This is one donation that you can just keep giving and growing.
A Child's Voice Foundation, along with other organizations across the country, needs hair donations to create wigs for children and adults who have lost their own. This can happen for a range of reasons: cancer, alopecia and even stress or trauma. With just a little snip, you can give someone a boost of confidence.
Did you know?
• Hair grows on average one-half inch per month.
• Creating a wig takes three to four months.
• Each wig requires 10 to 12 donated ponytails.
Easy tips:
• Hair that is coloured or permed is still acceptable.
• Organize a group hair cutting event. People can shave their hair in solidarity if they don't have enough to donate.
• Bleached hair is unfortunately not usable.
• Get your hair cut from your stylist, but just remember to get it bundled into one ponytail of the required length.
For more information:
Check out A Child's Voice Foundation here.
For Canadian listings of places to donate hair, check out the Canadian Cancer Society's page here.
Pantene Pro V also runs the Beautiful Lengths program that creates wigs for cancer patients.
