Step back two years, when local historian Dee Eva took seven-year-old grandson Ricci (pronounced Richie) and his brother, James, to Minnesota to visit family. There, Ricci and James met with cousin Enzo, who in turn introduced them his friend, Parker, who was being treated for leukemia and had lost his hair. Upon returning home, Ricci vowed that he would let his hair grow so he could donate it to Locks of Love, an organization that makes wigs for cancer patients who lose their hair through chemotherapy.
Between then and now, Ricci grew his hair to 14 inches in length, before giving it all up to a buzz cut to help cancer patients.
