Eight-year-old Beatrice Evans bravely sits in front of her entire school, preparing for her head to be shaved bald.

It’s not the easiest task for a young girl with long blonde hair to under take, but it is something she has wanted to do for sometime, for a cause that means a lot to her and her family.

“My sister Abby, she had Leukaemia, which is a type of cancer,” explains Beatrice, which meant her sister lost all of her hair during Chemotherapy.

Beatrice’s mother Emma says someone had donated their hair to make a wig for her daughter Abby, when she had no hair of her own.

“Beatrice has, for a long time, wanted to do the same for other children. We still have quite a few people that have children that are going through Cancer treatment,” says Emma.

Teachers and staff at Black Mountain Elementary didn’t want Beatrice to be frightened when she came to school the following day with a shaved head, worried some students might not understand. So, an assembly was held just for Beatrice, to have every student watch her courageous act, as well as take the opportunity to talk to the children about cancer.

Each student was also encouraged to bring a donation and to wear their hair in a crazy way, so when Beatrice when bald she wouldn’t be the only child with a different look.

“Donations are coming in and the school has raised over $800 to date, just in children bringing in donations and coming with crazy hair,” explains Emma.

In the weeks before the event word quickly spread that Beatrice would be losing her locks and two more students stepped up to join her team. Six-year-old best friends Teagyn and Madison wouldn’t be buzzing their heads but instead would snip off their pony tails.

Madison’s mother Linette says she told her daughter absolutely, when Madison explained she wanted to cut off her hair and donated it to Wigs for Kids BC.

“How could we say no to that,” asks Linette. “It’s hair, it will grow back, and what a great big heart we are so proud of her.”

The team raised almost $3,000 dollars in total and while emotions were high all three girls knew their efforts would make another child very happy.

“I was bit…. very nervous,” says a bald teary eyed Beatrice, who explains she didn’t know why she was crying but it was an emotional time.

As for Beatrice’s sister Abby, she is now cancer free and Beatrice is Black Mountain Elementary’s new hero.

“I thought it was a brave thing to do,” says Teagyn, who also donated her hair.

Photo: Contributed

Teagyn, Madison and Beatrice