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Article: Community supports Isabelle.
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- Hastings & St. Leonards Observer (St. Leonards-on-Sea, England)
- Article date:
- October 1, 2007
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A little girl with no hair but a big smile has captured the hearts of local people.
Three-year-old Isabelle McGarvey, who has Down's syndrome, lost her hair after developing alopecia.
Her older brothers, Matt, 19, and Jonathon, 22, had their long hair cut off to raise money to make the McGarvey hair into a wig for Isabelle when she starts school next year.
They raised more than [pounds sterling]640 towards the estimated [pounds sterling]800 cost and now the appeal has snowballed with more help rolling in.
The newly formed women's fund-raising group HOT FC (Hastings Old Town Fanny Club) held a fund-raising boules match at the Motor Boat ...