It takes a brave soul to shave off their hair in the middle of winter, but on Monday a hardy crew from Dargaville will do just that in a FundRazor for young girl with a rare form of brain cancer.
Charlotte Powell, aged 5, has a giggle that fills up a room, but she has Angiomatoid Fibrous Histiocytoma (AFH) tumour, a rare condition that she has recently undergone radiotherapy to treat.
She's had seven tumours removed during three five-and-half-hour long operations this past year. She has endured and recovered well from radiation treatment and has only recently returned to school.
''The radiation treatment has resulted in Charlotte losing her hair. This is why we decided to do the FundRazor to show our support and love for a young girl who has shown immense courage and determination in spite of some really difficult circumstances,'' organiser Rose Stirling said.
At 1.30pm on Monday, at Charlotte's school, St Josephs Primary School Hall, in Dargaville, some of her schoolmates and teachers will go under the clippers for the FundRazor. All money raised will go towards supporting Charlotte and her family.
