A Summerville Primary School pupil has raised over £250 for charity after being sponsored to cut her hair.
On Friday 12 February, 10-year-old Megan Lacey, a Year Six pupil at Summerville Primary in Salford got sponsors from friends and family to cut her long locks in aid of Cancer Research UK.
Deputy Headteacher David Nightingale said, “She has made us all very proud, it’s all been organized by her too she’s done it off her own initiative.”
“I saw her in the IT room researching Cancer Research, she downloaded the application form herself, and the children and staff have contributed by agreeing to be sponsors.”
“We were doing a non-uniform day today anyway in aid of Cancer Research but she has gone the extra mile.”
On top of raising such an impressive amount of money she is donating the hair she had cut off to ‘Little Princess Trust’. A charity that makes wigs for children suffering from cancer.
Mr Nightingale said, “She arrived in assembly this morning with her hair in three plaits, ready to be cut and sent off.”
Her mum, Vicky Lacey said, “I couldn’t be prouder of her.”
The Little Princess Trust was launched in 2006 by the parents of Hannah Tarplee, along with help from friends and from Hannah’s school, Hereford Cathedral Junior School.
Hannah was the original Little Princess. Sadly she was diagnosed with having a Wilms tumour and after a brave battle, died in 2005.
At that time, finding high quality wigs for children was very difficult and only after a long search was a suitable company eventually found which made a wig for Hannah. She very much enjoyed wearing her wig, particularly on special occasions.
After Hannah passed away, so many kind people offered help, financial and practical. Hannah’s parents, Wendy and Simon decided that the most fitting way to use this help was to launch a charity dedicated to providing specialist real hair children’s wigs.
Like so many Little Princesses, Hannah loved her hair and losing it was very traumatic.
Since its inception, the charity has now helped thousands of boys and girls. They work with suppliers throughout the UK and Ireland, all of whom supply beautiful, real hair wigs.
