Shawna chops hair for charity

A LOCAL youngster has helped two worthy causes by getting her hair that she spent months growing chopped off for charity.

Kind-hearted Shawna Dunne decided last Christmas that she wanted to let her hair grow long so she could get it cut and donate it to the Rapunzel Foundation charity that makes wigs for people suffering hair loss.

And Shawna was also so touched by the story of Robyn Smyth, the local girl from Whitehall who suffers from a rare form of cancer called neuroblastoma, that she decided to help raise money for her treatment as well.

Earlier this month Shawna dropped into the Gorgeous Hair Salon in Artane to have her beautiful hair scalped so it could be collected and sent to the Rapunzel Foundation.

Family, friends and supporters had helped her raise sponsorship money for the cut which will go towards for Robyn’s on-going treatment and Robyn’s mum Bernadette and aunt Cathy Dornan were both there to support Shawna on the day her hair got chopped.

Staff at Gorgeous Hair not only cut Shawna’s hair for free, but the salon also donated e100 to the cause.

Over e500 has been raised so far from Shawna’s sacrifice making her supporters very proud of her generous gesture.

“My daughter is over the moon that she can help The Rapunzel foundation and Robyn,

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“It was all her idea and I am so proud of her.

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Donations for Shawna’s gesture can still be made online at idonate.ie/shawnashairchop forrobyn.