WABI Reports Student Donates Hair, Raises Money for Cancer Research
WABI (Channel 5) reported University of Maine student Dan Shorette recently shaved his head to donate his hair to Wigs for Kids, an organization that makes wigs for children losing hair for medical reasons. Shorette said he was inspired by fellow classmate, Juli Sclafani, who lost her younger brother to cancer. “I think it’s really incredible that he thinks it’s something he should do and wants to do,” Scalfani said. “[To] be a voice for kids fighting cancer who don’t have a voice.” In addition to donating his hair, Shorette also has raised more than $1,000 for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, an organization that raises money for childhood cancer research, according to the report.