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Huron Expositor, 2017-01-18, Page 22 Huron Expositor • Wednesday. January 18. 2017 Five-year-old Chloe Parsons cut a substantial amount of her hair off, which will be given to the Locks of Love non-profit organization Shaun Gergory Huron Expositor Family members and friends could have told Chloe Parsons a million times not to cut her "beauti- ful long" hair but she refused to listen; instead the desire to help a person in need pre- vailed - the five-year-old sought out to make a difference. Sitting in excitement at Total Image II in Seaforth January 11, not yet old enough to make a hair appointment, Parsons' sat in the barber's chair. The old saying goes, never judge a book by its cover, in Parsons' circumstances you can certainly not critic a child's maturity by the amount of years they've been on this earth. If she were to be ranked in age, she'd snatch up to an adult. Braided so the hair stayed intact, the cutting began and after all was said, and done, one to two feet of light brown hair had been cut off "I think she gets it, she knows she is helping some- one with no hair," stated Par- sons' mother, Tanya Dupee January 12 in a phone conver- sation, also mentioning that this has been an ongoing demand since her daughter was three -years -old. Regardless of the massive hair makeover, Dupee said her daughter's hair is cur- rently what they call a bob and Parsons' is happy as ever. In previous years hairdress- ers were accountable for send- ing off the cut hair However Dupee disclosed that Submitted photo Chloe Parsons donated a large portion of her hair to the Locks of Love non-profit organization. The people in need of the hair are usually people under 21 years of age and have the medical condition called alopecia areata. donors are now responsible. With saying that, Dupee has packaged the hair and is posting it in the next day or two by mail to the non -pro t organization, Locks of Love. Most of the recipients who are in need of hair suffer from the medical condition called alopecia areata. This more than kind ges- ture put forth by Parsons will rebuild a child's self-esteem, confidence, and then even- tually enable them to face the world and their peers, \ccording to Locks of Love. `After the hair has been received, they then send a photo to the donor showcas- ing their new look. Upon sending the hair, Dupee said they are asked to write a let- ter as well. So her mother is going above and beyond and returning the favour by sending a photo of Parsons. Dupee said it's not a require- ment, but she wants the per- son to have a photograph so they know whom that hair once belonged to. Seaforth mother is sure if it weren't for research her son would not be alive Shaun Gregory Huron Expositor It's fundraising hockey All- Star games like the one held in Seaforth last month that are reinvigorating cancer research; a mother whose son has fought cancer for years believes if it wasn't for such efforts he would not still be alive. Living with cancer tosses a thousand complications your direction, especially if you have more than one cancer - Scott Campbell has had five different blood can- cers in the last decade. Fight- ing to live caps the list of problems; the chances of survival begin to lessen more and more. Roughly 76,000 people die from an array of different cancers each year in Canada, and at any given day in a 12 -month stretch Scott may be among them. Thankfully, for the time being his mother Lisa Camp- bell said the current diagno- sis of her youngest son is "stable." "(This game) was a good way to recognize two causes (that) are very important to us all, hockey and the Leuke- mia Lymphoma Society, without research Scott ATTEIJ3NR • $- I 0�� We eklyID eabrAesare I t ADV=RTIS�ING &tkT1L �dar @:29OP!11 OFFICE HOURS: �tMon..Thurstiam — 5p ri8am 4pm� @L®SED PIJ J%JDS Ar: "Aird III[ron Expositor .y. 111 .. 8 Main St., Seaforth PH: 519-527-0240 www.seaforthhuronexpositor.com ea orthhuronex I ositor.co would not be with us today," stated Lisa January 8, adding the last relapse led to a suc- cessful treatment of an allo- genic transplant. "This would not have been possible without the research that led to finding a new clinical trial." Scott is the first person in Ontario to be part of this new procedure. The Camp- bell's are "extremely grate- ful" for the cutting edge research that's not only made bone marrow trans- plants possible but suc- cessful as well. In addition, the family is appreciative of the donor who to this day is unknown. They've requested to meet he or she three times to express their gratitude, however the donor chose to remain anonymous. "We don't know who the person is or where in the world they are located," she said about the unrelated donor. "While we respect their choice, for me I would love the opportunity to meet them and thank them." Though Lisa is powerless to thank her son's saviour, every year when the All-Star game comes to Seaforth—it ignites a fuel inside of her -- this is the method in which she can graciously give hack Despite the Great Lakes Submitted photo The annual Seaforth All-Star game raised $3500 for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society. blessing the area with bliz- zard -like forecasts, Lisa told the Expositor the event on December 29 was well attended. The contest was compiled of two games, with the first being an alumni game between the 2006 juvenile team and the current juve- niles. The much older Alum- ni's walked away victorious, they won 8-6. Since it was such a fan favourite, Lisa is sure they will bring it back next year. The main event, the All- Star game welcomed eight teams, which were divided into north and south teams. The south won in a close contest beating the north 6-5. This year's game raised about $3500, which is about $1100 more than the previ- ous year. "I will never forget the moment I was told my baby had cancer. I never want any parent to have to experience that," stated Campbell through private Facebook messages. "We will continue the All-Star game and we will continue to be grateful to everyone who supports our efforts by donating"