The 2014 Beard-Off started as a fun challenge among friends to look ridiculous for a few months. It has since turned into a fundraiser to benefit people diagnosed with cancer who need assistace with treatment and support. The Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults (UCF) has stepped up as a great organization to guide and assist us along the way. UCF started in my hometown of Ellicott City, MD back in 1997 and has organized many amazing events to inform and help young adults.
Fundraising events like Happy Hours and guest bartending will be organized in the near future. Details will be posted here and event information spread on social media, if I ever figure out how to use it properly. Cheer us on by coming out to show support or by making a donation of any size on this site.
$25 will pay for transporting a patient to a doctor’s appointment
$50 will pay to keep a patient’s lights and power on during treatment
$75 will pay for three hours of our Navigator’s time working with patients and families
$100 will pay for our patient navigators to facilitate a monthly support group
$200 will pay to help preserve a young adult’s fertility prior to starting treatment
$500 will pay for our Navigator to meet and work with five new patients and their families
$1,000 will pay for gas cards to help 40 patients get to treatment
$1,500 will pay to distribute guidebooks to 428 newly diagnosed cancer patients
$2,500 will pay for a scholarship to send a young adult facing cancer to college
$5,000 will pay to feed and support 90 college students as they ride their bikes cross-country with 4K for Cancer
$10,000 will help us start another Patient Navigation program at a cancer center
Please join us in the 1st Annual Beard Off benefiting the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults (UCF).
Grow your beard and sign up for a fundraising page to help UCF change lives by creating a community of support
for young adults, and their loved ones as they fight cancer and embrace survivorship.
| Supporters | |||
| Name | Date | Amount | Comments |
| Robyn Lanasa | 02/27/2014 | $25.00 | Casey Penn | 02/14/2014 | $50.00 | Kevin Gracie | 02/11/2014 | $50.00 | Now cut the beard please. | Anonymous Friend | 02/06/2014 | $25.00 | John Green | 02/05/2014 | $50.00 | Big ups bruv, nice beard | Freddie Ephraim | 01/30/2014 | $20.00 | John Guazzo | 01/27/2014 | $20.00 | Javier La Naranja | 01/06/2014 | $25.00 | Roses are red Violets are blue Beards are great And so are you! | Kelly Zeh | 01/06/2014 | $25.00 | Alan Rosenberg | 12/18/2013 | $25.00 | I hope this donation inspires your beard to fulfill its potential! | Scott Lavine | 12/17/2013 | $25.00 | Jennifer Lewis | 12/16/2013 | $15.00 | Good luck Casey! Great idea- can't wait to see pics at the end! | Casey Penn | 12/16/2013 | $10.00 | mandatory snow day donation | Doris Lustusky | 12/15/2013 | $25.00 | Bruce Penn | 12/10/2013 | $200.00 | Go Case! Keep the hope going! | Jack Hild | 12/10/2013 | $50.00 | …so a beard is ridiculous?? ;-) Good on you for doing this. | Linda Penn | 12/09/2013 | $25.00 | What a wonderful thing to do Casey. I look forward to seeing you with a beard! | Courtney Mish | 12/09/2013 | $50.00 | Lily Penn | 12/09/2013 | $50.00 | You will look great with beard, like a handsome red neck. Budweiser rules. | Sandy Roemer | 12/09/2013 | $25.00 | Come visit me in the first aid tent at the UCF event in October!Great cause! Great group! You're a good man, Casey Penn! | Natalie Breitbach | 12/09/2013 | $25.00 | Go Brother-Boyfriend! | Donna Louzon | 12/09/2013 | $25.00 | You go, Casey. I can't wait to see you in 82 days. | Team Reschovsky | 12/08/2013 | $100.00 | Although I don't like beards, I like cancer less. Go Casey! | Anonymous Friend | 11/26/2013 | $50.00 | Casey Penn | 11/25/2013 | $50.00 |
| Total | $1,040.00 | ||