People frequently donate their hair to charity – usually for wig-making for people who have lost their hair due to an illness. This is a great thing to do, but one seven-year-old girl in Canada went one step further.
She and her mom submitted their waist-length hair to kasho scissors, as part of a donation to cancer patients. Additionally, the little girl – Oceanlilli – gave up her life savings to further help kids in need. She donated her “piggy” bank – a real-sized fire hydrant shaped bank to the Credit Valley Hospital Foundation for its cancer center.
“This is my piggy bank, and it’s pretty full,” she said. She and her mom received support from two dozen friends and family members who turned out to witness her hair-cut. Members of her mini-fan club also made donations in return for a turn with the hair scissors.
Oceanlili has been begging her parents to let her donate her hair since she turned four. Finally on her seventh birthday, they finally agreed.
“I’m very proud of her,” said her father Peter. “We support a lot of charity and (OceanLili’s) been talking about this for three years.”
What a way to ring in a new (birthday) year!
Tags: hair donation, hair scissors, Kasho Scissors
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