Fundraising Stories

Our Holiday Campaign, the Many Faces of Joy, is underway and over 120 stylists have already signed up to participate! Please visit one of the participating salons in your area to help bring joy and confidence to children in need this holiday season. Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa […]

We are excited to share the launch of our holiday campaign, The Many Faces of Joy. We are asking our partner stylists to consider joining us for this campaign – our goal is to enlist 150 stylists/salons to participate and to raise a minimum of $20,000. Wigs for Kids strives to help children to feel […]

Last summer, Lisa Nikitina interned at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where she studied the complexities of cancer. The experience so moved her that after she donated her own hair, she felt inspired to play an even more active role in the cause. She decided to bring her community together and organized a Cut-A-Thon in […]

Crossed Oak Havens recently hosted their 4th Annual Wigs for Kids Benefit. This annual event is held in Kissimmee, FL and it includes a Cut-A-Thon, silent auction, raffle items, and cookie sales. Thank you to the organizer, Patti Sarver, hair donors, and attendees who support this annual fundraiser. Their efforts resulted in donated hair and […]

Mariah has been a long-time hair donor for Wigs for Kids and wanted to make an even greater impact with her gift of hair. She created the Hair Heart Project to raise awareness about making a hair donation and the requirements to be a donor. She successfully gathered seven of her friends to donate their […]

On a recent warm Saturday 175 children and their families gathered for the annual John Seidler Memorial Kids Triathlon in Granger, IN.  The children participated in running, biking and swimming to complete their competition. Wigs For Kids was the beneficiary of this year’s annual fundraiser. Many attendees joined in the fun for hair braiding and […]

We are pleased to announce that KeraFactor, an innovator in skin and hair care solutions, is generously donating a portion of all September sales to support Wigs For Kids! We thank them for helping us provide hand-tied hairpieces to children experiencing medical hair loss at no cost to families in need. If you are a […]

First graders at Goldwood Elementary School are making an impact. They have taken on the challenge of becoming heroes for Wigs For Kids. Each child is raising funds by completing their own activity, it can be chores, lemonade stands – whatever they choose. They are doing this in honor of 9/11 and to recognize the […]

For the past two years, Erinn Lampert from Mario’s Hairstyling & Barber (Brunswick, OH) has organized and co-hosted a Cut-A-Thon and fundraiser along with Saint Ambrose Parish in Brunswick, OH. Erinn is a Hair Donation Specialist for Wigs For Kids, a stylist who harvests ponytails from generous donors to be used in our hand-tied hairpieces for children […]