article_snippet.sent: In celebration of Canada’s Day of Pink, an annual event aimed at raising more awareness and understanding about the LGBT community, police officer Ryan Willmer posted a picture of Luke Watson on Twitter, promising that a series of images of Luke with pink hair would follow, if the first image was retweeted 500 times.
article_snippet.sent: and Luke arrived at the station to the news that Luke would have to dye Luke blonde locks a bright and bold shade of pink, all in the name of spreading a message of tolerance and acceptance to the community.
article_snippet.sent: Luckily for Ryan, Luke was more than pleased to undergo the transformation for the cause.
article_snippet.sent: A friend used spray-in hair color to transform A friend to a shocking shade of fuchsia, and within no time Luke was ready to show off Luke new hairdo at the Day of Pink rally at Forest Hills Collegiate Institute in Toronto, where Luke arrived in a pink cruiser with Luke fellow police officers, who all wore pink shirts.
article_snippet.sent: Luke told Yahoo Beauty Luke said the response to Luke new hair color has been 'overwhelming'.
article_snippet.sent: Luke donned a pink cape and held a can of spray-in hair color while awaiting Luke transformation .
article_snippet.sent: Quick work: Within moments, Luke's hair was a nearly-neon shade of pink .
article_snippet.sent: A prank gone pink: Ryan Willmer (left) received an overwhelming response after Ryan Willmer (left) volunteered Ryan Willmer (left) fellow officer Luke up for the makeover without Ryan Willmer (left) knowing .
article_snippet.sent: As for why Luke was the only one sporting the rosy locks, Luke explained that Ryan 'lacks in the hair department, so I am the guinea pig'.
article_snippet.sent: After Twitter lit up over the pics of Luke and Luke new do, the officers tried to keep the hype going with a new promise: to keep Luke's hair pink for seven days if the officers reach 1,000 retweets with an additional day for every 100 retweets on top of that.
article_snippet.sent: I'll be keeping Luke's hair pink for quite some time,' says Luke. '
article_snippet.sent: Ryan ' shared the photo of Luke on the left saying that 500 retweets would see Ryan ' hair go pink, 1000 to keep 500 retweets for a week and an extra day for every 100 thereafter .