The Voice of Spalding and South Holland
A Spalding grandmother has shaved her head for charity and in the process has encountered the best in human nature, she said.
Emma Chamberlain (60), said “human nature is wonderful” after she encountered so many positive, helpful and inspiring people while collecting for her charity head shave for Macmillan Cancer Support.
“People have been so kind. The charity touches so many people’s hearts,” she said. “I was standing on the pavement outside my grandson’s school and a taxi driver pulled up. He gave me a fiver and said ‘this is for my mother’,” Emma said.
Along the way, Emma had help from her five-year-old grandson, Will, who she said helped with a collection bucket outside school.
Emma said the highlight of Will’s collecting career was when he received a £10 donation.
A mother at Will’s school, Alison Law, who is in remission also helped. “She radiates living and life,” said Emma.
“It has taken me out of myself,” Emma said of the experience, saying how her niggles seemed insignificant in the grand scheme.
The idea to get involved with the Macmillan Brave The Shave appeal came about after Emma lost her good friend Dennis to cancer five years ago. “He was in my mind and heart for a long time,” she said. When her hairdresser took part in Brave the Shave, Emma had her “lightbulb moment” and she was motivated, telling herself to “get into action.”
Now Emma’s hair is gone, Emma said it “feels very comfortable” and her grandson loves stroking the short hair that’s growing back.
Emma’s fundraising campaign has so far raised £570.
