3 Years Grown Hair 'Snip'... Captain Lee Sujeong of the Navy "Hope Small Sharing Brings Comfort"

Captain Lee Su-jeong of the Navy Jinhae Base Command cut her ebony-long hair once again.

This was to make her second hair donation for children with cancer.

Commissioned as a Navy officer in 2017, Captain Lee learned in 2021, while seeking various volunteer activities, that children with cancer suffer physically and psychologically after losing their hair due to chemotherapy.

During that time, she heard from a senior officer who had donated hair to an organization called ‘Eomeona Movement Headquarters’ and decided to join the hair donation effort herself.

The Eomeona Movement Headquarters runs a ‘Hair Sharing Campaign for Children with Cancer,’ creating special wigs from donated hair and delivering them to pediatric cancer patients.

Captain Lee Su-jeong of the Navy is holding up her hair in front of the Chamsuri fast patrol boat.
[Photo by Navy Jinhae Base Command]

After cutting and sending her hair, Captain Lee soon heard that the hair she donated was made into a wig and put to good use, which motivated her to continue donating hair.

Now in the third year since she started growing her hair again, Captain Lee sent 30 cm of hair to the Eomeona Movement Headquarters on the 9th of this year.

Captain Lee serves as the commander of the Jinsa-336-class fast patrol boat at Jinhae Base. Despite frequent emergency deployments, she never stopped ‘making healthy hair.’

She said, “To donate hair, you have to avoid various treatments like perming or dyeing, and the donated hair must be at least 25 cm long. Managing long hair in the scorching summer heat was difficult, and I often felt the urge to cut it, but I carefully maintained it with the sole desire to share hope with the children.”

Captain Lee’s spirit of volunteerism was influenced by her father, Lee Si-hyun, chief of the Busan Gangseo Fire Station.

Chief Lee is a veteran firefighter with 34 years of experience who has rescued lives at various accident scenes, including the 1993 Gupo Station train derailment, the 2002 Gimhae Airport international flight crash, and the 2007 Busan World Carnival amusement ride accident.

The siblings, who wanted to follow their father’s example, each chose careers as a firefighter and a soldier, dedicating themselves to public safety and engaging in volunteer activities whenever possible.

Captain Lee said, “I hope my small sharing brings comfort to the children and becomes an opportunity for them to quickly return to their healthy, original selves. Going forward, as a military force of the people, I will continue to embrace the pain of our neighbors and consistently practice love that spreads positive influence.”

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