<p>Son hadn’t been able to get a hair trim since Winter break. Needed a trim, the pony tail was just too tangled. I read that if you had at least 10 inches it could be donated to be used for children’s wigs. So we have a beautiful 12 inch lock of curls. I found this place on the internet-so is this the best place to send it?
The son had planned to trim to the shoulders but then there wouldn’t be enough to donate. Still have a pony tail-but with the curl it kinda looks like a little bun.</p>
<p>SIL donated to Locks of Love. She is the type who’d do the research (an attorney), so I would guess it’s a good organization.</p>
<p>Thank you 1moremom. It was the only place I found but then I wasn’t sure.</p>
<p>lamom - call around to some of your local hair salons. Many of them probably participate in the Locks of Love program, and will know exactly how to cut the hair in order to meet the requirements. The salon DD and I use does this, and they’re just dying to get their hands on DD’s massively thick and curly hair. Unfortunately, she’s not interested in cutting it, at least not at this point in time. Maybe someday… I think this is a terrific program, and your son will definately be doing a good deed if he donates his too-long pony tail.</p>
<p>[Locks</a> of Love](<a href=“http://www.locksoflove.org%5DLocks”>www.locksoflove.org) comes recommended by a friend who found them for his massively long hair. You don’t have to use one of their affiliated salons, but if you do, I think they give you the haircut and style for free.</p>
<p>The recipient and donor photos on the site make me want to cry happy tears, especially since I have two friends undergoing chemotherapy at this very time…</p>
<p>My daughter cut her hair a couple of years ago and gave to Locks of Love. The hairdresser was familiar with them and knew how they wanted it cut. As I remember, she simply made a ponytail of the hair, measured it, and cut off the measured ponytail. It’s a wonderful organization, and when they cut young people’s hair, I understand that this “young” hair (different texture and look, I guess) does go to wigs for children. They wrote her a very nice letter of thanks, too.</p>
<p>My D just donated her hair a couple weeks ago. Had her first haircut in her life (she’s 16). Stylist recommended Locks of Love. The salon didn’t participate per se, but she told us to go home and look it up on the web. We printed out a donation form. Hair had to be in a pony-tail. We put it in a ziplock bag, inside a padded envelope with the form.</p>
<p>I just donated 10 inches of my hair to Locks of Love. It’s now shorter than I had originally intended, but they need quite a bit to use it. I think LoL is probably the most reputable organization of its type.</p>