Friday, February 28, 2014

Survivor's Blog- February 28, 2014- Some information about Locks of Love....

Hi Everyone-

Several of my friends have been generous enough to give up their "normal" hairstyles and grow their hair out long to donate to "Locks Of Love". If you are not familiar with them, Locks of Love accepts donated hair to make wigs for children with cancer or other diseases that involve hair loss. Any hair that they cannot make into wigs they sell to finance the program.

The thing folks don't know is that there are some very specific guidelines for hair donation that you need to follow.  The link below has all of them, they are very specific about what kind of hair they can accept. The guidelines below are just a small part of the list. If your hair is bleached, treated , or permed you  need to check the current guidelines on their site. You can follow this link or print the guidelines I pulled from their site:

http://www.locksoflove.org/donate.html


HOW TO DONATE:

  • 10 inches measured tip to tip is the minimum length needed for a hairpiece.
  • Hair must be in a ponytail or braid before it is cut.
  • Hair must be clean and completely dry before it is mailed in.
  • Place the ponytail or braid inside of a plastic bag, and then inside of a padded envelope.
  • If you wish to receive an acknowledgment for your hair donation, please fill out the hair donation form, or write your name and e-mail address or mailing address on a full size separate sheet of paper and include inside the envelope. We cannot acknowledge donors who do not send their name and address according to these instructions.
  • All hair donations must be mailed to Locks of Love at:

    234 Southern Blvd.
    West Palm Beach, FL 33405-2701
  • **IMPORTANT** When mailing your donation, please make sure that you are sending it with adequate postage. The U.S. Postal Service has notified Locks of Love that many donations are being sent without enough postage, and these packages will be returned to sender! To ensure adequate postage, please take your donation to your local post office.
  • Thank you!

The photos are of my lovely sister in crime, Jennifer T., who took them yesterday after she got a rocking new hairdo!!! Hope she doesn't mind being blogged out to the world! She has no idea how much we cancer survivors appreciate her bravery and her donation.





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