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stouffville suntribune thursday dec 22 2005 7 cut of kindness helps children hair donated to make wigs by hannelore volpe staff writer with scissors poised hairstyl ist janet guarin took the first careful cut that would allow nine- yearold tanis melvin to donate her hair the stouffville youngster who attends st brigid catholic school decided to donate her hair to angel hair for kids to ben efit children who lost their hair because of chemotherapy radia tion treatments burns and other conditions she decided to let her hair grow in august 2004 her grandmother had been diagnosed with cancer and tanis understands the seriousness of the disease she has a pretty big heart her mother heather said ms guarin of wac hair group in markham cut tanis hair at no charge tanis has often had an eye out to helping others last year when brad and heather melvin donat ed a hockey jersey to be raffled off to help victims of the south asian tsunami tanis made the raffle tickets which were sold at her school this past summer tanis and her sevenyearold sister payton v community care access centre of york region were here for you coming out of hospital suffering an illness or injury need personal care to maintain your independence are you eligible for health care at home call the ccac of york region at 18884702222 this message brought to you as a community service of the economist suntribune hair stylist janet guarin cut tanis melvins lovely long locks so they could be donated to angel hair for kids had a lemonade stand to raise money for the canadian cancer society tanis was able to donate a 10inchlong braid of her hair to angel haii for kids it is part of a childrens voice foundation which provides wigs to financially-disadvan- taged children who have lost their hair to have a wig made costs between 1200 and 3000 hair donations have to be clean and dry and at least 10 incheslong they must be in a ponytail or braid tightly bound at either end by elastics and placed in a plastic bag or wrappedin tissue paper donations can be sent to a childrens voice foundation co angel hair for kids 3034 palstan rd suite 305 missis- sauga0ntl4y2z6 call 1888hsfinfo to make your donation towards lifesaving research today m heart and stroke foundation of ontario heart disease and stroke claim more than 79000 lives each year in canada this message brought to you as a community service of the economist sun mayors new years eve family celebrations saturday december 31 600- 900 pm memorial park stouffville yr- popcorn dj volunteer firefighters memorial park bonfire ice rink hot dogs stouffville lions latcham hall games hot chocolatecider 700 pm horse wagon rides 900 pm fireworks mayors levee day partnership with the royal canadian legion branch 459 and the womens auxiliary families welcome sunday january 1 2006 100 pm 300 pm 12278 ninth line stouffville stouffville physiotherapy clinic serving whitchurchstouffville markham since 1970 announcement our clinic will be closed from december 24 2005 january 2 2006 inclusive for major renovations and upgrading regular office hours will resume on tuesday january 3 2006 in our brand new facility located within our existing building with the same address call 9056401818 tim hortons free holiday skating its our way of saying thanks wed like to thank you with a way to glide through the season with a smile enjoy free holiday skating compliments of your local tim hortons let us show you our appreciation for being a part of the markham community visit us for a schedule of ice times and locations then come on out and join in the fun together with you making good things happen