Lacey Garred is an ordinary, likeable 11 year old girl who attends Wyrallah Road Public School.

The extraordinary thing about Lacey is that she donates her hair to the charity Variety so she can help sick, disadvantaged or special needs kids including those children who are losing their hair through chemotherapy and those suffering from alopecia. A cause that is close to Lacey's heart.

Wigs cost families up to $6000 and last 1-2 years so to ease the burden on some families fundraising organisations like Variety encourage wonderful people like Lacey to help in any way they can. For Lacey that means getting the chop every few years.

In January 2017, when Lacey was seven years old she first had the idea of cutting her hair for charity. Lacey's mother Natasha, from PJ's Fruit and Veg, said she just came out with it, "she must have seen something on tv because she just came to us and said "I want to donate my hair" and we had never mentioned it to her."

(Lacey and her mother Natasha from PJ's Fruit and Veg in Lismore Central Shopping Centre)

After a bit of research they decided that Variety was the charity they wanted to support.

Three years later Lacey decided to once again donate her hair in order to make wigs and raise money for equipment like wheelchairs, mobility aids, communication devices and and education aides, medical items and services and a range of therapy services.

At midday today Lacey lost 46cm of her long locks at the hands of local hairdresser Peta from Lazuli Sisters on Molesworth Street. The hair immediately gets maid into plaits and then is bagged and mailed to Variety.

Lacey 's goal was $1000 this year, as I write Lacey's total is $694. If you would like to help Lacey help children who are losing their hair through chemotherapy treatment or suffering from alopecia, please use this link to donate https://hairwithheart.variety.org.au/fundraisers/laceygarred/hair-with-heart.

To raise more funds for Lacey's cause Wyrallah Road Public School will be hosting a crazy hair and crazy sock day this Friday.