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Fundraiser held to purchase wigs for sick kids
When Becca Sanford was a stylist, cutting hair for the Locks of Love program, she had an idea.
It was great to participate in the program that allows people to donate their hair to make wigs for children with cancer, but was there something missing?
Do all the kids who need wigs have the money to get the wigs?
And what about those kids who lost their hair from other causes.
Sanford did some research and found all those needs were unmet, so she started a foundation, Hair for Kids.
The foundation raises money to pay for the human-hair wigs for children who have host hair due to cancer, alopecia, burns or even had their head shaved by a brother playing with dad’s clippers.
“Not to be normal is not easy for a kid,” said Sanford, owner and operator of Becca’s 3700 Hair Studio in Kettering.
On Saturday, Nov. 14, Sigma Phi Gamma International Sorority will hold a fundraising dinner and auction, featuring gift baskets to benefit Hair for Kids. Sanford is a member of the sorority.
The wigs are costly. The wig alone can cost $1,000 retail, but there are fittings and customization. Anything that involves hairstyling or cosmetic labor comes from Sanford donating her time and skill.
Sanford has been in the hair business for 38 years. Originally focusing on hairstyling alone, she has evolved into a full-scale styling and wig businesss.
The name of the foundation is intentionally specific. It’s hair for kids, not wigs.
“Wigs has a faux paux to it,” she said. “You think of what your grandma work in the 70s.”
It’s not always an easy job. She has to go to the cancer unit at Children’s Medical Center often and it is “heartwrenching.” But heartwarming are the results.
“Rarely do I not cry,” she said. “I’m happy I can help them, but it tears you up to see them go through it.”
The Nov. 14 fundraising dinner also will benefit Pals for Life, a breast cancer support group. The group also purchases wigs for cancer patients, but also pays for mammograms, prosthetic bras and other items.
Once, a 28-year-old woman came to Sanford’s shop shortly after being diagnosed with breast cancer. She had long hair, halfway down her back, that she would go on to lose in chemotherapy.
“Don’t worry, we’ll get you hair and hair like this,” Sanford.
She was able to keep her promise as Pals for Life purchased her a wig.
How to go
Basket Auction Dinner for Hair for Kids Fund
Faith Lutheran Church, 3315 Martel Dr., TOWN
Tickets for the turkey or ham dinner are $14.
They can be purchased in advance or at the door, but please call ahead if you are planning to attend so organizers can prepare for enough people.
You may attend the auction only without purchasing a dinner ticket.
Call 239-0659 or 298-9222.
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