April 20, 2008
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Locks of Love
This is a pretty cool story, may be my longest blog yet.. Locks of Love Website
. About 6 years ago I had hair half way down my back, the hair that grows on the top of my head not on my back, I had been growing my hair for about 10 years and kept nice and healthy. Well I decided to cut my hair. I didn’t just want to cut my hair and let the years of work go out with the trash. I was talking to my friend Joy who owned the salon and she told me about a non-profit organization that made cut hair into wigs for children who had lost there hair because of cancer. I did some research and found the company, Locks of Love. I went in and had my hair cut and I sent it away to be made into a wig.
The cool thing is that this 5th grader at Palisades elementry school in Capo Beach California, was a customer at a photo lab that i worked at, actually his mom. His name is Lincoln, three years ago he decided to start growing his hair so he could donate it to Locks of Love. Well this week his mom called me and asked if I would come to a special assembly at the school because Linkon was going to cut his hair. I was thinking sure just what I want to do at 7:30 in the morning. Then his mom went on and explained that I was his inspiration, along with one of his favorite Anaheim Duck players, to grow his hair and donate it. At that point I was kind of touched, this kid who was in Kindergarten remembers when I cut my hair and it had stuck with him for 6 years and now he is donating it for the cause. I was in shock and I don’t know how i could have ever said no.
I thought I would just show up and see Linkon again and that would be about it, they decided I would get to be the first person to cut his hair, in front of the whole school… I was thinking that thats crazy. I have friends and teachers that were going to be there… Any ways This is how it went down… It was awesome, you just don’t know how great i felt that I was an inspiration to someone, especially a kid who is in the 5th grade. Enjoy the photos…
update… Since people have asked… Here is a shot of me from 2001 about one year before I donated my hair… Notice the Jacks Waffleshop t-shirt… Best in the world located in Bishop, CA…
Comments (4)
Thats awesome that you could be apart of that and the inspiration. Congrats on that. Sorry that the Braves won another one.
aww… that’s so sweet of him… i’ve been growing out my hair to donate to locks of love too
So cool! I am actually a cancer survivor so I really appreciate this. I was not able to receive a locks of love wig, but many kids do and it is such an incredible gift! Thanks for posting.
It was wonderful to work with you on saturday and I can’t wait to see the pics
Courtney
What a great story. I would have never recognized you with that long hair you used to rock. Must have been cool to be an inspiration to someone.