Shaun and Michelle Krill are shown with their children, Maddie, Mason and Maddox. Michelle was diagnosed with cancer and a hair cut-a-thon will be held Nov. 12 at Prima Capelli Salon in Center Township to benefit her expensive alternative treatment in Mexico.

CENTER TWP — People will have the chance on Sunday, Nov. 12, to get their hair styled, peruse a variety of raffle baskets, or simply make a donation to help a young mother with the cost of her cancer treatment plan.

Michelle's Mighty Militia will hold a cut-a-thon from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the 12th at Prima Capelli Salon, 1617 N. Main St. Ext. The minimum donation for a cut and style is $15, and the cut-a-thon is for walk-in customers only.

All proceeds will benefit Michelle Yeager Krill, who has been diagnosed with stage 4 liver cancer.

Krill and her husband, Shaun, who have three children between 7 years and 10 months old, were told by doctors that traditional treatment like chemotherapy and radiation would not work for Michelle's cancer.

Michelle and Shaun plan to consult with a renowned cancer specialist at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, but Michelle received Gerson therapy in Mexico for the past three weeks until that appointment can be made.

The expensive treatment is not covered by insurance.

“She just got home yesterday,” said her sister, Wendy Yeager Taylor. “Her friend had her refrigerator full of organic vegetables so she can continue the (Gerson) plan.”

Taylor said the unconventional Gerson treatment involved 10-hour days in which Krill had a different treatment or class every hour.

Juicing, a hyperbaric chamber, coffee enemas and classes on how to continue the program at home were among the activities and treatments in Mexico, Taylor said.

Krill will have blood drawn in six months to determine if the treatment has affected her tumor, which Taylor said has not spread to other parts of her sister's body.

Taylor is shocked by her sister's diagnosis at age 35, because she focuses on health and serves as a fitness instructor at a local gym.

“She was the healthiest out of all of us,” Taylor said. “I just don't know.”

Taylor said it is difficult to express her family's appreciation for the charity events, donations and other support as Krill and her young family deal with the cancer and its treatment.

She said Prima Capelli stylists approached her to ask if they could hold the cut-a-thon for her sister. Many stylists are friends of Taylor's and Krill's, who is also a stylist.

“I think it's amazing,” said Taylor. “They're a great group of girls.”

Jess Phillips, Prima Capelli's marketing manager, said 12 stylists will volunteer their time and talent for the fundraiser.

“A lot of our girls are friends with her or worked with her in the past,” Phillips said. “We are closed on Sundays, so everyone coming in is volunteering their time.”

Raffle baskets with a variety of donated items, including gift certificates to local restaurants and salons, will be raffled off at the cut-a-thon.

“Even if you don't need a hair cut, you can come in and look at all the baskets and bid on them,” said Phillips.

Taylor said everyone who knows her sister, and many strangers who want to help, feel the same about the young mother's diagnosis and the benefit events that will help fund her treatment.

“She's gotta beat it,” Taylor said.