SJNCC 7th Annual Ponytail Drive has 11 girl student volunteers
Kailin McEnery, a second-time donor, gets her hair prepped by Belleza Salon and Spa stylist Joanna Garcia.
Eleven girls donated their hair for cancer patients during a school assembly, said Michelle Dougherty, SJNCS kindergarten teacher who organized the effort.
“All the hair donated will be sent to Pantene’s Beautiful Lengths campaign, which supplies wigs free to cancer patients through the American Cancer Society’s wig bank,” Dougherty said.
In the past seven years, more than 150 SJNCS students, teachers, parents and friends have participated in the event, donating around 1,520 inches or 127 feet of hair, she said, adding, “It takes between eight and 15 ponytails to make one wig.”
Stylists from Belleza Salon and Spa volunteered their time and talent to prepare the donors’ hair and cut and style the hair after the donation.
