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Four year old donates her luscious locks for charity that helps children with cancer
A four-year-old Galway girl – inspired by a photograph of a cancer sufferer she’d never met – chopped off her luscious locks last weekend for a charity that makes wigs for children suffering from the disease.
Róisín Smith cut nine inches off her hair on Saturday to donate it to Little Princess Trust, after seeing a photograph of a girl she had never met on her mother’s phone.
And now the two brave little girls are hoping to meet.
“Lucy is the daughter of a colleague of my husband’s and she was diagnosed with cancer in September at eight years of age; Lucy is now nine,” explained Róisín’s mother Caroline Smith this week.
And as soon as Róisín saw the photo, she wanted to give the girl her hair.
“We started to watch hair donation videos on YouTube and she decided that she wanted to do it. We gave it a few weeks to make sure she understood what he hair would be like afterwards,” said Caroline.
Róisín attends Enfant Educare pre-school in Ardrahan, and last week they ran a Teddy Bear Picnic to support her.
This alone raised €690 – bringing the total amount raised to €3,960.
“We picked BUMBLEance as the charity who would receive the sponsorship as this is Lucy’s chosen charity.
“When Lucy got sick first she made loom bracelets in hospital and I sold these on my website www.cailindeas.com for her. She raised over €600 selling these,” added Caroline.
The haircut took place in Leah Kelly Hair Design in Gort on Saturday with a small audience of family friends.
Róisín’s little three year old sister Ciara also wanted to donate her hair but, according to her mum, she wasn’t blessed with Róisín’s long locks – so it will be a few more years before she has the length required.
“Róisín and Lucy have never met but we hope to do a joint cheque presentation to BUMBLEance at the end of March and they will meet then,” added her proud mother.
And people can still donate to the fund until the end of March – just go onto the link to donate at www.idonate.ie/roisinshair