{"id":3038,"date":"2013-09-26T15:20:48","date_gmt":"2013-09-26T20:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/?p=3038"},"modified":"2013-12-18T10:22:21","modified_gmt":"2013-12-18T16:22:21","slug":"marissa-aranda-is-ready-for-head-shaving-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/2013\/marissa-aranda-is-ready-for-head-shaving-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Marissa Aranda is ready for head shaving event"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Marissa<\/a>Southern Arkansas University Phi Mu sorority member Marissa Aranda still is not getting nervous about shaving her head for childhood cancer awareness, even though the sorority is nearing their fundraising goal and the shaving is taking place Saturday.<\/p>\n

Aranda\u2019s long brown locks are on the line. Her head will be shaved at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Riverfront Park just west of the Junction Bridge in downtown Little Rock if her sorority sisters in Magnolia and the Greater Little Rock Alumnae Chapter of Phi Mu are able to raise less than $1,000 more to reach their $7,500 goal.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s exciting! SAU and the surrounding communities have really come together and words truly can’t explain how thankful I am for that,\u201d said Aranda.<\/p>\n

She said that she has not been styling it any more than normal in anticipation of it being gone. She is planning a deep conditioning for Friday night, however.<\/p>\n

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Presley Pennington takes an order from Anthony Earl and other SAU students Wednesday night at the Magnolia Pizza Hut to raise money for their \u201cHead Shaving for a Cause\u201d event. The Phi Mu group earned more than $1,300 from tips and a portion of the sales.<\/p><\/div>\n

Both the hair and the money raised will be donated to childhood cancer in honor of two Arkansas boys who have battled cancer most of their short lives \u2013 Creed Foster, 5, of Nashville, Ark., and Elijah Talley, 12, of Little Rock.<\/p>\n

Elijah and his mother will be in attendance for Aranda\u2019s brave \u201chead shaving for a cause\u201d event. Unfortunately, Creed will not be able to be there as he was recently readmitted into Arkansas Children\u2019s Hospital. He is still in remission from acute lymphoblastic leukemia.<\/p>\n

Creed\u2019s struggles have really hit close to home for the Phi Mu group as one of their own, Presley Pennington, is Creed\u2019s sister.<\/p>\n

Donations are still needed for the group to reach their goal. A direct online donation link can be found at http:\/\/fundrazr.com\/campaigns\/ab07b<\/a>. The group also has a Facebook Event: \u201cShaving for a Cause: Childhood Cancer Awareness\u201d at https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/379462115515996\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All proceeds will be donated to Children\u2019s Miracle Network and to the American Childhood Cancer Organization of Arkansas in honor of Creed and Elijah.<\/p>\n

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Marissa Aranda welcomes guests to Pizza Hut in Magnolia Wednesday night for Phi Mu\u2019s \u201cHead Shaving for a Cause\u201d fundraising event. Aranda\u2019s long hair is on the line, and it will get shaved off Saturday in downtown Little Rock if the group raises their goal of $7,500 for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Southern Arkansas University Phi Mu sorority member Marissa Aranda still is not getting nervous about shaving her head for childhood cancer awareness, even though the sorority is nearing their fundraising goal and the shaving is taking place Saturday. Aranda\u2019s long brown locks are on the line. Her head will be shaved at 1 p.m. Saturday… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":3041,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[276,7753,143],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3038","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community-corner","8":"category-homepage","9":"category-student-life","10":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}