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Kara celebrates birthday by
cutting her hair for charity
11.01.15
A young Inishowen
schoolgirl celebrated her birthday at the weekend by
getting her beautiful long hair cut off in
solidarity with a friend who is recovering from
cancer.
Kara Black (7) from Buncrana, was inspired to donate
her glossy brown tresses after her classmate, Maya
McClenaghan (6),
lost hers to chemotherapy and had to wait a long
time for it to grow back. |
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Kara pictured before she had her hair
cut on Saturday. |
Mum Michelle (34) said
she was initially reluctant to allow her second
youngest child cut off so much of her hair. But
big-hearted Kara pleaded with her until she was
convinced it was what she really wanted.
"At first I said no but she persisted and a few days
later her fundraising campaign was up and running,"
said mum-of-four Michelle.
Kara was joined by family and friends including Maya
at Bliss hair studio on Saturday, her seventh
birthday. Dressed in her favourite Frozen gown, 12
inches of her flowing locks were cut off, leaving
her with a shiny new bob.
"Kara loves her new hair. Me and her daddy, Stuart,
are very proud and I even cried a little," added
Michelle. |
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Kara pictured with her Scoil Iosagain
classmate Maya who inspired her to donate her
hair to The Little Princess Trust. |
The young schoolgirl
will now donate her hair to The Little Princess
Trust which provides real-hair wigs to boys and
girls in Ireland and the UK who have sadly lost
their own hair to cancer treatment.
She is also raising money for the Irish Cancer
Society and the Irish Heart Foundation in memory of
close family members.
Kara has far exceeded her 200 euro target and has
already raised 443 euro for the Irish Cancer Society
and almost 730 euro for the Irish Heart Foundation. |
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