October – December 2015
It wasn’t long after getting diagnosed that my son gathered many of our friends together from work and organized a fruitful and fun way to raise money for mounting medical costs. One month before our co-workers usually organize a “No-Shave-November” (growing beards and hair as long as possible), Josh decided to add to the mix by dedicating October as “Shave4Sandy” month.
Everyone was invited to shave off their beards, hair, or whatever by the end of October, and then spend the month of November growing everything back! We figured there would be a fair showing of participation, but never expected the final results. By the end of December, dozens of people actively participated in the shaving, and even more contributed a total of $5930 towards out-of-pocket co-pays. It was amazing!
All of the old posts can still be found at the www.giveforward.com website if you want to read through everything that happened during those months. Just click on the link below.