Eleven-year-old Amran Bhabra ended two years of growing today when he donated his newly chopped hair to Locks of Love.
The Grade 6 Trafalgar student started growing his hair into the classic mullet for hockey two years ago.
Amran Bhabra, his sister and stylist Tracie Schamhart.
When he heard that a fellow schoolmate and hockey player was going through cancer treatment last year, he decided he wanted to raise awareness and donate his hair which will be made into wigs. Locks of Love is a public non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to children in Canada and United States under age 21 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis.
Amran plays hockey on the Peewee Rep team with the Castlegar Minor Hockey Association. He said his hair was so long it would stick out from under his hockey helmet.
“People thought he was a girl,” said Amran’s mom Baljit, as she watched stylist Tracie Schamhart cut eight-inch lengths of hair off her son at Root 99.
Although its not meant to be a fundraiser, donations can be made to the Canadian Cancer Society or other organizations said Baljit, adding, “We wanted to raise awareness.”
