sister. She was a nurse and spent her life healing hurts of all kinds. I'm trying to fill the void that she left, by doing what I'm able - raise money!

And speaking of raising money ... Tonight I emptied the water bottle for the first time. Inside was $448.00 in paper bills, and a small amount of coins which I put back into the bottle. Tonight on my page at St. Baldricks, there is already a total of $475.00! So, I'm already well on my way to the first $1,000!!!!! I'm going to put two thermometer graphs on the side of the bottle and fill them in with a red marker, showing the current totals online and in the bottle. This way, everyone will be able to view the progress every time they visit. One graph will be for online donations, and the other will be for the donations in the bottle. This is going to be fun!

Thank you again to all of you for your support in this endeavor. I continue to be thoroughly overwhelmed!

God Bless each and every one of you!!!!!

[Newbiesaukee]

We learn and we teach by example. The two front page pictures of yesterday's Citizen are of the first New Hampshire man to climb Mt. Everest and our "Pepper" having her head shaved. We overuse the word hero, but we cannot overdo praising good people for doing good things. We are so fortunate to be able to show our children ( and ourselves) examples of good people in our own ( or our adopted) community. Let us help the water jug runneth over!

[LIforrelaxin]

Pepper,
As with the rest of the people I find your actions remarkable. Having lost a father to Cancer, I notice the good will of others towards these cause a lot more. And something like this shows the world how beautiful a person you are both inside and out......

[Misty Blue]

Peppr:

I've been off of the keypad for a couple of days and have just read about your remarkable tribute. As I read on I must admit that I became (no pun intended) a little bit misty.

In this superficial world that we live in it is easy to skew our priorities. By your example you have shown us a full measure of poise, love and devotion. True beauty.

And take it from a sailor, you are in every respect a babe.

Misty Blue