Look What I Did!
“Since recovering I have been looking for a way to spread the word that all of us need to be advocates for our own health and wellness,” shares Liz. “I thought that getting my hair cut while talking about self-advocating for health during a student assembly would be a fun and impactful way to have this empowering conversation.”
Impactful indeed. Thirty-three students and others signed up to join Liz and have their locks cut at the same time. That meant finding 34 hair stylists to make the cuts. The call went out and stylists from eleven area salons came to school to help.
The scene was organized chaos. Students, stylists, chairs, TV crews and reporters crowded the stage, as Liz had her ponytail removed by Connie Colon Parsley '78, Upper School science teacher. As Jennifer Beissler from FIVETWOSIX Salon finished the cut and the other stylists got to work, Liz delivered her message, backed by slides from her cancer experience and accompanied by a song written especially for her by a friend.
Several local media outlets showed up to cover the event.
- Watch the WCCO feature, which was also picked up online by The Huffington Post;
- Read the Mendota Heights Patch story and watch video; and
We are so grateful to the following for donating their time and skills to make this event such a success:
- FIVETWOSIX
- LaMode
- Cole's - Eagan Station, Marketplace, Apple Valley. Burnsville. and Eagan Cedar Cliff
- Tony's Hair Fashions
- Bleach
- Rocco Altobelli - Rosedale
- The Uptown Hair District
- And to Caribou Coffee on 55 and Dodd Road for donating coffee to start the morning off.
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