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[Emaline]

As some of you may have saw, one of my friend's is shaving his head for cancer research. I think its a pretty worthwhile cause, and a totally fun way to get people to donate.

After thinking about it for a bit, I decided that it might be a good idea for me to join in, and become a "shavee" myself. I can only come up with two reasons for not doing this. One is easily fixed. The first and fixable problem is: I'm not really sure if there is any place locally where I could go to get shaved. Since I mostly walk places, this could pose a big problem. However, I've got my friend looking for a place closer to me to use. If push comes to shove, I can always take the day off and go do it in St. Louis with him.

My other problem is: I don't know if I could raise enough money. I mean I want to raise $200 to $300. I don't have a super whole lot of hair to shave off. I'm not really all that sure people would donate much to me.

What do you guys think? Should I do it? Has anyone done it before? What was it like?

[look out! Ninjas!]

I did it about 7 years ago now, when I was in Primary School. It was kinda cool, I raised a fair bit of money and my hair was all spiky for a while. I only wish that I had gone nuts with colouring and shit before I did it.

But anyway, you may as well.

[MrSteevo]

Sounds like a good plan. I enjoy the program for the cause, and it gives the world more short haired girls, which is never bad.
I remember when our school did it, I wasn't there that day, but a teacher got his arm hair shaven off for it...

[Kylos]

It was a less noble cause, but my workmate got our friend's name tattooed on her foot for some money to go on holiday with.
She made one hundred of our finest english pounds for that.
The second friend also paid yet another one of our work mates £5 to punch her in the arm.
I think he likes spending money.

[IronOxide]

As a fundraiser, my fraternity does something called "Shave the music", where brothers sign up to be sheared if the most people donate into their bin. But that depends on a group of people who are both: willing to get shaved and willing to pay to see somebody (anybody in that group) shaved.

[Social Bacon]

I did this with my high school a few years ago, mainly inspired by my little cousin who was sick with leukemia, I grew my hair out for about five months and then let a friend of mine go at it with an electric razor in front of the school. I managed to raise about $800 which was donated to the Make a Wish Foundation. I suppose it's a bit more difficult to do if you're not in high school but try looking for a local cancer charity, odds are they host an event like this at least once a year, that way you can do the head shave in front of a large and excited crowd. And if your hair is long enough you can donate it after you cut it to make wigs for people going through radiation therapy.

[evernew]

Somehow I had expected this to be about prostitution by now.
I'll come back later.

[Gilead]

Next movember I am doing it in reverse, I'm going to grow a horrible moustache and refuse to shave it until a certain amount of charity donations are given.

[tania]

i have a friend with lots of tattoos and one of them is the word "its" on her ankle. when i asked her about it, she told me about a writer named shelley jackson who had a project in which volunteers were recruited to each get a tattoo of a different word from a short story of hers. the story was never published in print, it exists in tattoo form on about 2100 people instead. on her website is a map showing the different cities of residence of each of the words.

not technically done for money but i thought this was a pretty cool thing anyway.

[ViolentDove]

My god that is awesome.

I'd love to check 2100 people out from the library some time and have a read. 

[eddie]

I'd like to do this but I just don't have the balls.

[Reed]

I'd love to check 2100 people out from the library some time and have a read. 

I had completely forgotten what this was in reference to. Makes reading this quote far more interesting.

[Abigmoron]

I'd like to do this but I just don't have the balls.

I really think you should consider it.

I felt the same way the first time I did it.  I'd had long hair for the entirety of my life and I was super apprehensive about shaving it all off, but once I got down to it, it was a trade off between cancer research and my vanity.

You'll feel great once it's done.  And hair grows back.  I did it every year in high school, but now I'm in college and with no avenue for head-shaving charity, I've resumed long-haired hippie status.

[MrBlu]

Somehow I had expected this to be about prostitution by now.
I'll come back later.

I was hoping people were doing weird things so forumites would give them money.


I was very disappointed.