A Buffalo mother and her six young sons grew a combined five metres of hair that they cut and donated to make wigs for kids who have lost their own hair due to illness.
Phoebe Kannisto says she鈥檚 been donating her locks to charity since she was a teenager.
But when a family friend lost a son to cancer three years ago, her three oldest sons started growing their hair. They donated it on the first anniversary of the boy鈥檚 death.
Her triplets were only three at the time but they wanted to get involved too.
鈥淪o we all decided we would donate together and we were just waiting for everybody鈥檚 hair to be long enough,鈥� she told 愛污传媒 Channel Monday.
She said people don鈥檛 recognize them now that their hair has been cut.
鈥淲e are known for our long-haired boys and they do not have long hair anymore.鈥�
, Kannisto said her sons鈥� long hair had lead them to being 鈥減icked on and teased by everyone from their peers, to grown adults but they didn't let that stop them. They had a goal and stuck to it.鈥�
Ten-year-old Andre Kannisto said it was fun to get his hair cut with his mom and brothers. The triplets were a little nervous about their first haircut, says their mom, but that soon turned to excitement.
鈥淚t was a really amazing experience,鈥� said Kannisto. She expects it will become a regular practice for the family, especially since her two-year-old daughter wants in on the action.
鈥淪he desperately wanted to hop up in the salon chair and have her hair donated but it was not long enough. So we鈥檙e going to keep growing out and hopefully next time all seven kids can do it together.鈥�
