My sister is awesome; give her cash.

[Nikose Tyris]

So, my little sister cuts her hair for cancer. She's been doing it since she was 10. We grew up in a family that volunteered it's time and money and effort to whatever organization we could; I suppose it's natural that a child raised in that enviroment would want to follow suit as quickly as possible?


My name is Hope Robins. I am almost 13 years old. This will be the third time I have cut my hair for Cancer. I also make sure that the hair is donated to make wigs for kids who have lost their hair because they have cancer. I cut my hair the first time when I was 8 and I raised $1,100.00 in pledges, the second time I raised $2,700.00 and this year my goal is $5000.00. I would be honoured if you would help me. This year I am proudly supporting The Terry Fox Foundation in its ongoing work to fund innovative and progressive cancer research programs. I very much hope you will consider making a donation in support of my effort, confident in the knowledge that your kindness will impact the lives of so many people living with cancer.

My mom helped her write that. I think she should have done it herself, but people don't listen to ME.


Anyway I have this link here- http://my.e2rm.com/personalPage.aspx?registrationID=920291 - That takes to her Terry Fox page. Take a look; Let me know if what she's doin' interests you, feel free to speak your mind on the kids efforts, hell, if you have spare change, feel free.

Previously, she'd intended to go for 10K, but decided her hair wasn't long enough to be worth collecting donations for yet; she's now down to about mid-back, and thinks it's time.

So yeah, there's a youtube video from way-back that i had posted here, but it's probably -long- gone. So, here's the news clip on my youtube account:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HlTR5jwTe8

and here's just a random clip of her singing at her school (She's been taking singing lessons for about a year, and she's remarkably confident, even in the face of a rather messy accident in the middle of her song):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUGNr4xsu_0

Edit: Oh shit I need a closer of some type for the thread, uh, crud.

TELL ME YOUR THOUGHTS.

yeah that'll work.

Edit: Tagged it as 'serious' cause I'd kind of like it if people didn't step in and be all like "Cancer lol", cause, not cool. (why don't we have an 'awesome' tag?)

[Fenris]

(why don't we have an 'awesome' tag?)

Because people would use it incorrectly because they are special snowflakes and of course their thread is awesome but in fact it is quite lame.

This thread, though? Totally awesome.

[Premmy]

Get to work on that Slater tag, then..

For seriouses though, totally awesome.

Your family sounds pretty kick-ass..... where did YOU come from?

edit:
Ya'll need to give that girl tons of ice-cream and pizza and shit.

[Fenris]

Get to work on that Slater tag, then..

Because people would use it incorrectly because they are special snowflakes and of course their thread is awesome but in fact it is quite lame.

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[Hanuman]

That's pretty noble TBH! Personally I've always been more on the side of the burn wards need for hair. What would you want if it were you? Nice hair to cover up the fact you temporarily lost it due to cancer treatments, or nice hair to cover up you have disfiguring scars and now splotchy natural hair?

[Premmy]

Welp, there goes THIS thread

[POS Industries]

What would you want if it were you? Nice hair to cover up the fact you temporarily lost it due to cancer treatments, or nice hair to cover up you have disfiguring scars and now splotchy natural hair?
Either?

I mean, I really don't see that question as anything that doesn't act as a lead in to the internet debate nobody wants to have so yeah, how about we don't go there?

[Premmy]

I kinda want to know what the process is for this, Do you grow the hair, and THEN donate it, do you pledge it before hand? If the latter, am I allowed to get a perm, or relaxer, or are their rules to how I can grow it? Can I go to the barber, get my hair cut, collect it, then show up with a big bag of scalp-grass?

[POS Industries]

I kinda want to know what the process is for this, Do you grow the hair, and THEN donate it, do you pledge it before hand? If the latter, am I allowed to get a perm, or relaxer, or are their rules to how I can grow it? Can I go to the barber, get my hair cut, collect it, then show up with a big bag of scalp-grass?
Basically it's just "Do you have long hair? Would you be willing to cut all of it off for a good cause?" without much else to worry about.

I honestly regret being as impulsive as I was when I cut off my hair years ago and not thinking to donate it.

[synkr0nized]

Can I go to the barber, get my hair cut, collect it, then show up with a big bag of scalp-grass?

Your hair needs to be of sufficient length so that they can cut the amount they would need to best produce a wig out of it. From what I recall, the places that collect hair for wigs usually want to be able to cut at least ten inches, so you'll need to grow it out quite a bit / be comfortable with a short head of hair when it is done. This length may vary across the organizations, though.

A friend and colleague of mine here recently cut hers for donation; her hair was only down to, say, her chin? Needless to say when we first saw her afterward it was quite a change -- I expect moreso than someone with hair down to his or her back going up to the neck or still below the ears.

[Hanuman]

Either?

I mean, I really don't see that question as anything that doesn't act as a lead in to the internet debate nobody wants to have so yeah, how about we don't go there?
If you don't want to address a point I made then treat it as rhetoric, if you don't want to do that then ignore it.
If no one wants to have a debate around a subject then no debate will be had.

On a related note, my friends are brushing their cat and are going to make yarn from the sheddings to make the cat some clothes or something.

[Fenris]

If you don't want to address a point I made then treat it as rhetoric, if you don't want to do that then ignore it.

I'm p. sure that was him telling everybody else to ignore what you said.

[POS Industries]

I'm p. sure that was him telling everybody else to ignore what you said.
You know, in the fashion of a moderator who wants the thread to be on an appropriate topic.

On a related note, my friends are brushing their cat and are going to make yarn from the sheddings to make the cat some clothes or something.
That's not really even anywhere near a related note, either.

[Nikose Tyris]

Your family sounds pretty kick-ass..... where did YOU come from?
Ya'll need to give that girl tons of ice-cream and pizza and shit.

I actually spent my time volunteering at Greenhaven Women's shelter with my mom until I was about 14-15, when they wouldn't let me anymore. ((Grown men and 'large teenagers' are asked to avoid the place, as it's a shelter to battered and abused women.))

And whenever my sister and I get together she gets spoild ROTTEN. She's being raised on one of those stupid Gluten-free diets and she hates it, so we go out for pizza and burgers and stuff whenever we can. :3 Actually, that's why I'm broke this month, she came up to visit and we went to the Royal Ontario Museum and afterwards ate so much we puked.

Stuff!
I'm gonna throw you temporarily onto my ignore list, since my sister is going to be reading this thread tonight after horse riding camp. I don't need her googlin' those topics when she's only turnin' 13 this month.

How do I get in on this?

Explains how to get in on this

Hope usually grows her hair down to her below her shoulder blades at least, before getting this done. Perm'd hair, I don't know if there's a great demand for, for wigs- but collecting donations just to get your head shaved bald is something quite a few people do. Hope's before and after pictures are floating around somewhere, I'll see if I can't find them and post them up- she starts with mid-back to upper-back length hair, and ends with hair up around mid-ear.


Awesome
This is a kid that grew up for the first steps of her life with a not-there father and a single mom with disabilities, and was adopted into our family while we had an abusive stepfather. She spends her spare time grooming and studying horses, attends riding camp in the summer months, takes singing lessons and has a heavy interest in martial arts, while still finding time to donate to causes, hang out with her friends and commit horrible pranks on my mother.

I'm -INCREDIBLY- proud of her, if you couldn't tell. :D She works her ass off to keep her grades up despite her learning disabilties and has classes on weekends to help her stay with the class, plays a level 6 Ninja in my D&D campaign, and refuses to accept any kind of forced rule over her. When my sister babysits, she usually just puts Hope in her bedroom and forbids her to leave. Hope had a playdate arranged with another girl that Older sister was just going to make her skip; so, to keep the date, she jumped out her window.

This window is 10 feet off the ground.

Nobody knew she was gone until my mother got a call at 10 at night, asking when they were going to come pick up Hope.

Unsurprisingly, Hope recieved only a tiny bit of punishment and Older Sister no longer babysits.

Basically what I'm saying is I love my sister a lot. She's awesome.

[CelesJessa]

I think what your sister is doing is completely fantastic. As someone who's had several people close to me suffer from cancer, I know firsthand how meaningful things like Locks of Love and such are (Locks of Love are what my friends and I donate to)

My older brother went through chemotherapy during high school and he did get self conscious about being bald because it was pretty much like "HEY THAT KID HAS CANCER" And this is a pretty self-confident guy. While he didn't opt to get a wig or anything, my cousin suffered from cancer for a long time and it was amazing how much healthier she looked with her wig. And considering this wasn't just "Oh it's just a few months of being bald until you get better", having something like that so she could still live a normal life as long as she physically could was really meaningful.

So, for your sister when she reads this thread like you said she would: you rock!

[Kurosen]

cancer lol (http://www.nuklearpower.com/2010/08/12/cancer-lol/)

[Nikose Tyris]

cancer lol (http://www.nuklearpower.com/2010/08/12/cancer-lol/)

This is, without a doubt, the most awesome thing you've ever done with that blog. Thank you so much.

[krogothwolf]

Does anyone else find it even more awesomeness because the kid's name is Hope and she's doing this?

Cool thingy Brian.

You also LIE NIKOSE! She say's she's been doing it since 8 not 10, and I for one am more inclined to believe the little girl.

[The Sevenshot Kid]

How much money is good? Cause I'm thinking about donating after a couple weeks of allowance.

[Nikose Tyris]

Does anyone else find it even more awesomeness because the kid's name is Hope and she's doing this?

Cool thingy Brian.

You also LIE NIKOSE! She say's she's been doing it since 8 not 10, and I for one am more inclined to believe the little girl.

Yeah I got my ages wrong. She did it at 8, at 10, and now at 12 (turning 13). Sorry about that. ^^''

Hope's online handle is usually 'Faith' too, which was actually my idea- it was also really corny and I find myself regretting it. >.>


@TheGunslinger: Anything at all is acceptable; Terry Fox administration fees eats about 7 cents on the dollar for web donations, and, according to her paperwork, 87 cents on the dollar for real life.

That's money that does NOT go towards donations, guys. They really advocated web donations as being better. :/

So, anything more then 7 cents, probably an awesome donation.

[Torque]

ACK! How do I donate if I don't have a credit card?! Gramma passed of cancer a few years ago, and I USUALLY prefer to donate my time, or effort to a cause, rather than money, but since you're not local to me, that's sorta out of the picture.
Is there a paypal option somehow?

[Nikose Tyris]

ACK! How do I donate if I don't have a credit card?! Gramma passed of cancer a few years ago, and I USUALLY prefer to donate my time, or effort to a cause, rather than money, but since you're not local to me, that's sorta out of the picture.
Is there a paypal option somehow?

I'm sorry, not that I'm aware of. Your kind words will be more then enough encouragement. :)

[Torque]

Then may I commence with a "Give 'em whatfor!" and such?
Also, is she cutting her hair, and raising money along side, or is she shaving her head, as I know some people do, in order to represent those who undergo chemo, and fundraising? Just curious is all.

[Nikose Tyris]

Cutting her hair and raising money. She'll get it cut to about mid-ear height. Goal is 5K; her personal goal is 10K.

[Torque]

ah... I was just wondering. I shaved my head once back in highschool along with about 80 other students there, since I've never worn my hair long enough to donate it.

[Osterbaum]

This is super awesome. But I'm afraid that's all of the support I can give you right now for the same reasons as Torque (no credit card). And obviosly I can't do much else from this far away. But hey, I promise to donate to cancer research here in my country once I find a group I'd most wish to donate to. Most likely cancer research, which is actually pretty advanced here. It's also not at all impossible for myself to wind up researching cancer or something related some day; there's a lot of cancer research going on in Finland and I will end up atleast minoring in immunobiology while majoring in animal physiology and since a lot of cancer research is done with animals... We'll see.

[Torque]

But hey, I promise to donate to cancer research here in my country.

Damned fine idea.

[Nikose Tyris]

Whelp, the collections website has been up for 9 days now.

She just broke her $1K mark. :3 I just wanted to share that with everyone.



Edit: Hope's just read the thread on her grandmother's laptop, and while I can't speak for her, I suspect she's absolutely glowing.

[Nikose Tyris]

I would normally never consider thread necromancy OR double posting; but Hope's read the thread, and wants to respond to a few people! {She's dictating. I'm typing.}

@CelesJessa:
"Thank you. I am sorry your brother and cousin had to go through that ordeal. I lost an uncle to cancer, and I promised him I would do whatever I could to beat cancer. I also promised I would cut my hair for him and use it to make him a wig, but he died before I could get my hair cut. I was sad."

@Lev:
"I can donate my hair, my time, my allowance and my love. There are many people suffering in the world, and I can only do my best with what time I have, to try and fix the problems that I can. Cancer is that thing for me. Maybe when I'm older, Burn victims can be a cause I can work for too."
Nikose Note: I have just told Hope about Lev's firespinning.
"It sounds like burn victims are something you know more about then me. If that's the case, why don't you do something about it too? Everyone has the power to work for a goal. Shave your hair; run a clothing drive. There's always something you can do, even if it's just visiting a hospital to talk to people when they are lonely."

@Torque/Oster: "You are both good people. Thank you for helping as much as you can. I am sorry about your grandma Torque."

@Synk/Premmy: "My brother did not know this, but it is the 30th anniversary of Terry Fox's marathon of hope; the rules for hair donations are relaxed right now. It can get shaved, cut, or styled. I have naturally curly hair, and I chose not to dye it so I could donate it. If you dye your hair or use a curling iron, it makes the hair too delicate to use. I think everything else is OK though."

@Kurosen: "Thank you. You helped me raise $800 towards fighting cancer. You are a good person."

@Premmy: <Hope launched into a defense of me here, regarding your "Where did YOU come from" comment. It was lighthearted, but she was talking about good deeds I've done past and present and really, this is a thread about her, not me. Makes me happy to hear my sis defending me though.>


Also, news updates:

At $1250 online, and roughly $3K online, she's getting very close, and the actual cutting is taking place on the 19th.

http://parkercomics.com/Hope.png <-- She got a newspaper write-up, I thought people might like to read that.

She's close- very, very close.

[Torque]

Hey, don't worry about it, buddy... we all gotta go some time, and my grandmother went pretty quick near the end. It could have been way worse.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Posting in place of Nikose, Hope has hit $5,200!

[Nikose Tyris]

Hope is getting her hair cut today. :D I dunno if she's gonna be on the news again or not. They did a write up about her in the paper.

[Torque]

Hope is getting her hair cut today. :D I dunno if she's gonna be on the news again or not. They did a write up about her in the paper.

Links or I will be a sad bunny