Catherine has been growing her hair since her first donation back in June 2008 and it will be long enough to do it again next year. That means there will be a Catherine’s Pretty Ponytails Campaign #3 in May or June 2010! I and her 4 year old sister are hoping that our hair will be long enough in time too! If you are in the Ottawa, Ontario area and would like to join us on the big day (date to be determined but will probably on a Sunday in June near Catherine’s birthday since this idea was originally a birthday wish to help those with cancer) you can contact us at ponytailscampaign@rogers.com. If you are not from the area but would like to donate anyway all the info is on the cancer.ca website under the “hair donations” section. The website will give you hair requirements, how to prepare the hair and where you can mail it to in your area. It takes UP TO 12 hair donations to make one wig for a person who has lost their hair due to cancer! Hope you can help either by donating or by telling people about hair donations. It’s something ANYONE can do, our youngest hair donor this year was only 4 years old, we had a boy and 4 men join us too!

The owners of Boston Pizza Orleans (3884 Innes Rd. Orleans, Ontario) have once again given us the opportunity to co-host a fundraiser at their restaurant. On June 22, 2009 (one year exactly from the first hair donation and fundraiser!) they are having another celebrity server night with CTV news anchor Max Keeping! 10 % of the food sales from 5 to 9 p.m. on that night will be donated to Catherine’s Pretty Ponytails for the Canadian Cancer Society! We are thrilled!

Join us to have a good time and a great meal for a good cause…plus you get a night off from cooking/doing dishes! Micpo the balloon contortionist/magician will be there to entertain the crowd and we have already lined up some spectacular silent auction prizes and are looking for more…

On Monday September 29th, Boston Pizza Orleans at 3884 Innes Rd is donating 10% of all food sales between 5 and 9 p.m. that night to Catherine’s Pretty Ponytails Campaign for the Canadian Cancer Society! There will be Lionel their mascot, a magician, a silent auction and a very special guest from CTV news! We are so pleased and grateful that Boston Pizza Orleans is helping us out with this fundraiser! Come out with your family and friends have a good time, enjoy terrific food in support of a good cause!

Look what one little idea from a young girl (with a lot of generous peoples help) has become! Amazing! Thank you all so much!

Many surprizes!
First off there will be a special prize for the first 30 people who show up courtesy of Golfland on Innes.
Loeb Cumberland Market donated hot dogs, drinks and cake (and all the food supplies) and Starbucks on Innes is providing coffee.
There will be an excellent DJ (DJ Heather) who has donated her time and we are very grateful for that.

There are some amazing prizes that will be drawn and we will have a 50/50 draw. The tickets for both draws are $2 each or 3 for $5. All the funds raised are going to the Canadian Cancer Society. Some prizes include a gift certificate for $50 from Pizza Hut, $25 gift certificate from Home Depot, $65 gift certificate for Henry’s (electronics) Innes/10th Line, $20 gift certificate from Gabriel’s Pizza, several dinners for 4 from Really Lebanese (The Garlic King), a beautiful heart ornament from Casa Luna on Innes, a gift basket of Mary Kay products courtesy of Tassy Lyras valued at $100!!! and many more.

Catherine and her mom will get their initial cut right before your eyes. Catherine is now nervous and excited. Her best friend Emma got her hair cut for the campaign on monday (as she is not available on the 22nd) and she looks amazing!!! She absolutely loves it!! Jody (from Regal Hair Design) did a terrific job!!! We will ask her mom if we can post her picture.