Livingston Students Brave The Barber’s Chair, Make Hair Donations

LIVINGSTON, NJ — Dozens of students, parents and teachers in Livingston recently braved the barber’s chair to benefit people with medical hair loss.

More than 40 community members from Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy and Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School took part in a hair donation drive, sacrificing a minimum of eight inches for the cause. The donated locks – which totaled more than 400 inches – will be used to make custom wigs that will be available free of cost to those in need, organizers said.

The event – spearheaded by RKYHS students and Kushner High School students Hannah Ginsberg and Jessica Serviss – was held in partnership with The Hair We Share, an organization whose mission is to help maintain the dignity, confidence and self- esteem of those affected by medical hair loss.

Two JKHA/RKYHS parents, Betsy Yarkony and Merav Stern, donated their time and hair-cutting skills at the benefit, along with several other hairdressers from Midtown Salon in Livingston.

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