St. Baldrick's Day!

Today was the big day!

 

Shaving day! 

The kids were having fun eating lollipops and watching all the action...

This sweet father son team shaved in honor of Julia and donated their long locks, too.  Thank you for your generosity- we are very honored.  (And in the middle is Mr. Jeff who works at Brenners' 9th floor.)

Then it was Daddy's turn.  Julia even got to help! She was excited because Mommy never gives her a turn with the clippers at home.  Hopefully she's not getting any ideas...

 

Uncle Anthony came to offer moral support and the crowd threw in $250 for him to shave his head and goatee, too!! So with Brian, we now have three shavees...

 

Carter got in on the clipper action, too...

Here's the clean cut-crew chatting with Dr. McLean...

 

Thanks to all our friends who came out to offer their support and love...

 

Then it was Dr. Mclean's turn. They let all the Brenners' kids do the shaving. They actually took up a collection to shave his eyebrows, too. But in a surprising twist they gave him the option of buying them back for $200 and he graciously accepted :)

 

They made posters of many of the Brenners' kids being honored today...

  

...including 4 who earned their angel wings this past year.  Brenners' oncology has had to say goodbye to 8 kids this past year.  They will always be a part of the 'Camp Brenner' family and are dearly missed.

It's been an emotional day. There were lots of tears today from the parents of all these amazing kids. We truly mean it when we say they are our heroes. They endure so much with innocence, grace, and strength. I wasn't expecting it to be so hard. There was amazing comfort though in the hugs of those walking this road alongside us who know our hopes, fears, dreams, pain, joys, and anxieties without saying a word.

Bald is beautiful, especially when it helps us fight childhood cancer.