How To Donate Hair to WIGS FOR KIDS

This is how I packaged and mailed my hair to WIGS FOR KIDS.
Wigs For Kids is a nonprofit organization that helps children experiencing hair loss stemming from chemotherapy, radiation therapy, alopecia, trichotillomania, burns, and other medical causes. Stylists and regular people just like you work together to give recipients the self-esteem and self-image they deserve. Wigs of real hair are very expensive, and they will do this for a child at no cost.

Measuring and Cutting Your Hair Donation

Hair donations must be a minimum of 12 inches

Follow these measuring tips:

Grow ponytails 14+ inches to have the most impact on a child in need.
Pull curly hair straight for a more accurate measurement.
Start the measuring tape at the start of the ponytail.
Stop measuring where the ponytail starts to thin due to layers or split ends.
Hair donations must be clean and stored/packaged completely dry.

Wet hair will mold in shipping and will be thrown away.
Hair donations cannot be permed, color-treated, or highlighted.

Temporary coloring or highlights that wash out are acceptable but must be completely washed out before cutting. Gray hair is accepted.
Tie hair into at least four sections (six are even better) around the head for a more generous donation.

Hair that is pulled into one ponytail or braid results in a loss of up to four inches of hair. To section ponytails:
Make a center part
Starting from this center part, part the hair over the top of each ear. This will create four sections of hair
To create four ponytails:

Tie the hair in front of each ear into ponytails, and then tie the hair behind each ear into ponytails.
Make sure each ponytail or braid is tightly secured. Hair that is loosely wrapped tends to become loose during shipping, making it unusable.
PLEASE be sure hair is tight and secured with several rubber bands 2-3 inches apart.
Cut hair above the rubber band and seal it securely.

Seal all dry ponytails in a Ziploc bag.
Place Ziploc bag along with Hair Donation form and barcode/ID number in a sealed envelope addressed to:

Wigs For Kids — Hair Donations
24231 Center Ridge Road
Westlake, Ohio 44145