Family loss inspires haircut
At 13, Stella Webster is the same age as her uncle, her mother’s brother, was when he lost his life to neuroblastoma.
It was her uncle’s memory which inspired her to begin growing her hair to donate to charity, and her grandfather’s cancer diagnosis last year which has helped strengthen her resolve.
‘‘He has just been given the allclear, but he made me want to do this even more.’’
Rangiora High School student Stella always had long hair, but about a year and a half ago she began to let it grow even longer so that she could chop it all off and donate it to Freedom Wigs.
Her aim is also to raise $2500 through the process for the Child Cancer Foundation, and with $100 left to go she is pretty confident she will reach the target.
Stella’s hair had to comply with some strict guidelines from Freedom Wigs -- her hair had to be 14 inches long, clean, and packaged in clear plastic bags without being dropped on the floor.
Incredibly, it would take three or four lots of hair to make one wig, she said.
She has already been around local businesses in Rangiora who have supported her cause, but if you have not been contacted and would like to donate to Stella’s efforts for the Chlid Cancer Foundation, you can make contact via her mum’s Facebook page, Platinum Nails.