This is a story about how one good idea, and about how one moment of feeling grateful can change lives and save lives.
"Tim Kenny challenged two of his insurance industry colleagues, John
Bender and Enda McDonnell, in July 1999 to give back to society since
life for the trio was “pretty good,” according to Kenny. Less than a
year later, on March 17, 2000, the first St. Baldrick’s Foundation event
was held at a Manhattan bar where 19 heads where shaved, resulting in
$104,000 in donations to the Children’s Oncology Group."
“We wanted to do something more beneficial than hanging out at the
bar for the whole day,” Kenny told FoxNews.com.
“And it grew rapidly
from there.”
In 2012 alone, the foundation raised nearly $33.5 million for pediatric cancer, thanks to more than 56,000 participants.
