Girl Suspended for Shaving Head in Support of Cancer-Stricken Friend

By Julissa Catalan


A Colorado girl was suspended from school for going bald in support of a friend who is receiving cancer treatment. On Monday morning, the girl was not allowed to enter the school for violating its dress code, but by Tuesday the school had rethought its decision following extensive media coverage.

With the approval of her parents, 9-year-old Kamyrn Renfro shaved her head in support of her 11-year-old best friend, Delaney Clements, who has lost her hair because of chemotherapy treatment for neuroblastoma, a rare form of childhood cancer.

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