My hair is 21 1/2 inches long as of last night when Rob took this picture. When I hit the 23 inch mark, my hair will be cut and donated! Why am I doing this?
Why not?
It's long and strong. Never been bleached or dyed... heck, I hardly ever blow it dry anymore! I love my hair, but I rarely ever wear it down because it's always in the way. It's up in a giant bun at night to prevent it from wrapping all the way around my neck. I've even caught it in back passenger window when rolling it up-- it's that long!
Seriously though, it's just hair that will grow back for me. A by product of a healthy body that I am very thankful to have.
One is called Wigs for Kids, a non-profit organization that provides free custom-made hairpieces for children who have hair loss stemming from a number of illnesses. The donated hair must be a minimum of 12 inches long.
The other is Pantene Beautiful Lengths, the one Hilary Swank cut her hair off on Oprah's show for. Their hair donations go towards anyone with hair loss and your hair donation only needs to be 8 inches long.
Would you like to join me in this donation? You don't need to have the hair right now... you can pledge to grow it out for this cause. Hair can be colored with non-permanent dyes, just not bleached. For more information, both sites go over the hair-cutting process. The Wigs for Kids site also shows you where your hair goes and how it transforms from a ponytail mailed in an envelope to a new confidence boosting outlook for a child without any hair.
UPDATE: To see what happened, check out this blog entry.
I didn't think you could get any nicer but you did! Wigs for kids sounds cool. And wow, your beautiful hair would be a gorgeous wig for some little girl or boy. My aunt wore wigs when she had cancer, it helped so much to keep things as normal as possible.
ReplyDeleteYour hair is gorgeous! And all natural?? I have to color mine to get it a pretty color! LOL
ReplyDeleteLast time I cut my hair, I didn't think about it until too late but I had asked about donating my hair as well. I told myself "Next time." Still growing it (it grows soooo slow). I'm dying for a haircut now. LOL But maybe I will measure it tomorrow morning and see how much further to go to be able to donate it. :)
Beautiful color. My dream color. Mine is more strawberry. It's okay too. My dad always said I had golden hair.
ReplyDeleteThat's an amazing thing to do, donating your hair.
ReplyDeleteI have long hair too and couldn't imagine parting with it.
I donate to Locks for Love. I just had my hair layered to get some of the weight off. The hairstylist was having a fit about how long my hair was! Ugh. It gets so heavy though huh? Mine is usually thrown into a ponytail that ends up at my neck.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea. I am not sure I caould last that long. Once it gets a certain length, it just hangs on my head, but I do love the idea. Glad to have discovered your blog!
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