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This Little Boy Donated His Hair After Losing His Mother to Cancer

Lincoln Mason, 10, found a special way to honor his mother, who died of cancer when he was 2 years old: He chopped off his long red hair and is donating the locks to help others with the disease.

“My birth mother died of breast cancer when I was really young,” Lincoln told Canada’s Windsor Star. “It was really sad, but now I am here and I’m going to help people with cancer by making wigs.”

Lincoln’s dad, Allan Mason, who has since remarried, helped keep the memory of the mother alive by sharing photos and stories about her with Lincoln and his brother. On Tuesday, Lincoln went to the Fringe Theory Salon and Spa in Ontario to cut off the hair he had been growing for the past four years.

Lincoln Mason, age 10, just before cutting off his hair, which will be donated to cancer patients. (Screen shot: Windsor Star)
Lincoln Mason, age 10, just before cutting off his hair, which will be donated to cancer patients. (Screen shot: Windsor Star)

What first started as an attempt to look more like his favorite Harry Potter character, Ron Weasley, turned into the selfless idea of growing out his hair so he could donate it to help create wigs for cancer patients. Lincoln has also raised more than $2,000 for the Hospice of Windsor and Essex County, which took care of his mother until she died.

Lincoln after his haircut (Screen shot: Windsor Star)
Lincoln after his haircut (Screen shot: Windsor Star)

“He came up with the idea of donating his hair because he saw other people doing that for people going through cancer treatments,” Allan told the Windsor Star. “He said that it would be a really nice gesture to donate the hair to someone going through those treatments like his mother did.”

Allan added: “It just fills me with pride. Her memory is living on even today through her sons and whoever benefits from [Lincoln’s] beautiful, long, strawberry-blond hair.”

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