Sunderland schoolgirl donates hair to Little Princess Trust
An eight-year-old girl from Sunderland has decided to donate her long locks to support children in need.
Luna Reynolds, from Grindon, in Sunderland, donated 10 inches of her hair to the Little Princess Trust, and has already raised £1210 for the charity.
The Little Princess Trust funds research into childhood cancers and supplies real hair wigs to children and young people with cancer up to the age of 24 for the duration of their treatment and hair loss.
It costs around £700 to make a wig for a child or young person.
Luna’s mum, Jodie Reynolds, said: “I honestly don’t know where she got the idea from.
"She mentioned it to me a few weeks ago and I thought nothing of it – she’s only eight.
"Then the other day, I said to her, ‘you really need to get a trim’, and she said, ‘I’m saving it for the little girls’, and she’s been adamant ever since.”
Luna, who goes to Broadway Junior School, in Springwell Road, Sunderland, paid a visit to Kitui Hair Design, in Melbourne Place, Sunderland, on Wednesday, May 6, to have 10 inches of her hair cut off for the charity.
Jodie said: “She couldn’t wait to get it done. She was really looking forward to it.”
Kitui has its own purpose-built specialist wig studio above the salon, helping sufferers of hair loss.
The salon stocks wigs from its NHS-approved sister company The Wonderful Wig, which is an official NHS supplier to the city of Sunderland Trust.
For more information about the Little Princess Trust and how to donate, see https://www.littleprincesses.org.uk/.