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Sunday, February 12, 2012

Seven-Year-Old Girl Dedicates Hair, Birthday To Battling Childhood Cancer

06/01/2008  | CityNews.ca Staff

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For any seven-year-old girl cutting your hair is a big deal. When you have as much hair as Patricia Vrysellas, it's a very big deal.

And yet that's what the youngster did Sunday, chopping two feet of her brown locks to donate towards a wig for a child battling cancer. It was an idea she incorporated into her birthday party, one her brother arrived at after seeing a similar story on CityNews.

"I saw it on the news one day and I thought since we were gonna cut her hair we should just cut it for cancer," Spiro Vrysellas explained.

But Patricia did something even harder for any seven-year-old to do on her birthday: give up presents. Yet she did that too, opting to ask for money she could donate along with the hair.

"We've raised $4500 for children with cancer," young spokesman Spiro added. "Her goal was $500 and we passed that by a lot."

And now that the day is done, Patricia has a message for whoever gets her hair.

"I hope you guys feel better," the sweet donor stated simply.

Patricia's uncle helped her start a Facebook group dedicated to the cause, which you can view here.

She's also got her own donations page with the Childhood Cancer Foundation. To take a look, click here.

And to see Farah Nasser's story on Sunday's party, click on the video link.

 
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