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Richmond Hill student donates hair to local nonprofi t
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
for allowing me to cut her
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hair and doing such a selfless
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act of donating her hair
to Butterfl ies BBI. I will
Councilwoman Adrienne Adams
continue to off er my salon
presented a Certifi cate of Appreciation
and services to facilitate such
to a 12-year-old Richmond Hill student
generous deeds.”
on her birthday, June 11, for donating 21
Adams said she was truly
inches of hair to Butterfl ies by Blaq Inc., a
inspired by the generosity and
local nonprofi t organization that provides
selfl essness of young people
free hair replacements to young cancer
like Singh, whose
patients experiencing hair loss.
donation will
At the age of 9, Adriel Singh made
make a diff erence
her fi rst donation of 24 inches of hair to
to help young
Butterfl ies BBI.
cancer patients
“When I donated 24 inches on my fi rst
suff ering from
haircut, I did not plan to donate again. I
hair loss.
wanted to keep doing it again to benefi t
“When our
others with hair loss, so I had another 21
local leaders,
inches cut off and donated to Butterfl ies
small businesses,
BBI again,” Singh said. “One day, this will
nonprofits
be made into a wig to help someone, and
and youth work
I feel very happy about that.”
together, they
Th e hair donation event took place at
always have a
Rachel Salon in Richmond Hill, where
tremendous
business owner Rachel Rampaul was also
impact on our
presented with a City Council Citation
community,”
from Adams for lending her space to host
Adams said.
the event.
“I am proud
“It felt great giving back and using
to recognize
my hair salon for the donation event,”
the contributions
Rampaul said. “I am so proud of Adriel
of both
Adriel and Rachel, and I look forward to
future hair donation events to bolster the
eff orts of Butterfl ies BBI.”
Sherry Algredo, a community civic
leader, said she was very pleased and
proud to witness Singh cut and donate
her hair for such a worthy cause for a
second time.
“As the chair of the Education and
Youth Services Committee
and fi rst vice chair of
Community
Board 9, I
am thrilled to
hear when kids
perform such
acts of kindness,”
Singh said.
Butterfl ies By Blaq
Inc. was founded
in 2012 by Erna
Blackman and Kaiya
Blackman. Th e organization’s
goal is to help restore
normalcy and promote a
sense of well-being to young
people who are dealing with
personal illnesses and conditions.
“We appreciate all of our hair
donors because they help us help
others,” Blackman said. “And for
that, we are forever grateful.”
Courtesy of Adams’ offi ce
Councilwoman Adrienne Adams presents 12-year-old Adriel Singh with a certifi cate for
donating her hair to Butterfl ies by Blaq Inc.
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