“It was definitely cold while I was waiting for the bus in the morning,” said 9-year-old Otto, who went to school this week with a short shave after keeping his long, bright red hair stretched out on his head and neck for two years. Watt reported. And your back will be warm.
At Moretown Elementary School, where he was in third grade, Otto heard about the possibility of growing his hair and donating it to children suffering from hair loss due to cancer and other illnesses. When he told his mother, Marian Watt, she suggested that his red hair could make a beautiful wig for a child in need. He took that advice to heart and didn’t cut his hair for the next two years, cutting it on September 29th and donating it to the Children With Hair Loss organization (https://childrenwithhairloss.org).
Otto usually wore his hair close-cropped, and while his hair grew out, it was never tied back or tied back.
“I just pushed it away with my hands while it was growing,” he said.
On Sunday, her father, Jeff Watt, put her hair up in a ponytail. This allowed them to cut the hair closer to the scalp, giving them longer hair for making wigs. The second batch of ponytail holders secured the hair further down to keep it from getting tangled. His father first cut it with scissors and then used a trimmer to shorten it again.
When asked why he wanted to grow his hair and donate it and why it was important to him, he replied: “Kids will love my orange hair, and they’ll love the fact that it automatically bleaches in the sun.”
Now that he has a shaved head again, Otto says he plans to grow his hair out and donate it again. My sister is also interested in donating, but she doesn’t want to have a shaved head, so she plans to grow her hair out. A little longer.
