SEEING a loved one lose their hair to cancer has inspired an Orange teenager to donate her locks to be made into a wig to go to someone in a similar situation.
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Gabrielle Lloyd, 17, said she always had long hair but despite being nervous, she decided to have 30 centimetres cut off at Little Hair House earlier this month with the intention of donating the locks.
“Early this year my grandmother passed away from cancer,” Gabrielle said.
“One of the things that she was always telling me was she didn’t like going out in public when she didn’t have hair because she went through chemo, so I did this to help someone else.
“She did end up getting a wig, it made it so she could go out into public places and not have everyone know that she was being treated.”
After discussing her desire to donate her hair with her hairdresser, Gabrielle selected Variety the Children’s Charity to receive her donation.
Tanya Marschke
I am based at Orange and cover a wide range of subjects as well as the weekly business column. I've worked consistently in the the media industry since 2006 including the past seven years at the Central Western Daily. Before moving to Orange, I worked as a journalist at weekly newspapers the Beaudesert Times and the Gold Coast Sun in Queensland, as well as the Scone Advocate in the Hunter Valley. I started my career at the Ridge News in Lightning Ridge while I completed my journalism studies remotely at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst.
I am based at Orange and cover a wide range of subjects as well as the weekly business column. I've worked consistently in the the media industry since 2006 including the past seven years at the Central Western Daily. Before moving to Orange, I worked as a journalist at weekly newspapers the Beaudesert Times and the Gold Coast Sun in Queensland, as well as the Scone Advocate in the Hunter Valley. I started my career at the Ridge News in Lightning Ridge while I completed my journalism studies remotely at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst.
