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B2 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday December 4, 2002 W h a te ve r you need it's in the S u p er Pa g e s .TM Y o u r r e s o u r c e f o r all y o u r i n f o r m a t i o n n e e d s . A ls o o n l i n e at s u p e r p a g e s .c a . Barrie Erskine* Oakville Beaver Sam Joyce, who has never had her hair shorter than her shoulder, gives up her locks during a cancer fundraiser held at T. A. Blakelock High School recently. The Grade 12 student donated her locks to Hair for Kids to make two wigs for young cancer patients who have lost their own hair. Cutting her hair is fellow student Kate Dickson. As athletic president, she came up with the head shaving idea as a means to boost attendance at a pep rally to hon our the school's sports teams and to raise funds for cancer research. TAB student gives up her hair in cancer fundraiser ing began, everybody wqs standing, cheering and clap ping. At times, Joyce was It was standing room only overcome with emotion. "I've never had hair short in the gym at T. A. Blakelock High School for a much- er than my shoulders," said Joyce, who now sports a very anticipated shave. Sarn Joyce, athletic presi short buzz cut. Originally, Joyce was dent and yearbook editor, made good on her promise to challenging her fellow stu have her long hair shaved off dents to raise $8,000, howev for cancer on Nov. 21 if er a number of teachers felt $5,000 was raised in the that target was too high. Hence, she settled for school's Cancer Challenge. She donated 14 inches of $5,000. However, about $6,000 hair to H air for Kids in Toronto, which will use her was raised thanks to an locks to make two wigs for anonymous corporate donor children with cancer who having stepped forward and have lost their own hair to offered to match the $3,000 raised by the students, said chemotherapy. The Cancer Challenge Joyce. She said the corporate was part of a pep rally to rec- ' donor does not want to be ognize the school's sports identified. About 14 people went teams. "We were trying to think bald for cancer at the athletic of ways to attract students to pep rally, including three our pep rally, and our teach alumni who attended TAB ers suggested shaving a during the 1970s. Among teacher's head for charity," them was Pete Smith who is said Joyce, a Grade 12 stu currently in remission from colon cancer. dent. Three teachers went bald, "I loved the idea and real ly pursued it. As I pursued as did a number of students, the idea, it grew, and I started some of whom - male and to think of how much of an female - jum ped on stage spontaneously to be shaved. impact we could make. Two senior male students "A staff advisor suggested vowed to dress as women if I ask the teachers and they basically said `I'll do it if you the $4,500 mark was sur passed. Wearing dresses and do it.' "I got the idea in my head skirts at school next week are to shave off my hair, and it Devon O 'Haire and Connor Langford. grew from there." And, science teacher Kate As her locks came off for Hair for Kids, the cheering Diell is sporting pink hair for and clapping in the room got a week because her $2,000 louder. By the time the shav benchmark was surpassed. OAKVILLE B E A V E R STA FF By Wilma Blokhuis SPACE AVAILABLE V is it o u r w e b s ite a t w w w . o x f o r d le a r n in g . c o m Little . Readers for 3 -6 yrs. (Zveaiioe and it (i^cvks F o r c h ild r e n o f a ll a g e s . W I T H 3 6 0 STORES, Y O U BET TER M A K E R O O M . Im agine finding all the holiday g ifts you need all under one roof. W ith selection like th a t w hy shop anyw here else. A nd, th e re 's p lenty o f convenient p ark in g in the new , b r ig h tly - lit g a ra g e lo c a te d d ir e c tly u n d e r th e new C ity sid e ex p an sio n . M O O N L IG H T M AD N ESS SALE! · READING · WRITING · SPELLING · MATH · FRENCH · STUDY SKILLS · HOMEWORK SUPPORT Our individualized learning program will help u o u r child learn to think, focus, and rediscover m otivation at school. H w y 10 & 403 Oncario' s Largest Mall 1131 Friday, D ecem ber 6 th . Stores open u n til 11pm. 24-hr. info line and direct link to stores: (905) 279-SHOP (7467) w w w .toronto.com /squareone OXFORD N o t tin g h ill G a t e I 51 1 M a p le G r o v e D r., Suite 2 , (9 0 5 )4 6 9 -1 9 2 9 | (905) 8 4 9 -4 0 2 7