Belle Vale school boy takes on hair raising fundraising challenge
The six-year-old resident is making the most of hairdressers being closed and raising money for the NHS during lockdown.
Submitted by Barbie Field
As hairdressers remain closed during lockdown, one young school boy has come up with a creative way to utilise his growing locks to help raise money and support frontline workers in the NHS.
George Azzopardi, a pupil at Paschal Primary School, started a month long challenge, wearing his hair in bunches, on Thursday, May 14.
The six-year-old from Belle Vale in Liverpool, Merseyside, wanted to raise money to help NHS staff to fight coronavirus.
George's mum, Barbie, explains: "We were messing around with his hair as it’s gone quite long during lockdown so we put a lot of bobbles in, he then realised he looked like the COVID-19 cells on the news and asked could he keep his hair like this for a month to raise some money for the NHS.
"I was so taken back that my six-year-old boy would be thinking like this at such a young age.
"When questioning him further he said he missed his nanny and wants to help so he can give her a missive hug."
George set a fundraising target of £400, which he met within the first week of the challenge, and is now working towards his new target of £500.
To make a donation, visit George's fundraising page.
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