A woman is shaving her head for a charity event in honour of a cousin who lost her fight with lymphoma.Raquel Wilkinson said she isn’t really worried or scared about what people think of her shaved head and hopes to bring greater awareness about the life-threatening disease cancer.She said: “It will be liberating. I find that when I tell people what I’m about to do they have a look of bewilderment. I guess they feel it’s drastic.“I just tell them that it’s only hair and it’ll grow back and that they should think about all those people out there whose hair is falling out as a result of treatment.“Unlike me they have no choice when their hair falls out. How devastating is that? Just imagine the psychological effect of going through an experience like that.”Ms Wilkinson said she was participating in the event primarily to raise money for people who had been diagnosed with cancer.She is also doing it in memory of her cousin. Tiana “Tee Tee” Robinson who lost her battle with lymphoma last March 21 at the age of 38.“I’m going to cut my hair off in memory of her and to show solidarity for all those women in particular who are still in the battle and those who have passed on.“On the day of the event I am going to wear a T-shirt with the names of all the people that I knew that have passed on from this horrific disease called cancer.”Ms Wilkinson said her bald head would likely be a topic of conversation for many people and give her an opportunity to further “highlight the cause”.She has no financial target, but would be “grateful and thankful” to raise any amount.She said there were so many women on the Island affected by cancer and it was important for others to show their unity and support.Ms Wilkinson has appealed to co-workers at The Keytech Group of Companies, as well as friends and family for help in support of the charitable event.“People should give because although St Baldrick’s is a great international charity whose focus is on research for cures to childhood cancers, monies raised will also benefit PALS.“In fact, anyone willing to make a donation can either make it to St Baldrick’s Foundation online or to PALS,” she explained.