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Resurrection College Prep Students Chop Locks for Cancer Patients

 Juliajoy Matthies and Stacey Coakley were among the 126 students who donated at least eight inches of hair to the Pantene Beautiful Lengths Program, which provides wigs for female cancer patients at no cost through the American Cancer Society.
Juliajoy Matthies and Stacey Coakley were among the 126 students who donated at least eight inches of hair to the Pantene Beautiful Lengths Program, which provides wigs for female cancer patients at no cost through the American Cancer Society.
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Resurrection College Prep High School

NORWOOD PARK — Short hair, don't care.

More than 125 Resurrection College Prep High School students braved a sharp pair of scissors to donate at least eight inches of hair to the Pantene Beautiful Lengths Program, which provides wigs for women with cancer at no cost through the American Cancer Society.

The hair donations from Resurrection College Prep students will make approximately 20 wigs for women suffering from hair loss caused by cancer treatment, school officials said.

Dubbed the ResPunzel Project, the effort began in 2009 and was designed to collect enough hair donations from students to equal the length of two braids that could wrap around the entire academic area at the all-girls Catholic school at 7500 W. Talcott Ave., Norwood Park.

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