Jaycee Clarkson is inviting community members to join her and shed their locks for a good cause.
The New Westminster resident is donating her hair for wigs for cancer patients and invites community members to join her.
Clarkson, a student at Douglas College, is participating in the second annual Spring Cleaning for Your Mind, Body and Soul on Sunday, April 13 at River Market.
“In honour of this event, I will be cutting all my hair to donate to cancer,” she said. “And I’d like to encourage others to join me!”
Clarkson is donating her ponytail, which has to be between eight and 12 inches long and free from colour. Sarah Alicia Thomas, a local hair and makeup artist who will be doing the cutting, said it takes between six and 10 ponytails to make one wig.
“We would love more ponytails but any hair will do to participate in the event – head, beard, moustache, even legs,” she said in a press release.
Asim Renyard is also joining in the spirit of the event by having his legs waxed – Katie Marshall, from Medical Esthetics by Katie, will do the honours. Renyard is a New West resident and a third-year bioology major at Simon Fraser University.
Spring Cleaning for Your Mind, Body and Soul is a community-based health and wellness fundraising event to support the mission of the Canadian Cancer Society. In addition to raising funds for the cancer society, the event seeks to promote local businesses, community organizations, groups and clubs that promote health and wellness.
All of the money raised from the spring shave/cut and from a raffle at the event will help fund cancer research, provide information on cancer, risk reduction and treatment, offer community-based support services for people living with cancer and their families and advocate for healthy public policies.
”The business community that organizes the Spring Cleaning for Your Mind Body and Soul event is an inspiration to people living with cancer, and the Canadian Cancer Society is incredibly grateful for their support and commitment to the mission to eradicate cancer and enhance the lives of people living with cancer,” said Huda Al-Saedy of the B.C. and Yukon division of the Canadian Cancer Society.
Last year’s event raised more than $3,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society.
Anyone interested in participating in this year’s event can contact Robyn Murrell at [email protected] or 778-323-1465. If you’d like to pledge a donation to Clarkson’s fundraising efforts or learn more about the event, go to http://convio.cancer.ca/goto/springcleaning. To donate to Renyard’s cause, check out his fundraising page at www.tinyurl.com/AsimsPage.
