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Pupils make a bald show of support for best friend with cancer
Two teenage boys have had their heads shaved for charity in solidarity with a friend who has cancer.
December 22, 2016 13:12
By, Lianne Kolirin
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Two teenage boys have had their heads shaved for charity in solidarity with a friend who has cancer.
December 22, 2016 13:12By, Lianne Kolirin
Josh Beach, 14, and James Cohen, 15, have been best friends with the patient, who has not been named, since attending Hertsmere Jewish Primary together as four-year-olds.
They were devastated when he was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma, a soft tissue cancer, earlier this year.
When Josh, now at Yavneh College, heard his friend was going to lose his hair because of chemotherapy, he decided to do something to show support. He and James, an Immanuel student, had their heads shaved at Overgrown salon in Radlett, surrounded by 40 friends and relatives. The first cut was made by their 14-year-old friend, who is undergoing intensive therapy.
