PVSS students raising funds for special foundation
Vernon Morning StarNov 24, 2017
She's watched a relative battle an eating disorder for almost a decade.
Now
The students will raise funds and awareness for
"My cousin went to Looking Glass and received a lot of help," said Kruger, a Grade 12 student, of her family member who was first diagnosed at 13 and who turns 21 in January. "She's doing a lot better."
Kruger, Quinn Mellart,
Kruger – a brunette sporting shoulder-length brown hair, trimmed recently after she donated some of her locks for cancer – and Smith had been talking about shaving their heads when Smith came up with the idea of doing it for something good.
The pair and Quarry are members of the school's Me To We club and it was Quarry who brought out Mullen and Mellart to kick-start the fundraiser, which is on now until
The students will be shaving their heads to promote women's empowerment and health. It will symbolize how women can look beautiful even without something society says makes them beautiful.
"The reaction has been pretty good (from the student body)," said Kruger. "Some people have asked about the correlation of shaving our heads to an eating disorder. This is something we can overcome. It doesn't matter to us if we don't have hair."
If the