THE BATTLEFORDS — A seven-year-old girl from North Battleford has raised nearly $2000 dollars for children fighting cancer after her 10-year-old cousin, Kenzie, lost a battle with osteosarcoma in July 2022.
Berklee Knight, decided to cut all 15 inches of her hair and donate it to Angel Hair, an organization that makes wigs for children fighting cancer, while starting a Facebook campaign to raise money at the same time.
"Initially, our goal was $500, and we surpassed that goal in three hours," her mother, Kaley Knight told the News-Optimist/SASKTODAY.ca.
"By the end of three weeks from when we started this, we had come up with just about $,2000 dollars," Knight said, money that was later donated to the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation.
Knight said that this is the first time the seven-year-old had cut her hair.
"Once we talked about it ... she got really excited, she kept saying that she wants the money to go towards the medicine so the kids can get better."
The foundation posted its appreciation for Berklee on its Facebook page, in a post that has now garnered over 150 likes, saying,
"We appreciate Berklee's kindness and generosity so much and are extremely grateful that she is helping Saskatchewan kids needing specialized care!"
Knight, describing how emotional the process has been, said that she's happy her daughter was able to make this contribution.
"I'm very proud of her obviously, it was something that was near and dear to our hearts ... I feel very proud. Just very, very proud."
