Shaving It Off 4 Boo

Our 4 year old niece, Sienna (aka Boo) has recently been diagnosed with Stage 3 Hodgkin's Lymphoma - a form of cancer that originates in the white blood cells.

Boo's hair has started falling out after one round of chemotherapy. She embarks on her second round on 13 July 2014 and we have pledged to raise as much money as we can in one month before she heads back to Auckland for her 3rd round of chemo.

Who are we? We are Tesi Leota, Fal Laga'aia & Mareta Lapa. We are based in Wellington, Brisbane, and Napier. (You can see a pic of us if you scroll through the pictures to the left <<<) As soon as we heard our niece was sick we wanted to do something for her, and this is the most courageous thing we could think of but as Fal puts it, "it's just a drop in the ocean to what Sienna has to go through".

How will we do this? Little Sienna doesn't have a choice but we sure do! We will shave off our beautiful island locks with friends and family present (including Sienna).

What will the money be used for? Primarily the money will go towards travel expenses from Hastings to Auckland (and back) for treatments over the next several months, as well as heating costs (NZ winters can get pretty nasty) and we need to keep her environment warm and cosy, plus anything else her family stands in need of.

When's the big day? Saturday, August 9 2014.

Venue: Tesi & Mareta - Hastings, NZ with Sienna & family.

Venue: Fal - Brisbane, Australia

We welcome anyone and everyone who would like to join us in this great cause to please get in touch. The more the merrier! The date is set so now is the time to get the word out and hopefully as many people as we can giving generously.