For a Columbia mother and her two daughters, recent haircuts meant donation to be made into wigs for children in need.
Jo Ellen Carr and her daughters, Annie and Sidney Martin, each clipped their long locks for Wigs for Kids.
Carr said her hair has been long for several years and with the summer heat it was just too hot to keep it. She then decided to cut it even shorter so the hair could be donated and put to good use.
“My youngest daughter, Sidney first learned about the organization Wigs for Kids. They do not charge the families for the wigs,” Carr said.
She said Sidney has donated her hair at least three times, but this is the first time she and Annie donated hair.
Coincidentally, they both had it done on the same day without the other knowing about it. Carr said she normally tells her daughters when she is going to have her hair done but this time she didn’t. She said Annie came to her house that afternoon, and they realized both had received haircuts. It was also then they realized each intended donating their hair.
Several days later Sidney decided it was time to take the plunge again as well.
Carr said she is at the point with the heat where she will probably keep her hair short from here on out.
The requirement for hair donation for Wigs for Kids is at least 12 inches long. The hair is mailed to the company, where it is made into wigs. The average hair replacement system, according the Wigs for Kids website, is $1,800, but the families and children are not charged.
“It makes you feel good to help out a child with no hair. Especially when it takes a long as it does for hair to grow,” Carr said.
Pictured Above: From left, Annie Martin, Jo Ellen Carr and Sidney Martin holds the pieces of their hair that they donated to Wigs for Kids, a charity that helps children going through cancer treatments or other illnesses that cause hair loss. | Photo Submitted
