I can't believe I forgot to post this sooner.

[conuly]

Somebody whose hair blog I read recently donated her daughter's hair to Locks of Love, and then she posted an update with some concerns about Locks of Love that she wanted to address. She followed up by listing a few other "donate your hair" charities, all of which were about donating hair to make wigs.

If you don't really cut enough hair for that purpose, if you have pets you groom, if you maybe own a salon or barbershop and want someplace for your scraps, or if you just never were attracted to the wigs donating....

Don't forget that you can donate hair to make mats to clean up oil spills!

This does not mean that one cause is worthier than another or anything like that. I'm posting this just to get the information out there.

Comments

[dandelion.livejournal.com]

Another objection was that compared to some other charities (I think Pantene Great Lengths), they aren't as generous - making fewer wigs, and charging for the ones they do give out. They sell about 100 wigs a year, and Pantene apparently (http://www.squidoo.com/locksoflove) did 2000 in a year. According to most sites, LoL have to pay $1000 per wig (let's assume they get none of that back from the patient, but they do get some) and raise about $350k per year by selling unused hair. That should provide closer to 350 than 100 wigs.