Being a hairdresser I always told my clients to donate to Locks of Love. I stopped doing that a couple of years ago when I found out all the problems with the organization.
About 2 years ago both my boys asked to grow their hair-I has always buzzed them because it was easier. I said yes and made a deal with them. They could grow it but they had to grow it really long so they could donate it. Of course they asked why and I told them about kids with medical conditions that cause them to lose their hair-whether it be cancer or alopecia no one child or adult should not not have an option to get a wig. Then during the holidays they saw the commercial for St. Jude's and it really hit home. My older son who is 11 and just had his cut off-9 inches bless him-and my younger son who is 8 wanted his haircut before summer so he only had 5 inches. I am researching places now to send to because I want to feel comfortable to where we send it and also find an organization that can use my younger ones hair if not to make a wig but to sell it-it is a beautiful blonde color-to make money to help in the cost of making the wigs.
Being a hairdresser and a Mom of two boys I never would have thought I would have done the cut off of my own children's hair for such a great cause, but I did! And I also cut off my husbands hair-10 inches-a few years ago. I am so very proud of the three most important men in my life doing something like that to help others! My boys withstood the teasing from their classmates and almost everyone they met that they didn't know thinking they were girls. Bless them and bless all the people out there suffering from whatever it is that causes them to lose their hair.
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Being a hairdresser I always told my clients to donate to Locks of Love. I stopped doing that a couple of years ago when I found out all the problems with the organization.
September 20, 2014 - 8:41amAbout 2 years ago both my boys asked to grow their hair-I has always buzzed them because it was easier. I said yes and made a deal with them. They could grow it but they had to grow it really long so they could donate it. Of course they asked why and I told them about kids with medical conditions that cause them to lose their hair-whether it be cancer or alopecia no one child or adult should not not have an option to get a wig. Then during the holidays they saw the commercial for St. Jude's and it really hit home. My older son who is 11 and just had his cut off-9 inches bless him-and my younger son who is 8 wanted his haircut before summer so he only had 5 inches. I am researching places now to send to because I want to feel comfortable to where we send it and also find an organization that can use my younger ones hair if not to make a wig but to sell it-it is a beautiful blonde color-to make money to help in the cost of making the wigs.
Being a hairdresser and a Mom of two boys I never would have thought I would have done the cut off of my own children's hair for such a great cause, but I did! And I also cut off my husbands hair-10 inches-a few years ago. I am so very proud of the three most important men in my life doing something like that to help others! My boys withstood the teasing from their classmates and almost everyone they met that they didn't know thinking they were girls. Bless them and bless all the people out there suffering from whatever it is that causes them to lose their hair.
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