Boy Ignores Bullies and Grows Out Hair to Donate to Kids With Cancer
Southgate Brodie likes helping others, he's doing it one lock of hair at a time.
The 9-year-old boy from Anthem Arizona, donated his hair twice to a nonprofit to helps children battling cancer.
Children With Hair helps provide wigs to kids who have lost their hair due to alopecia, trichotillomania and severe burns.
he said I decided to grow my hair out because I thought the children that
had cancer needed hair," Brodie told InsideEdition.com. "I liked having
my hair long, so I decided to donate it again for the second time."
Brodie has been bullied by some of his classmates over his long hair, he said.
They thought it was crazy because I am a boy and they don't usually see boys with long hair, and they also thought I was a girl," he explained.
His dad, Ben Southgate, said Brodie hasn't let that bullying stand in the way of helping others.
The 9-year-old boy from Anthem Arizona, donated his hair twice to a nonprofit to helps children battling cancer.
Children With Hair helps provide wigs to kids who have lost their hair due to alopecia, trichotillomania and severe burns.
Brodie has been bullied by some of his classmates over his long hair, he said.
They thought it was crazy because I am a boy and they don't usually see boys with long hair, and they also thought I was a girl," he explained.
His dad, Ben Southgate, said Brodie hasn't let that bullying stand in the way of helping others.
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