Donating to Locks of Love
Written by Sofia S. on August 30, 2009 – 2:51 am
Visualution asked:
. Likewise, no persons, places, or organizations mentioned in this video are in no ways affliated with the following artists and their songs: Otonoha – UVERworld Sora to Kujira – Ai Otsuka Hi no Hikari Sae Todokanai (Instrumental) – MYV Please don’t sue the high school/college students who have to pay off eventual college loans. More information about Locks of Love can be found at their website: www.Locksoflove.org Do it for the kids. 
… Locks of Love donation donating kids with cancer …
nice cape cute in it and love the cut
Oh, whatever, nice hair too. lol
She is Filipino, not Japanese. ^^
Asians*
OMG!! her hair! ç.ç noooooooo!!!
T_T So sad!
Japaneses have great hair!
Well, where there’s will, there’s a way. I hope you will find a way to do charitable deeds that actually benefits people. Good luck.
Doesn’t change the fact that I’ll still have no Paypal. 8D Parents don’t trust it, and my parents’ opinion is very important to me.
If you plan donating your hair in 2010, you’re no minor anymore by then, correct?
Well, I doubt they’d buy from me mostly due to the fact that I’ve no Paypal, and that’s how most online transactions work out these days.
Wig makers probably wouldn’t buy hair from, say, a ten year old, but from a teenager, I’m not so sure. Have you asked?
Locks of Love makes a nice profit so there’s no reason for them to change when so many folks are still duped by them. If we’re able raise people’s consciusness about this fraud, maybe the tey’ll change, however I doubt it. They’d probably shut down the whole organization in that case. They haven’t ever given anything for free to anybody, and I see no reason why they would suddenly start a real charity organization.
No, “program expenses” means just that: expenses. Not money given to research or anywhere else. If they’d really give money to research it would’ve been mentioned. Also they would have mentioned whom does the money go to and what kind of research is it exactly. I mean no offence, but your trust for LoL seems to be based on assumptions (”for all we know” etc) rather than facts. If you have proof that LoL gives ANY money to any kind of research, I’d like to see it. I have looked, but found none.
Oop, I meant buy from a minor, haha. Typos make me sad. Charity Navigator states that most of the money goes towards “Program Expenses.” For all we know, that includes the Alopecia research. But I’m not going to donate my hair until two years time. Perhaps the organization would have changed by then. If not, then, oh well. Hopefully Wigs for Kids might reach the 20/20 quota before them. I’m letting time drag out the sentence, because it makes no sense for me to decide now.
Anyway, that’s besides the point. I was talking about selling your hair directly to them so YOU could decide where the money goes, regardless of who gets the hair.
Again, Locks of Love sells 99% of the hair and the 1% that goes to alopecia patients has to be paid by the family. By donating to LoL you’re helping them with their fraud.
So far I’ve given plenty of reasons why LoL is discredited. They get lots of donations, both hair and money, but give away nothing for free and sell 99% of the hair, plus no money given to research despite all the millions they get. If you still don’t elieve LoL is a scam, it’s a matter of not wanting to believe rather than lack of evidence.
According to Charity Navigator, LoL claims that the vast majority of money raised goes to run the organization. Not fulfill the mission, but to pay bills. So clearly it does not go to research. If what LoL says is true that’s incredibly bad management and would render the whole “charity” idea completely useless, but do you really believe that they’d put all that time and effort for nothing? The only reason would be to put the money to their own pockets.
Why wouldn’t professional wig makers sell to a minor if it’s the parents that pay? I haven’t really looked it up, but I can’t see why not. Minors need to get wigs too since they certainly don’t get them from Locks of Love.
Rest assured; I’ll keep up to date on LoL. I’m not planning to donate my hair until September of 2010, right before I go off to college, as per Asian tradition. LoL will be reevaluated by the BBB July 2010, as well as Wigs for Kids. I’ll go for the better of the two. Like I said before, I’d rather have my hair be put to some use rather than rot in the garbage.
I doubt any professional wig makers would sell to a minor who has no previous business experience… or Paypal. Also, how do you know the the money generated doesn’t go to research? (Source?) But overall, I don’t see anything that discredits LoL entirely. Not everyone knows about them, and perhaps if there were a report on how many apply for a hairpiece rather than how many donate, as I’m sure many many many people do, I’d vouch not to donate at all. I still stand by my decision to donate.
I don’t know your situation, but I’m pretty certain there is plenty of things you could do to help people if you just be imaginative and creative. But if you really think that your hair is the only valuable asset you have, why not sell it to an honest commercial wig maker that doesn’t make any BS claims, take the money, and either use it fund your education or give it to a charity that YOU choose instead of letting LoL decide where the money goes.
The money doesn’t go to any research, that’s the problem! Not everyone’s hair is in good condition ofcourse, but certainly more than one percent is. Even if Locks of Love would be a completely honest organization (it’s not, but let’s pretend), what’s the purpose? They sell almost all the hair they get, yet they still cannot give anything for free, not even the remaining 1% of the hair that actually goes for alopecia patients. Surely all those millions they get could serve a better purpose.
I can’t donate blood; that’s the problem. I’m not heavy enough and I’ve been on an anti-diet (trying to gain weight) ever since my childhood. According to my doctor, I’ve a high metabolism. Apparently I’m supposed to be able to gain a little weight everyday if I consume a little over 1400 calories. But according to my calculations, I consume over 2500 calories a day. Still, nada.
(Regrettably, that extra money would go to my college funds even if I could donate.)
So the article basically claims:
A) The hair that turns into money goes towards a search for a cure rather than being processed into a wig.
I believe Ms. Coffman’s quote was basically saying something along the lines that having the money for the research immediately, rather than having to wait for buyers to purchase the unusable hair, would be more favorable. However, donating money, an object, doesn’t give a person the same feeling as donating hair, which is actually an extension of oneself.
Well, earlier in the article, it states the reasons why the hair is thrown out—because it is moldy. Many salons like to dampen hair before cutting, since it’s a popular technique amongst stylists. Also, not everyone’s hair is in good condition. Frayed ends and grey hairs and such. Also, the article claims “Besides paying for wigs, the money goes for overhead and other costs, including grants for alopecia research.”