"Looking at his smile makes me so happy. What he does for the city of Easton. I'm sure you must know his page: 'Joshua's Journey Covering Miles With Smiles' on Facebook."
"How did his page get started?" "The generosity of a few people on the EASTON, PA page donated Dorney Park tickets and a few other gifts for his birthday. And when I started posting pictures, everybody really responded and it took their mind off of all the parking meters and the politics and things like that, and everybody wanted to see his smile, so everybody voted for the name of his Facebook page and it's growing. He's go almost 390 followers now, so make sure you like the page!"
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One participant was Dustin.
Dustin: "I'm a cook here at Pearly Baker's. My aunt recently passed earlier this year from cancer, and they don't know where it started, but it spread all over. So, it's support. I've had a lot of people pass from cancer, so it's a good cause to support." BlinkPix: "How much do you think your beard is going to make?" D: "I don't know, but I hope it's a decent chunk of change." B: "How do you feel right now?" D: "Nervous. I haven't seen my face in a little over a year..." Dr. Tricia Kelly is the organizer of "Beards for Breast," a beard "auction," which took place at Pearly Baker's Ale House last night. Men went into the bar sporting beards--many of them long and lush--and left without them in order to fight cancer.
"We wanted to do something to support our local community and Pearly Baker's wanted to support the cause as well, so we called and joined forces with Pearly's, Steve from Suddenly Samantha, and then St. Luke's. I'm a breast surgical oncologist; that's all I do, all day, every day--take care of women with breast cancer. So I also have with me Dr. Deb, who is the radiation oncologist that I work with, and Chris Davco, who also works for our organization and is also a survivor. The idea started about a month and a half ago." "Did the guys with the beards think it was a cool idea, or were they like, 'No way...'?" "Well, some of them were kind of into volunteering. There were some people who were resistant to giving their beards, like, 'No way, you're not getting my beard!' But here they are. One other thing: they wanted to call this 'Beards for Boobs,' and I was adamant that I'm not doing it unless it's called 'Beards for Breast,' just because of what I do and the sensitivity. You know, women go through a lot; women lose their breasts in addition to their hair, so I wanted to make it sound a bit more sensitive to the patients who go through this." |
These are the stories of the people of Easton, PA Archives
August 2018
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