Babble

I've spent the last month and a half knocking down doors trying to convince a lot of broke people to give me money so I could shave my head. Even in a bad economy, I hit my small goal of $1,000 raised for the St. Baldrick's Foundation - so you can all laugh at my very bald head. Ready for it...

How much is your hair worth to you? Enough to save a kid's life? I've got to confess, I've never been one of those women who connected her femininity with the length of her hair. I first shaved my head in high school. When my daughter came along, I realized the shock value of walking around...

Paul Newman, 83, kept his failing health a secret for quite a while but has now made the statement that he wants to go home to be with his family to die. Paul is thought to have terminal lung cancer and just finished a round of chemotherapy treatments at a New York hospital. "The word they've...

Cindy Crawford has been raising awareness for pediatric cancer for nearly 20 years. She lost her little brother Jeff to leukaemia when he was three years old, 33 years ago. During a recent visit to Wisconsin Children's Hospital, where Jeff stayed all those years ago, Crawford said, "You can't...

Each year the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation produces sets of kid-friendly holiday greeting cards designed by young cancer patients. Proceeds from the sales benefit pediatric cancer research, and are mighty cute, to boot. Set of 12 cards for $12; plenty of options from which to choose.

In January I blogged here about an auction to help offset the medical bills of Ava Cipriani , a three-year-old girl suffering from an aggressive form of cancer called neuroblastoma. I'm sorry to report that Ava passed away last month. I can't even begin to get my head around what her family must be feeling...