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Jen and Kim were excited for school to end and summer to begin. They were planning to spend their summer days at Jen’s house swimming in the pool.
On the last day of school. Kim arrived with a sad look on her face. She’d learned that her parents enrolled her in a summer camp for the entire summer. She was scheduled to leave the following day.
When Jen arrived home, she told her parents what had happened and asked if there was any way she could join Kim at the camp. Jen’s father wasn’t able to get in contact with the camp, but promised he’d try the next day.
The following day, when Jen’s father talked to the camp counselor, he was told the bus had already departed for this week’s group. Jen would have to wait 2 weeks for the next group to leave. Jen wasn’t happy that she had to wait, but at least, she’d be able to meet up with Kim.
2 weeks later, Jen happily boarded the bus towards the camp with 4 other girls. When they arrived, they were greeted by the camp counselor and four girls with short hair. As Jen exited the bus, one of the girls called out her name. Jen looked at the girl and realized it was Kim. The girls ran to each other and embraced.
Kim said to Jen “What are you doing here?” Jen replied, “I signed up for the camp so we could be together.” Jen then looked at Kim and asked, “What did you do to your hair?” Kim’s below the shoulder length hair was now cut to a mid ear bob with a shaved nape. Kim paused, then said, “I cut it, ain’t it cool?” Jen put her hand behind Kim’s head and felt her bald nape, then replied, “It must be cool”
The counselor then broke up their conversation, saying they had a lot to do. They needed to process the new girls. Kim and the other 3 assistants then escorted Jen and the other 3 girls to the Administrative House.
It was there the 4 girls sat down at a table and were given a small stack of documents to sign. Once signed, they were brought to a shower room and told to disrobe and to remove all jewelry. They were instructed to thoroughly wash from head to toe. After showering and drying, they were given a camp sports bra, t-shirts, shorts and undergarments to wear, and told to place their clothes, cellphones, jewelry, and all of their personal items that were brought with them in a locker for safe keeping.
Stripped of their personal effects, they were brought into another room. Inside, there was a chair setup next to a table with haircutting equipment. Jen looked at Kim with her short hair, then quickly realized what was about to happen. The counselor explained to the girls that they signed agreements to donate their hair to charity and showed them the paperwork.
With the proof laid out in front of them, they had no choice but to do as they were told.
The first girl took a seat and was caped. The stylist untied her long hair and saw that it went down just past her breasts. With a tape measure, she measured off 12 inches and declared, “12 inches will be shoulder length”. The counselor nodded in approval, watching as the stylist tied off a 12 inch ponytails. The stylist then measured one more time, and proceeded to hack off the girls hair. The stylist cleaned her up, leaving her with a shoulder length blunt cut.
The stylist then looked at the next girl, who had an above the shoulder bob cut. “What should we do with her?” Asked the stylist. The counselor replied, “Just let her go, we’ll use her for the head shaving charity event”.
Next was Jen’s turn. She sat in the chair and was caped. As the stylist measured her hair, she prayed her hair was long enough to donate, as she didn’t want to have it shaved in the charity event. The stylist then declared, “12 inches will be mid ear”. The counselor nodded in approval saying, just like her friend. Jen looked towards Kim who then said, “Don’t worry, you’ll get used to it”.
Jen’s hair wasn’t long enough to just be cut off in one big tail. Her hair had to be cut in sections. The stylist started by sectioning the sides and back of her hair. She secured little 12 inch tails around her head, so she wouldn’t drop a hair.
The stylist started by snapping on her clippers. No guard was used as she placed the clippers on Jen’s neck and started running them up the back of her head, liberating the small tails, and leaving a path of white skin behind.
Jen sat in the chair nervously. She’d never had short hair before, and certainly never felt clippers on her head. She was amazed at how soothing it felt, but was still hesitant as to how she would look when it was over.
After the stylist buzzed off what she could, she then took her scissors and cut off whatever remaining tails were left, leaving her with an earlobe length bob identical to the one Kim had.
As the fourth girl was being lead to the chair by the counselor, she looked at Jen’s extreme bob and suddenly stopped. She then yelled out “NO!”, and ran out of the room. The counselor looked at the stylist and said “We’ll deal with her later”
A few days later, as Kim had promised, Jen was used to her new cut. She liked how easy it was to maintain and how cool it was in the heat. After finishing breakfast, Jen left the cafeteria and noticed a group of girls were being loaded onto a bus. Among them was the girl that arrived with her that had a long bob, and the other girl who ran out of the hair salon room. For a brief moment, Jen wondered where they were going, then went back to getting on with her day. Later that night as Jen and Kim were heading back to the cafeteria for dinner, they saw the bus again. Only now, the girls exiting the bus were all wearing green St. Baldrick’s Foundation t shirts and sported fresh bald heads. Jen and Kim looked at the newly shorn girls and were thankful their hair was long enough to donate.
By the end of the summer, the girl’s hair had grown a bit, but was still 11 inches shorter than when they arrived at the camp. When their parents came to pick them up, they were surprised. Jen’s mother looked at her and said, “What did you do to your hair?” Jen smiled and simply said, “I donated it”.
