Patrick's Pals

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

President and Mrs. George H.W. Bush Join "Patrick's Pals"

July 24, 2013

President George H.W. Bush and Patrick

Our little guy received some high-powered support this week when President George Bush 41 volunteered to shave his head to show his support for Patrick and Patrick’s Pals.

Members of his Secret Service detail have also been shaving their heads this week in solidarity.

We cannot thank both President AND Mrs. Bush enough for their generosity and concern!

...Patrick's Pals

(To Join Patrick Pals: http://www.patrickspals.org/)

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Former President George H. W. Bush shaves head bald to support 2-year-old boy with leukemia

The nation's 41st president shaved all his hair as a show of solidarity with Patrick, the son of one of the members of Bush's security detail, who lost his hair as part of his cancer treatments.
BY ADAM EDELMAN / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

July 25, 2013

Former President George H. W. Bush shaved his head Wednesday as a show of solidarity with a 2-year-old-boy who is battling leukemia. The boy, named Patrick, is the son of one of the members of Bush’s security detail. He had lost most of his hair due to his cancer treatments, a Bush spokesman said.

Bush, 89, got the idea to shave his head to show his support after he noticed that several members of his Secret Service detail, known as the Bush Protective Division, had also shaved their heads in solidarity with Patrick.

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George H. W. Bush poses with members of his Secret Service detail who have also shaved their heads to support Patrick.

A Bush spokesman also said that the former president had helped launch a website, www.patrickspals.org, to assist with Patrick’s medical costs. The cause for Bush’s act is one close to his heart. The nation’s 41st president and his wife Barbara Bush lost a daughter, Pauline, to leukemia in 1953, when she was just 4 years old. Bush made headlines earlier this month when he attended a White House ceremony honoring his “Points of Light” volunteer program.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/president-george-h-w-bush-shaves-head-support-2-year-old-boy-leukemia-article-1.1408072#ixzz2a8AZHs9A