You are all invited to come out to Boston Pizza Orleans (3884 Innes Rd., Orleans) on Monday June 22nd from 5 to 9 p.m. 10% of all the sales that night will be donated to the Canadian Cancer Society. There will be some special guests and a silent auction with some awesome prizes. Join us for a delicious meal and a good time all for a good cause!

Kimberly and Catherine and the family are very pleased to announce that the hair donation and fundraiser on May 24th was a HUMOUNGOUS success. Catherine’s Pretty Ponytails 2 collected 63 hair donations and over $13,000! The team is #2 in ALL OF ONTARIO for on-line team fundraisers for the Cancer Society! These people are amazing!! They should be so proud! This will mean so much to someone who is suffering with cancer.

Here are a few interesting facts about this event…The campaign crossed the border this time..one of the donors was from Maine. The youngest donor was 4 years old! One third of the donors were adult. The rest were between the ages of 4 and 17.There were several men this year…4 to be exact and a young boy of 9 will be donating as soon as his hair reaches the 8 inches (he’s at 7 inches). This just goes to show you ANYONE  can donate hair and help someone with cancer! For information on the hair requirements go to cancer.ca

If you would like to make a financial donation it is not too late. You can donate on-line to convio.cancer.ca/goto/prettyponytails2 until June 30th.

I want to thank all the hair donors for giving such a precious gift and for raising money to help families who are currently battling cancer and to find a cure. You rock! I would also like to thank the sponsors: Regal Hair Design, Boston Pizza Orleans, The Orleans Star, Sure Print and Graphics, Loeb Cumberland Market,  Le Prelude, Sprint Graphics, LynneArt Face painting, Caricatures and clowns and my friends who volunteered to help out once again. Without all of you this would not be possible and we are very grateful for your help and support. It means so much to us and our family!

Catherine’s Pretty Ponytails 2 will be in the local paper (Orleans Star) tomorrow and in the Saturday May 23rd issue of The Ottawa Citizen. The more people know about this initiative the better. There are many young people out there looking for ways to help others and this is a great way of doing just that! Anyone can do it! Our youngest hair donor this year is only 4 years old!

There are a few last minute things to be done and we are ready!!!! Kimberly is looking forward to the hair donation fundraiser event and her new hairstyle. We are now up to 43 hair donations and well over $6000 for the Canadian Cancer Society. I can’t believe what these young girls/adults are accomplishing! It is incredible! They heard of this idea joined in and are running with it….I can’t explain how amazing being involved in this feels! Can’t wait to meet all of them!

We have another hairdresser who has volunteered to help out on May 24th. That makes 4 hairdressers! We have 35 hair donors so far 23 of which will be joining Kimberly on May 24th! Our team has raised over $6000 for the Canadian Cancer Society! The “Catherine’s Pretty Ponytails 2″ team is #4 in ALL OF ONTARIO for on-line team fundraisers for the Canadian Cancer Society! I am so proud of my girls and all the wonderful people who have joined our team. We rock!!!! Congratulations to you and keep it up!!!

The event is less than 3 weeks away…we have 23 hair donors and have raised just over $4000 with on-line and cheque donations! The pledges are coming in from family and friends to support these generous people who are donating their hair and we are very proud to have them on our team. Congratulations to all of you hair donors who are collecting pledges because of your efforts “Catherine’s Pretty Ponytails #2″ is #6 in ALL OF ONTARIO for on-line team fundraisers. You are amazing! Keep it up we are 78% towards our goal of $5000! Can’t wait for the 24th!