Gift for Those in Need: "Locks of Love" from Saint Mary's
A gift of one's own hair for young cancer patients is becoming a tradition at St. Mary's High School. The youngest donor this year was a third grader from El Cerrito.
Mom and daughter, Fabiola and Evelin Aguirre, were excited to get home and show Daddy their haircuts. Evelin, a third grader at Harding Elementary in El Cerrito, was thrilled to give 10 inches of her hair for wigs for other children in the "Locks of Love" hair-gifting event at Saint Mary's High School, Feb. 15, 2012.
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Saint Mary's High held its fifth annual Locks of Love hair-gifting event on Wednesday on the school campus in Berkeley. Five ladies – including a young miss from Harding Elementary School in El Cerrito – gave nearly five feet of hair for hairpieces for young cancer patients.
The event was coordinated by Ms. Clare McCormick, Saint Mary's Religious Studies faculty member, and stylists Kayla Headley and Rebecca Kalinin of "Innovations" in Napa drove to Berkeley to donate their time and talent. Kayla is the daughter of the school's Buildings and Grounds Director, Mark Headley, and sister of freshman Max.
Donors included Saint Mary's students sophomore Kate Tealdi and freshman Rachel Gee, Buildings & Grounds staff member Fabiola Aguirre, her daughter Evelin, 8, a third grader at Harding Elementary School in El Cerrito, and their friend, Maria del Carmen Lopez.
Thanks to all the donors, the stylists, and supporters!
Jeanne Gray Loughman works at St. Mary's High as the President's Assistant and member of the Communications Team. She is a Berkeley native with family in that city since 1912.
Clare McCormick
8:55 am on Friday, February 17, 2012
Little Miss Evelin Cruz Aguirre told me "I have to do the right thing. And, my girlfriends told me 'don't cut your hair.' And I said, It's my hair and it will grow back but there are kids who need it." How about that for a third grader? We are proud of you, Evelin. *Ms. McCormick from SMCHS