When Kaitlin Cranston walked through the in 2016 she applauded the brave candidates.
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Crisp recalled the 2016 Tour de Rock kickoff at Reynolds and a visit from 2011 Reynolds grad Isla Haywood, who was battling cancer. HaywoodB次元官网网址檚 death on July 31, at just 24 years of age, has galvanized ReynoldsB次元官网网址� already-mighty fundraising army.
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Cranston will line up with dozens of students for the Reynolds Tour de Rock head shave on Thursday, Oct. 5. The event packs the Reynolds gymnasium, which hosts a series of makeshift barber stations but offers only one style of cut - the full shave.
The head shave has become an institution at Reynolds, though itB次元官网网址檚 also an iconic rite of passage for the supporters and riders of the , in which first responders ride 1,000 kilometres by bike from Port Alice to Victoria, Sept. 23 to Oct. 6.
ItB次元官网网址檚 also the peak of the ReynoldsB次元官网网址� fundraising effort. Last year the Saanich high school hit $70,000 and this year it will clear a total of $750,000 raised in 13 years.
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It starts every year with a Tour de Rock kickoff assembly in the gym, followed by a smaller gathering for those who are shaving their heads, or just thinking about it.
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Thursday is the head shave, and Friday a cheque presentation by the school to the Tour de Rock riders during their brief but loud stop.
If thereB次元官网网址檚 one thing that stands out about ReynoldsB次元官网网址� Tour de Rock campaign, itB次元官网网址檚 that the majority of the shaved heads belong to Grade 9 girls. Most of them are aware of the head shave before they even arrive, as the Reynolds phenomenon has reached its middle school feeders.
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Crisp probably has the most hair of anyone to lose, reaching down to her hips. It will be donated to make wigs for children and adults whoB次元官网网址檝e lost their hair due to radiation treatment for cancer.
If Jacob RenyardB次元官网网址檚 hair is long enough heB次元官网网址檒l donate it too. The Grade 11 student is following his older siblings, Abbie and Nic, who are both Reynolds grads. They were active too, Abbie in organizing and Nic through community efforts as a hockey player with the Victoria Grizzlies.
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The Tour de Rock will
