:: rubs eyes with fists ::
A new blog???
Yup. The sitemeter keeps rising so I figure someone other than Grandma's checking in occasionally. Chase has been back in Chapel Hill, doing whatever it is he does with the baseball team and whatnot, looking forward to getting back into school full time.
Speaking of baseball, Mom and I met Judith and Buddy today in Chapel Hill today to watch a double header with Duke (yeah, Mom & I were a little late seeing as we got there just in time for the 9th inning of the second game). But the real reason we went was for this!
In honor of Reece Holbrook (Coach Holbrook's son) and Chase, the entire baseball team "volunteered" (some more willingly than others), to shave their heads to raise money for pediatric cancer research at UNC. With 39 team members charging $100 a head, they hoped to raise nearly $4000.
If I were having my head shaved, I'm not sure I'd be comfortable with everyone laughing...
At any rate, it was a huge success, and they raised over $5000! So the coaches had to get their heads shaved too. Even head coach Fox!
A few more pictures. Sorry I don't know names, and I don't even know if the camera was in my hands when these pics were taken, but here ya go:
If we're lucky, Chase will add some names to these pictures. If we're really lucky...
The link to the donation site from the Carolina Baseball news site is still active. Just sayin'
PS. He's got hair growing back. Just a little bit so far...be very, very quiet - we don't want to scare it away...
3 comments:
My coffee tasted so much better this morning since I could enjoy drinking it while reading a NEW blog. Way to go Mary Beth! And -- way to go to the UNC baseball team for the "Cuts for Cure" benefit for UNC Children's Hospital. It was a fun afternoon with hair flying all over the field. And five thousand dollars raised!! -- way to go team!
Grandma
I am so proud of the entire baseball team and the coaches. They took their hats off willingly (and they won't fit quite the same now with no hair) and allowed thier fellow team mates shave their heads. What a boost that was for Chase. I love to see him smile like that and to see him be a part of this wonderful cause. Those kids are great, they have taken him in, accepted him, encouraged him and kept him going through all the rough times. Without that team and the coaches, things would have been a whole lot different for Chase. Thanks guys, and now thanks for shaving your heads for cancer. You make me a proud mom of a wonderful young man who is beating cancer.
Well done Carolina Baseball Team, well done!
Chase's Mom
Today is my birthday, and what a wonderful present it is to see Chase looking so happy and robust! I'm a little choked up, but with tears of joy and pride. Thanks so much for the updates! Keep them coming!
Suzanne van Thillo
(Chase's senior year homeroom teacher)
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