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We are full of joy to share a story from donor Lauren MacKenzie from Waxhaw, North Carolina. Thank you, Lauren for your sweet story and your heart for Wigs For Kids! My name is Lauren, and I am a 24-year-old third grade teacher. I’ve donated my hair to Wigs For Kids five times (first time […]

Today we’re thrilled to share an extra special story, thanks to Narmadha Krishnan from Ooty, India! Narmadha has always received compliments on her silky, straight hair, even with never having straightened or colored it. But more than compliments, she loved when kids would notice her hair or ask to play with it. After seeing a […]

Our team was grateful for the opportunity to work with Caroline Enos, Globe Correspondent at the Boston Globe for the piece titled, “Cutting your hair at home amid coronavirus? Those locks could help a child cancer patient in need.” 

Wigs For Kids aiming to unite the community in challenging times by offering a dollar-for-dollar match fundraiser in the Double Your Impact campaign.  Wigs For Kids, the first and oldest hair donation nonprofit serving children experiencing medical-related hair loss in the United States, has launched its Double Your Impact campaign that will run through Aug. […]

Wigs For Kids works with incredible, community-minded partners across the country, like Crave Naturals. This Crave Naturals team donates to Wigs For Kids—with every brush sold.  We asked Crave Natural’s founder and president Kristen Heaton about why she chose Wigs For Kids, and here’s what she shared:

One of the most active areas at Wigs for Kids (WFK) is our mailroom, where we receive five to fifteen bins of mail daily—not including daily deliveries from FedEx and UPS. Although most of our donations come from within the United States, we also receive donations from all over the world including Greece, Japan, Australia, […]

Service Provider partner Shares Chloe-Joy’s  Experience Our Wigs For Kids (WFK) team and Service Provider salons receive daily questions about the process of a child receiving a hand-tied, custom hairpiece. Do recipients look through magazines and submit a cut they want? Do they tell you where they want their hair parted? Or, does each recipient […]

Nicole and Son Kian Donate Hair in Honor Friend Our friend, Nicole, wrote to us to share the story of donating her hair in honor of her best friend. This story is sure to touch your heart – it certainly touched ours. By guest blogger, Nicole Pearson My son, Kian, and I donated our hair […]

Today’s feature is a donation story from our friend, Jade – a new mom with a huge heart for giving. We hope you enjoy her story as much as we did! Written by hair donor, Jade Cook-Shankman After eight years of waiting I finally became a mom for the first time on September 20, 2019. […]