For those of you who know me, I have Big Hair.  Gilda Radner – Rosanne Rosannadanna kind of hair.  It has-it’s-own-life-&-is-under-consideration-for-its-own-zip-code big.  And now I have big & long hair.  Voluminous, lengthy & so ready to make its contribution to society…

Just as soon as I have a chance to break away from the shop, I’m gettin’ my hair cut & sending it off to Locks of Love.

For those of you who haven’t heard of them before, Locks of Love is a wonderful charity that uses donated hair to create free wigs for kids who’ve lost their hair from alopecia areata, cancer & other medical conditions.

Their mission is “to return a sense of self, confidence & normalcy to children suffering from hair loss by utilizing donated ponytails to provide the highest quality hair prosthetics to financially disadvantaged children.”

I’ve donated to them before & the process is pretty simple.  Ten inches from tip to tip is the minimum length for donation.  Hair has to be clean, in a pony tail or braid & sent to their address in Florida.  Details are on their site at http://www.locksoflove.org/donate.html.

There are a couple of other organizations doing similar work including Pantene Beautiful Lengths & Wigs 4 Kids.  I’m not as familiar with their organizations but their missions & guidelines are similar so I wanted to give them a shout out too.

Soooo… For those of you with way too much hair or just enough for a charitable change, here are some options.  Let me know if you take the leap! – Elissa