Anna Maldonado, 15, has a big heart—and a lot of hair. On Tuesday, Nov. 18th, Anna took her grandmother and grandfather, Esther and Juan Jacinto, her teacher A Cut Above Stacia Helmer and her Fillmore High School Special Education class to Terri’s Beauty Salon to watch her get her hair cut for Locks of Love, a public non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada under age 18 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis. Salonist Debra Burhoe, a cancer survivor, cut Anna’s hair while everyone watched. “That was very special,” stated Burhoe, who is now cancer-free, after being treated for the disease in 2004-05. “I am free as we speak.” Terri’s Salon & Boutique is owned
by Terri Hastings and Patricia Padilla. The hair is prepared by being bound with a rubber-band and bagged immediately after being cut. The Gazette thanks Anna for her generous act!