Donna Porter works at Peinture Montreal Metro in Kirkland, in Montreal’s West Island.
She’s a breast cancer survivor, having been diagnosed six years ago.
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She decided to raise money for cancer and was surprised when her store manager, Anthony Peterka, said he wanted to help.
He made a bet with his employees to help her by raising $2,000.
If they succeeded, he would shave his head for cancer.
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After a few weeks of fundraising, the team reached their goal and Peterka made good on his promise.
Wednesday morning, he went to Le Loft, a barbershop in Vaudreuil-Dorion, to shave his head.
“We need to fight every day,” he said.
“We need to get these types of diseases some way to get cured, get some awareness every single day that a fight is never done until the end of it.”
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Porter told Global News she’s thankful to have colleagues — whom she considers like family — who support her.
“It affects how we feel when we lose our hair or our eyebrows. So for him to do this, I know that it’s a hard thing to do and he’ll look like that probably until Christmas, but I can’t say thank you enough,” she said.
“There isn’t any way for us to say thank you, except for those two words.”
The company raised $2,500 for the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation.
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