For Bo Peltier, sitting in the middle of a gymnasium in front of a crowd of students isn’t really his thing.
But the soft spoken 18-year-old Widdifield Senior Secondary Student put this fears aside for a good cause.
Today Peltier had his long black hair cut for the first time in three years. The hair is being donated to Locks For Love to help make a wig for a cancer patient. Peltier can relate to that as his grandmother passed away from the disease and needed a wig herself.
“She wore a wig during the time - before she passed away - and we had questions and everything about it and our parents would answer so we decided me and my younger brother Evan that we would grow our hair for cancer and ever since we’ve just kind of cut it and grown it out, and we cut it again,” said Peltier.
The hair cut was part of the Terry Fox Walk festivities which took place at the school in the morning.
“I am very proud of Bo,” said Marg McDiarmid who works in Student Services at Widdifield.
“This is a big step for him and I think because he knows the immense meaning behind it and being able to help those who are effected by cancer he’s making a big difference by donating his hair.”
Finally when the hair was cut by hair stylist Tessa Mbolekwa, Bo let out a loud sigh as the scissors cut through his thick black locks.
Then, the gymnasium erupted in cheers.
At that moment Peltier realized he was really making a difference.
“It feels good, it always brings a good feeling knowing you are doing something good, it’s just a good thing,” he said.
Now Peltier’s next challenge is to figure out without that hair will he be able to fit into his old hockey helmet.
“I am going to have to tighten up the helmet, maybe get a new one, who knows, it’s been a while since I’ve had short hair,” said Peltier, who plays junior hockey with the Powassan Voodoos.
