A Manitoba trades school is once again fundraising to help people impacted by cancer.
The hairstyling department of the Manitoba Institute of Trades and Technology (MITT) is holding its annual Feel Good Inside and Out. It’s a cut-a-thon fundraiser with money from all hair services Thursday and Friday being donated to CancerCare Manitoba.
The event began in 2011. For MITT hairstyling instructor Jane Elliott, the fundraiser is a personal one.
“In 2011, I had a friend whose son was diagnosed with a brain tumour, and it was cancerous,” she said. “And he was going through a really difficult time. And I was hearing stories about what was happening in the wards and the budgets that they were dealing with and what they could provide. And one of the things that she talked about was, they were trying to raise money so that they could have a cupboard, a heated cupboard …