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Who was the one who donated to Locks of Love?

I remember a while back, maybe last year? that someone donated their hair to Locks of Love. Well my bf is getting very tired of his long long hair, and it's sooooo thick and shiny and awesome virgin hair. I think he's got enough to cover up a few kids heads LOL He says when he chops it off he wants to donate it. What do we have to do?

You should be able to google that is how I found out where to mail my daughters hair. They do have to have 10-12 inches. Put in the hair in a ponytail and cut right above the ponytail. This allows the hair to be put together and easier to mail.

It's such a wonderful thing to do!

My sister does it all the time and my neice did it too. Most hairdressers know what to do. They now take hair that is colored or processed too. They used to not take the colored or processed. Such a good thing. My neice did a report for her school and showed everyone her hair that she got cut off. Here is all the info:
Locks of Love

Thanks! that sounds really easy! :)

Mine went somewhere else. Didn't do L.O.L. b/c there was a salon around here that took care of everything (but it went to the organization that they support). There are instructions on the sites of the organizations that take it, but it's easier to find a place that will cut it and send it out for you... :)

My daughter cut off nearly 15 inches of hair at 11 years of age and donated it to Locks of love.. I learned later they are not such a great company and do not use most of the hair donated....

Here is the article that was sent to me AFTER she had cut her hair and donated it!

Bad Hair Day: Locks of Love is a Scam

I was still so proud of her because her intentions were good ;):D

Besides L O L there is also Wigs for Kids. I dont think that they are as big as L O L but check it out. Thats the one my daughter is donating her hair to.

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Originally Posted by capt_noonie (Post 3063667)

If Im not mistaken, I think it was Breny

I did that last Novemeber...as in Dec 08. :) I got my stylist to put it in a ponytail before he cut it and then he whacked it off right at my shoulders. I put it in a big manilla envelope and mailed it to them. I have not had a hair cut since either. :( I was determined to do it again, but I don't think I'm going to be able to stand it this time. It's already long and hot and on my nerves and the summer hasn't even started yet. :thumbdown

I did it a few years ago. You just have to call around salons and find out if they participate in the program. Their used to be a list of salons on the Locks of Love site, but I'm pretty sure they took it down.

Hmmm...I might have this wrong...but I remember Diggy4 (Paula) doing this...and didn't Marci do it too (Marcerella04)?

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Originally Posted by jeanm1963 (Post 3063810)

After reading your post, I found some interesting information:

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Locks of Love has received criticism for its practice of selling donated hair, rather than using it in wigs as the donors expect. They refer to the hair they sell as "unusable material," but the buyers are using it to make wigs. According to a 2003 report by the Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance, in 2002 alone Locks of Love had raised over $150,000 by selling donated hair and had received another $213,000 in charitable contributions and grants, but provided only 113 human-hair wigs.

Locks of Love representatives are frequent guests on The Oprah Winfrey Show and other daytime television shows, where they provide haircuts to guests and audience members, often using guilt trips as manipulation (this is something they encourage of all donors). Though the representatives and show hosts normally suggest that the hair collected during the show will go into a wig, that the wigs are given free of charge to children with cancer, neither of these outcomes is guaranteed or accurate (rarely do the wigs go to children with cancer). The organization was formed to help people with the illness of alopecia, not to help cancer patients.

Accountability standards
The Better Business Bureau report issued July 2008 states that Locks of Love does not meet its standards for charity accountability because the organization did not accurately report the charity's expenses in its financial statements despite requests for that information. The Better Business Bureau reports that Locks of Love made $352,401 from "unusable material sales". Locks of Love - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Don't know if Wigs for Kids is any better, not as much information is out there on them, but I do know that they only accept hair that has not been colored or processed, and may have a problem getting enough hair. Here's there site: How to Cut a Ponytail for Donation | Wigs For Kids

awww, what the heck! You wanna do something good and the organizations are never 100% what you think. :( What should we do then?

I know the Locks of Love website says on there hair under 10" is unusable for them. But they do say they sell the unusable to offset manufacturing costs.

Actually on second thought, anyone know where I can sell my bf\'s hair? :D