A Cape Breton food bank is offering clients free haircuts with the help of donated equipment and time.

Debbie Murphy, a hairdresser in North Sydney, N.S., for 46 years, was looking for a way to give back to her community when she came up with an idea to put a salon in the food bank in North Sydney.

"As a hairdresser, it gives me great joy when I cut somebody's hair and they look in the mirror and they're like, 'Yeah, I love it,'" said Murphy.

Murphy approached Lawrence Shebib, the food bank's exec…