Tuesday, January 04, 2005

HoustonChronicle.com - School admits boy who grew hair for charity after cut

HoustonChronicle.com - School admits boy who grew hair for charity after cut: "Teen who grew hair for charity back in school after cut
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HARLINGEN - A South Texas teenager will be able to return to his high school after donating his long locks to a Florida-based organization that makes hairpieces for children who have lost their hair.
On Monday, Gerardo Garcia Jr., a junior, had 10 inches of hair cut off and sent to Florida-based Locks of Love.
Garcia had spent his fall semester at an alternative campus because his long hair didn't comply with the district's dress code.
'It felt good to do what I have been wanting to since last year,' Garcia said in Tuesday's edition of "

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