There will be a Locks of Love donation night at Albany Law February 16 from 5-9 pm at the law school's gym. Stylists will be there to cutting hair donations. The minimum length for a donation is 10 inches. Questions, email organizer Alyssa Congdon (acongdon|at|albanylaw|dot|edu).
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Don't worry if your hair is not long enough to donate! Stylists will also be on hand to add Pink or Teal hair extensions for a $10 donation fee.
... said Kathleen Evers on Feb 6, 2012 at 3:45 PM | link
Donate to Wigs for Kids. LoL are a bunch of crooks.
From their wiki:
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, despite receiving enough hair to make over 10,000 hairpieces,[7] provided only 113 human-hair wigs. In 2005, they made $352,401 from "unusable sale materials" which is nearly 40% of their reported income. LoL reports that it receives over 2000 donations of hair through the mail each week and an equal amount from hair salons (it takes 6-10 ponytails to make a wig, according to their website).
According to its tax returns, Locks of Love made $1.9 million from hair sales from 2001 to 2006, and took in another $3.4 million in donations. Besides paying for wigs, the money goes for overhead and other costs, including grants for alopecia research. Locks of Love sends the best of the hair it receives to a wig manufacturer, Taylormade Hair Replacement in Millbrae, Calif., which weeds through the selection still further, rejecting up to half.[8]
... said andrew on Feb 6, 2012 at 4:44 PM | link