{"id":7518,"date":"2014-07-23T12:51:06","date_gmt":"2014-07-23T16:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=7518"},"modified":"2014-07-30T15:29:12","modified_gmt":"2014-07-30T19:29:12","slug":"lasting-legacy-created-with-two-years-of-hard-work-and-a-pair-of-scissors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/lasting-legacy-created-with-two-years-of-hard-work-and-a-pair-of-scissors\/","title":{"rendered":"Lasting legacy created with two years of hard work \u2013 and a pair of scissors"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n

It took two years of dedicated hair care, but just a few seconds of scissor snips paved the way for potentially years of smiles at Regency Acres Public School last month. <\/p>\n

Dozens of students filled the school\u2019s gymnasium on Wednesday, June 25, to watch as their fellow students lined the stage to have their waist-length hair cut up to their shoulders all in the name of donating their hair to create wigs for cancer patients. <\/p>\n

The ceremony is a long-standing tradition at Regency Acres, having been started by student Alice Sandiford when she was just starting out in the school. Now, having graduated last week to prepare for her high school career, she said she was pleased they were joined up on stage my some first-timers to carry on the tradition. <\/p>\n

\u201cI hope they continue to do it and realise all of this is going to grow back,\u201d said Alice. \u201cIt is just continuous.\u201d<\/p>\n

One such first-timer was nine-year-old Bailey Chahley, who wanted to give it a try as soon as she heard about the hair drive starting out at Regency Acres.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just want to make a little kid really happy,\u201d said Bailey. \u201cIt feels really cool!\u201d
\nThis was the second haircut for Natalia Butylkian, who is heading to Aurora High School in September. Her hair grows particularly quickly, she said, but many people are not so lucky.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter I got it done the first time, I felt really good that I was helping someone I probably would never know, that someone is going to be happy to have my hair,\u201d said Natalia. \u201cTo donate only eight inches of your hair shows support to them and shows that you care, and you can make it through and that you support them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also on hand to lend her support to the students was Erin Davis of CHFI. Heavily involved in causes related to cancer, including emceeing Relay for Life Aurora last month, Ms. Davis said it was important to cheer students on whenever they take on projects like this. <\/p>\n

\u201cKids learn by example and somehow, somewhere these children were taught that giving was more important than anything and if you can come out and support them in doing this, they might do it again, other children might see it and be inspired to remember there are so many things more important than ourselves.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the old saying that when you are given so much, much is expected of you. York Region has always felt like home to me. You can\u2019t say no [to supporting something] when people have such good causes as this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alice came into her final haircut at Regency Acres less than 48 hours after her class\u2019s graduation ceremony, where Principal Cathy Martino-Porretta awarded Alice with the Principal\u2019s Award for her efforts.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe has contributed so much to our school and has shown kids here that it is important to make a difference not only within our walls, but outside our walls too,\u201d said Martino-Porretta. \u201cI hope [this event] will have momentum and I certainly want it to continue. It is part of what we do here, build really good character. We want to continue building these traits in our students to continue focusing on academics as well as the health and well-being of students, giving back, and teaching kids what it means to give back.\u201d<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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