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Just so people don’t get the idea that I’m totally against hair replacement, I’m happy to highlight a story like this one from the Worcester Telegram. It tells the story of Blerim Grajcevci, who as a five year-old in Kosovo sufffered severe burns that have left him unable to grow hair on much of his […]
Here’s a story that makes me think one day… perhaps… my own children will still get on with each other.
Meet Sharod Gandy. He plays basketball up in New Jersey… All-Bergen County for Englewood, which means he’s pretty good.
Now meet Ariel Williams. She’s seven. She’s Sharod’s little sister. And she’s got alopecia.
“She ignores it. She takes […]
March means more than college basketball. It even means more than green beer! I’ll pause long enough for you to pick yourself up off the floor from either disbelief or laughter… Ready? OK.
March means St. Baldrick’s Day is upon us! St. Baldrick’s started in 1999 when three guys played chicken with a pair of clippers […]
The inimitable Hsien-Hsien Lei tipped me off to this one. Seems the big boys are reaching out to the wig-wearing as well as the home-town salon. (I know that’s a sexist expression and that Pantene is really more of a woman’s brand, but “big girls” just doesn’t convey the same means. Plus it’s more likely […]
Seems as though I’ve been at this for a while now. How do I know? I’ve come across my first repeat event: the Fairtrade Fortnight. Way back in 2006March, when I was just beginning this thing I came across an article about Ms. Porter and her support of the event. Well, it’s just about […]
The Greater Baton Rouge Business Report had a small item of interest recently. (Go here and scroll all the way to the bottom.) A charity walk/run is being organized by father daughter team Brian and Abby Ter Haar. Abby is in the eighth grade, runs cross-country and has alopecia areata. Abby was diagnosed seven years […]
Earlier this week the Daily Record reported on a new Amnesty International campaign coming to Glasgow later in February. The campaign, Protect the Human, consists of a photo exhibit featuring celebrities, such as Chef Gordon Ramsay, Desperate Housewives star Dougray Scott, Simon Cowell and our very own Ms. Porter, “in everyday situations protesting at injustice.” […]
Texarkana College is getting involved with Locks of Love. CBS News 8 reports that more than 30 people lined up Monday night to donate their hair in conjunction with an upcoming play about a professor who has ovarian cancer. Clint Williams, a student representative said, “The upcoming show is ‘W;t,’ about an ovarian cancer patient. […]
I know, technically Christmas is over, but these stories just keep coming. Meet Emily and Madelaine Dick of St. Catherines. The sisters, 12 and seven respectively, both made donations to Locks of Love for Christmas.
“I’ve always wanted to get my hair cut, and I figured I might as well do something good with it,” said […]
Stories of kids giving their ponytails to Locks of Love just keep popping up. The latest is nine year old Katy McDaniel, a third-grader at St. Anne Catholic School near Beaumont. The 10-inch ponytail was one of the gifts she gave this Christmas.
Merry Christmas and way to go, Katy!
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