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1 9 | Friday, M arch 1 7 , 2 0 1 7 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | w w w .insideH A LTO N .com Every week we showcase youtns in our community SEND US YOUR NEWS: If you are a youth and you have a story or photo to share, we'll do our hest to publish it on this page. Email it to ahlackhurn@oakvilleheaver. com, along with your name and a brief paragraph about why you want to share it with our readers. Students invited to donate hair in RockYbur Locks by Abigail Cukier Special to the Beaver Having hair is something you may not think about very m uch -- until you don't have it any more. This was part of the message Kimber ley Coughlin delivered at five assemblies at schools in Oakville to teach students about hair donation for women and children un dergoing cancer treatment. The assemblies were an introduction to the inaugural Rock Your Locks event. Stu dents and family members from Pine Grove, Eastview, Brookdale, Morden, Gladys Speers and Oakwood public elementary schools are being invited to donate eight inches of hair toward making wigs made of real hair. The event will be held at T.A. Blakelock High School Thursday, March 23. Coughlin, whose daughter Madison is in Grade 1 at Pine Grove, had neurosurgery in June 2 0 1 6 and, as a result, was diagnosed with brain cancer. Most of a tumour she had was removed and Madison has since been having follow up treatment of radiation and chemotherapy. Her head was shaved for surgery and she lost hair during radiation treatment. During the assemblies, Coughlin showed videos of children donating hair, as well as recipients of the wigs. "Seeing how it doesn't look like a wig, they see that somebody has donated their own hair so I can have hair on my head. They got With Kimberley Coughlin, right, is, from left, Rupal Hagerman, co-chair of Pine Grove school council, Sharon Dorsett fromThe Design Crew, and Asha Hagerman, first Rock Your Locks donor. | submitted photo it. That was the power of telling the story," said Coughlin. "I didn't focus on cancer but on losing your hair and the im pact it has. I could see the girls holding on to their braids. They were able to make the connection of what it really meant. "There was a lineup of kids who wanted to donate their hair. It was very powerful." The idea for Rock Your Locks came after Rupal Hagerman, co-chair of Pine Grove school council, heard about students who had donated their hair. "I thought it is silly for everyone to go on their own to do it. And some parents are so busy that even if they wanted to, they don't have time to take them ," she said. "I thought, what if we do all the w ork for them. Find out all the requirements and set it up so they can come and get it done at no cost. It is also a way to bring the community together." Hair donations will go to Pantene Beauti ful Lengths and 3 6 0 Hair. Pantene Beautiful Lengths provides free hair wigs to women, while 3 6 0 Hair gives to girls 19 years and younger. 360 Hair also takes coloured and grey hair. Hair stylists from The Design Crew on Kerr Street and Rainbow Expressions in Bronte will help out at the event. As part of Rock Your Locks, Hagerman will be getting her hair cut, along with Halton District School Board trustee Tracey Ehl Harrison. Rock Your Locks will take place from 4-8 p.m. For further nformation about the event or if you are a hairdresser who would like to volunteer, email rockyourlocksoakville@ gmail.com. HAXELL LAW Buying? Selling? Re-financing? Call us fo r a q u o te at Jam eson Glas D . K evin H axell I I ill w w w .jw architect.com 9 0 5 -8 4 5 -0 7 6 7 ext. 2 2 2 /2 2 3 PersonalP ro fessiona l SeWice at Competitive Rates 1 2 7 6 C o rn w a ll R o a d , U n it C , O a k v ille O n ta rio , L 6 J 7W 5 T : 9 0 5 - 8 4 5 - 0 7 6 7 · F : 9 0 5 -8 4 5 -5 5 5 2 · w w w . h a x e l l l a w . c o m · l a w y e r s @ h a x e l l l a w . c o m HOUSES