Children and families dealing with cancer experience anguish that is all-encompassing and essentially invisible to those outside the hospital corridors.

By shaving your head, in less than five minutes you can show them they are not alone and that others really do care.

When One Mission’s founder, Ashley Haseotes’ son lost his hair from cancer treatment, she found herself so anxious about how the world would treat him. She was dreading the stares, pity, and awkward things people would say—because they did! For her son, Nicholas, losing his hair was not that big of a deal, because at 7 months old, he didn’t know what was going on.

For many of the families who were around them during their treatment at Boston Children’s Hospital, hair loss was the BIGGEST issue they dealt with during treatment.