Rapunzel Foundation News Today

A nine year old girl with Autism has decided to cut off her long locks to raise money for Advocates For Autism.

Enda Larkin donated his long hair to The Rapunzel Foundation and is raising funds for Cancer Connect, who co-ordinate transport to Cork hospitals for ...

Causeway’s Martina Flynn will definitely be in need of a warm woolly hat over the next few weeks, that’s for sure, after the kind-hearted North Kerry woman bravely decided, just as the cold snap hits Kerry, to shave off all her hair to raise funds for a worthy and vital local charity.

You wouldn’t think winter would be the most logical time to shave off all your hair but that is exactly what Causeway’s Martina Flynn is preparing to do later this month on November 24, all to raise funds for and to help out two hugely important charities.

The Kerry Hospice Foundation (KHF) were recently the very happy recipients of a cheque for €1,400, the proceeds of a charity haircut undertaken by 15-year-old Katie Crean from Castlegregory.

In a few weeks, Fiadh Bater (7) from Ballygarrett in Gorey will be chopping off her long locks and donating them to the Rapunzel Foundation and at the same time she will be donating more than €2,000 to Children’s Health Ireland.

Inspirational Arklow girl Aoibhinn Kenny raised €800 for Arklow Cancer Support with a ‘Lock of Love’ fundraiser that saw her cut more than 14 inches off her hair, which she then donated to the Rapunzel Foundation.

Seán Casey and his family have already raised thousands in memory of toddler James who tragically never lived to see his fourth birthday.

When New Ross girl Abigail O’Neill discovered that her older brother, Dylan, had cancer, she wanted to do something to help young Irish people facing the same fate.

A boy who grew his hair during lockdown and didn’t cut it for three years, has donated his locks to the Rapunzel Foundation, in memory of his ...