Anthony Reyes, 12, cuts his hair for Locks of Love, at Debbie’s Family Hair Care Center on Feb. 20 in Milltown.

Dawn Blumig gives Anthony Reyes, 12, of Milltown a haircut to benefit Locks of Love as his grandmother Diane Barella looks on at Debbie’s Family Hair Care Center on Feb. 20 in Milltown.

Anthony Reyes from East Brunswick had been growing his hair more than a year, and he was happy to cut his hair to donate a strong, long brad to Locks of Love, the non-profit organization provides hair prosthetic for children who suffered long-term medical hair loss.

Legally blind from birth, Reyes is able to see well enough to do his class work with visual aids and a laptop at Hammerskjold Middle School in East Brunswick. Enough to perceive the social inequities around him and he does what he can to help.

Reyes said ““I wanted to donate my hair because a lot of people that I know have cancer — a friend (of ours) has brain cancer, and my grandpa had prostate cancer. But it’s not just about the hair; it’s about the world in general. I think everybody should care about each other. We should be more courteous and not look down on others.”

Barella likes that Anthony has a passion for the law and that his ambition is to someday become a lawyer or a Supreme Court Justice. Barella continues to marvel at seeing such generosity in such a young man.

Barella said “He was born with a congenital eye condition, but sometimes I think he can see what the rest of us can’t and whatever he sees goes right to his heart.”