well, Allen did it. he's officially bald for the cause. on saturday he shaved his head. he raised over $1800.00!!! thanks to everyone who donated and especially those who came out on saturday to support him. it was an exciting and wonderful experience.

* it took Rylee a good 6-8 hours to realize that this is still her dad!!! *

here's a before and after picture. i'll upload more pictures when i have more time!!!

BEFORE



AFTER

Volleyball Tournament!!!

Save the date folks, LOVE is BALD will be hosting their first fund-raising event for 2010. At Captain Bill's in Wilmington, NC on May 1 there will be a 6-man sand volleyball tournament. Allen played in a tournament there last year and had a blast. There will be prizes and a raffle - and for all those that have holding out for LOVE is BALD t-shirts, they will FINALLY be available!!!

Be on the lookout for a posting after this weekend's head-shave!!!

THE BIG DAY

Ok its official weve set a date and place. This whole past year comes down to this one day. The 27th of Feb. at the Hibernian resturant and pub. We welcome allthat can make it out that day to please come support and join us. You can see the teams website at https://www.stbaldricks.org/teams/mypage/teamid/65107 . You can also donate there. Our goal has been this year has been to raise 15,000. If we do Miss Kelli Neesehas agreed to join me with the shaving of her head also. So anything,any amount woould please help. Thank you for your help with anything you can do and also thank you for everything you have done. So please put it on your calender and come join us if you can.

For anyone that enjoys playing volleyball,we have set a date to hold a fundraiser event. We will be holding a volleyball tourney at Captain Bills in Wilmington on May 1st. More info to come for this event.

We've had and idea and now would like to offer it to you. We know and have said that everyone,some how some way has been affected by cancer. Well at this time we'd like to open this Blog and the facebook group page to you. If you'd like you may post a message telling about someone who has een affected and inspired you to try and help make a difference. It's kind of our little TRIBUTE page to our loved ones that we will always remember and to those who have and are putting up the fight.

We THANK YOU for your participation with joining our little group and for spreading the word. We also THANK YOU for anything you can donate to help us help fight this terrible disease.

May GOD bless you,your families and esp. the children.

Thank you

WOW way to long but its back!!!!

OK OK ,i know i know .Ive been away for way too long ,but were back and we've got alot to talk about.Were over half way there now and we need every ones help to really make this grow.

I apologize for going so long without anything. I wanted to show better progress with some pictures so hopefully you can tell the hair is growing nicely. I haven't had to use so much conditioner in like 10 years. Can't imagine what it ll be like in 5 more months.

LOVE is BALD has grown with the help of Facebook to alittle over 1,650 people so far. PLEASE keep inviting your friends to join and read up on the blog.

OK OK ,The official LOVE is BALD T-shirt is now up for sale. We have them in men's small through XL. In women's we have the same sizes but they run a little small so might want to go up a size. The Lady's shirts are the women's fitted T's. We are working on children's sizes also. If you'd like a child size let me know and ill definitely work on that. The shirts are 13.00 dollars each. If you live in the area I might try to hand deliver your order,to cut down on shipping cost. If you would like to place an order you can email it to me at Allen.williford@gmail.com or you may call me at 919 921 1348. I WILL contact you back before I order just to confirm your order. Please allow 2 to 3 weeks for arrival.

It is also in the the works to have other items for sale soon also.

We are also working on putting on some events through out the year and next. Such as 5k races, and volleyball and golf tournaments. Also we are trying to work out some possible sponsorships to help spread the word for the cause. Oh wait, you might be reading this asking how are we gonna do all this by March,well that's part of the news. We are working on turning LOVE is BALD into a full blown Foundation or Charity. So we will hold events throughout the years to raise money. We would like to pick an event or fund or item at the beginning of each year and raise what money we can to be donated at the end of the year. If anyone has suggestions or ideas,we welcome anything you have to offer. We are very excited about this and hope it will grow and prosper with time and the help of all.

OK for some other news. Well it being my CJ's fourth birthday today ( sorry had to mention it) I am making it public, that along with the hair on my head its time to not cut the facial either. That's right as of tomorrow night no more shaves till the big day. I know I know,trust me I know. So the blog will be updated more regularly to show the progress on the "beard to be".

Well in closing , A huge THANK YOU for spending this time with us and helping us hopefully do something good for someone who deserves it. Lets keep spreading the word and see how many people we can reach.

I haven't really mentioned it lately but PLEASE do remember that we are doing all this for our children. For mine, yours, and those to come. When a child cries the world stops.

Thank you again for taking this time.

Allen

2nd month picture

Hey everyone,



Sorry this is so past due. We hope everyone is doing well and your families are safe. Well he res another picture. I know it doesn't look like its been growing much,but let me be the first to say,YES IT IS! You have to remember or think that two months ago when we started this thing i buzzed it with a 3 guard on the clippers (guys will know what I'm talking about). Its gonna be a long summer :).



Please keep on adding your friend's and bugging them till they join. It's worth it.



I say it alot but seriously THANK YOU for spending this time to add your friends, join this group and reading my rambling works.



It really does mean alot to me to see so many of my friends joining together and making this work. All I did was send out one invite to my friends to join and you guys have taken this and ran with it. As to date we are at 1,184 people on the FB group and some more on this Blog. Thank you.



OK,OK time for the pic,trust me it feels longer than it looks.














Stay safe and go hug a child.


Allen

HI everybody,I hope this finds you and your families doing great. Its been asked for but I have yet to do it till now. I am posting the first update of my hair growth. Its been a month and I can tell a difference but to some, not so much. The picture from the first blog entry of CJ and I,is pretty much how Ive kept it for the past couple years. Every Month Ill post a new pic.

Keep up the fight and lets get those people to join so they to can take on this journey with us.

THANK YOU again for all your help in this.

Allen

3rd post ---shirts

Hello everyone,we are about one month into our adventure. With 890 members on face book and more on the blog we're running strong. Still there's double the amount that haven't joined us on Face book,so get on your people and PLEASE if you will invite all your friends to join up with us. It only takes a couple of minutes to do.

Some have asked why I'm so jumpy about getting people to join this early in the game. Well through the year I'm gonna need your input on things as for one tonight.

We've had an idea and now its time to spring it on you guys and see what you think.

As a way to spread and keep the word alive, contribute, show your support and just look darn hot, we've decided to do a T-shirt. With the help from the professional services of DEREK GLASS and http://www.manifestworldwide.com/. We have narrowed it down to two designs. This is where you guys come into play. We need you to pick the one you like best. We wanted to make a shirt that we would all want to wear, not just a cheap "cause" shirt. The t-shirts are of the highest quality and ladies we have shirts cut for you also. We have to cover cost but all proceeds go directly into the cause. We're planning on them running about $10.00 shipped to you, or hand delivered if possible.


We have a GUYS (A) and a GALS (B) shirts available.


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PLEASE GIVE US YOUR HONEST FEED BACK ON THE DESIGNS AND ALSO IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER PURCHASING ONE.
You can post your comments on here, send me a message on facebook or email me personally at
Allen.Williford@gmail.com

Again thank you for sharing this opportunity with us and our families. Now go hold a child and remember we do not do any of this except for them.


Children make you want to start life over. ~Muhammad Ali

Thank you for helping do some good.

Allen