Wigs for Kids
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Wigs for Kids is a non-profit organization
started by Jeffrey Paul which creates wigs for children who have lost their hair
either permanently or temporarily due to a medical condition. This organization accepts donations of both hair and money. Volunteers run fundraisers to offset wig costs.
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
started by Jeffrey Paul which creates wigs for children who have lost their hair
Hair
Hair is a filamentous biomaterial, that grows from follicles found in the dermis. Found exclusively in mammals, hair is one of the defining characteristics of the mammalian class....
either permanently or temporarily due to a medical condition. This organization accepts donations of both hair and money. Volunteers run fundraisers to offset wig costs.
See also
- Locks of LoveLocks of LoveLocks of Love is a non-profit charity based in the United States. The organization accepts donations of human hair and money, with the stated intention of making wigs for needy children who have lost their hair due to a medical condition in Canada and the USA....
sells donations of untreated hair to raise funds with which to provide synthetic wigs to children suffering from alopeciaAlopeciaAlopecia means loss of hair from the head or body. Alopecia can mean baldness, a term generally reserved for pattern alopecia or androgenic alopecia. Compulsive pulling of hair can also produce hair loss. Hairstyling routines such as tight ponytails or braids may induce Traction alopecia. Both...
. - Sofia's Hair 4 Health provides free hair prostheticsProsthesisIn medicine, a prosthesis, prosthetic, or prosthetic limb is an artificial device extension that replaces a missing body part. It is part of the field of biomechatronics, the science of using mechanical devices with human muscle, skeleton, and nervous systems to assist or enhance motor control...
for cancer patients who have lost their own hair as a result of chemotherapy and cannot afford hair prosthetics on their own. - Little PrincessesLittle PrincessesLittle Princess Trust is a charity in the United Kingdom which supplies and funds high quality wigs made of real hair to children suffering hair loss as a result of cancer treatment....
is a charity in the United Kingdom which supplies and funds high quality wigs made of real hair to children suffering hair loss as a result of cancer treatment. - Pantene Beautiful LengthsPantene Beautiful LengthsPantene Beautiful Lengths is a charity campaign that allows individuals to donate hair for women who have lost their own due to cancer treatment...
is a charity campaign that allows individuals to donate hair for women who have lost their own due to cancer treatment.