I WILL NOT GET INTO THE "HEALTH ISSUES" ON THIS PAGE, BUT WILL RATHER GIVE YOU THE UPDATES OF EACH OF OUR FUNDRAISING EVENTS.
WE WERE VERY SAD TO HAVE TO CANCEL OUR NEW JERSEY CHAPTER AT THE VISUAL ARTS CENTER, BUT DUE TO THE SHAKY ECONOMY AT THAT TIME, (AND NOW) WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COVER OUR COSTS.
WE DID HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL BREAKFAST WITH SANTA IN GILLETTE, NJ IN DECEMBER. THIS WAS SO MUCH FUN FOR THE KIDS AND OUR HEARTFELT THANKS GO OUT TO SUSAN AND ANTHONY TOMARO AND ALL OF THE WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS WHO TOOK THE TIME TO MAKE PANCAKES AND SET UP THE HALL, AND THANKS TO THE GIRL-SCOUTS WHO SERVED BREAKFAST,
WE HAD AN AMAZING TURNOUT FOR SUCH SHORT NOTICE AND RAISED ABOUT $4,000 FOR THE FOUNDATION.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR NEW IDEAS AND FOR HELPING THE COMMUNITY BECOME STRONGER THROUGH THE GOOD WILL OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
ON MARCH 14TH, THE CHATHAM BOROUGH FIREHOUSE HELD THEIR FIRST "ST. BALDRICKS" EVENT, THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE COME OUT IN SUPPORT OF CHILDREN WITH CANCER, KIDS WITH CANCER OFTEN FEEL "ALONE" BECAUSE THEY LOSE THEIR HAIR. EVERY MARCH, PEOPLE COME OUT TO TELL OUR CHILDREN THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE. IAN HOROWITZ OF THE CHATHAM FIREHOUSE HOPED TO RAISE $5,000 WHEN ALL WAS SAID AND DONE, THERE WERE MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO SHAVED IN HONOR OF JULIEN. MY SON WAS SO PROUD AND I WAS OVERWHELMED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT.
OH, THEY RAISED OVER $30,000 IN ONE DAY.
ST. BALDRICKS IN TURN DONATES MONEY TO HOSPITALS THAT APPLY FOR GRANTS AND SUCH FOR RESEARCH.