A lot of people complain about Locks of Love selling gray hair or unusable hair to compensate for their expenses, but I'm surprised that everyone fails to understand how a business operates, non-profit or not. Making wigs out of real hair takes labor and materials. Do you know how to make a wig? Because I sure as hell don't. It requires research and expertise.
Who is able to spend all that time making wigs and making sure that the hair does not fall out from the wig (especially for active kids)? The people who work to make the wigs still needs to eat, to sleep, to have transportation, to have clothes, etc. There are full-time employees who work for the company full-time, who also need a place to eat and sleep. Not to mention that, but the buildings they operate in and whatnot. So WHO is going to pay for all of that? You think that money is just going to fall from the sky?
The reason that Pantene seems more successful in the way they run their program is because they are a for-profit organization with a not-for-profit cause. Pantene is able to fund Beautiful Locks as needed. Locks of Love, however, is a non-profit organization to begin with. That being said, LoL does its best to reduce the cost of wigs for families. However, there is only so much that can be done without going bankrupt and not being able to help at all.
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A lot of people complain about Locks of Love selling gray hair or unusable hair to compensate for their expenses, but I'm surprised that everyone fails to understand how a business operates, non-profit or not. Making wigs out of real hair takes labor and materials. Do you know how to make a wig? Because I sure as hell don't. It requires research and expertise.
Who is able to spend all that time making wigs and making sure that the hair does not fall out from the wig (especially for active kids)? The people who work to make the wigs still needs to eat, to sleep, to have transportation, to have clothes, etc. There are full-time employees who work for the company full-time, who also need a place to eat and sleep. Not to mention that, but the buildings they operate in and whatnot. So WHO is going to pay for all of that? You think that money is just going to fall from the sky?
The reason that Pantene seems more successful in the way they run their program is because they are a for-profit organization with a not-for-profit cause. Pantene is able to fund Beautiful Locks as needed. Locks of Love, however, is a non-profit organization to begin with. That being said, LoL does its best to reduce the cost of wigs for families. However, there is only so much that can be done without going bankrupt and not being able to help at all.
October 16, 2012 - 7:16pmThis Comment
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