Monday, August 27, 2007
Lauren Murray, St. Louis junior, waits while getting a pink hair extension put in her hair Saturday afternoon at the Salon Hawk in the Kansas Union. Proceeds from all sales of pink hair extensions through October will be donated towards breast cancer research.
Pink is the word at Salon Hawk in the Kansas Union. The hair salon is offering students a chance to promote breast cancer awareness while adding a bit of flair to their ‘dos. It’s selling pink hair extensions and donating all of the proceeds to a breast cancer awareness fund.
Emily Harris, owner of Salon Hawk, said the Fusion hair extensions were just like the ones movie stars wore. Harris said her salon would also donate $3 for every purchase of color dye to a general cancer fund.
Harris said she thought students should get more involved with such charities as Breast Cancer Awareness month approaches in October.
“Breast cancer affects so many people,” she said. “Helping out can be a life-changing experience.”
Lauren Murray, St. Louis junior, recently purchased one of the extensions.
“I do anything to help out with cancer awareness, and I think the pink hair is a really creative and unique way of doing that,” Murray said.
The hair extensions cost $10 and are available through October.
According to the National Breast Cancer Coalition, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women in the United States and worldwide. The National Cancer Institute estimated that U.S. women had a 1-in-8 chance of developing invasive breast cancer during their lifetime. The Institute anticipated 1,444,920 people were diagnosed with some form of cancer this year alone. It recommends recognizing risk factors, following a healthy diet and exercising as ways to prevent cancer.
— Edited by Kaitlyn Syring
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