Fundraiser for children battling hair loss

There's a big fundraiser coming up in the Reading area for Children's Alopecia Project.

From a story in today's edition of The Mercury:

SPRING CITY — Alex Poloway's hazel eyes sparkle when she talks. Her smile lights up a room. She has an upbeat personality and contagious laugh.

"I've had people like Alex's teacher come up and say, 'She's a role model for me,'" her mother, Flora Poloway, recalled.

The 9-year-old Spring City girl inspires teachers, parents and classmates because of how she handles losing her hair.

"Being in a group makes you feel better because then you know not only you have it," Alex said.

That group is the Children's Alopecia Project, known as CAP, which holds its annual Spring Spectacular fundraiser on Saturday in Reading. The Berks County-based nonprofit helps families around the world understand and cope with alopecia areata, an autoimmune disease that triggers hair loss in children and adults.

Read more at the link below:

Children battling hair loss find support in each other - The Mercury

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Originally posted at TONY PHYRILLAS