With hair salons and barbershops shuttered in British Columbia due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Okanagan College Foundation is turning the new reality of at-home haircuts into an unusual fundraiser.
During the Haircuts for Health Care fundraiser, volunteers willing to allow family members to cut their hair are collecting pledges in support of Okanagan College’s new Health Sciences Centre.
The facility, which will be used to train health-care students, is currently under construction at the school’s Kelowna campus. “It is going to be an amazing facility with lots of not-previously available spaces,” Helen Jackman, the executive director of the Okanagan College Foundation, said. “One of the important things about the new centre is that it is