Locks of Love

Several years ago, my sister-in-law, Cathy, told me about an organization called Locks of Love. Twice now, she has grown out her beautiful blond hair and then cut it off and donated it.

From the Locks of Love website:

Locks of Love is a public non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada under age 18 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis. We meet a unique need for children by using donated hair to create the highest quality hair prosthetics. Most of the children helped by Locks of Love have lost their hair due to a medical condition called alopecia areata, which has no known cause or cure. The prostheses we provide help to restore their self-esteem and their confidence, enabling them to face the world and their peers.

If you have long hair or if your child is ready to lose the pigtails in lieu of a more grown-up style, keep this organization in mind. What a nice thing to do, and what a difference it can make.

Here are some before and after pictures of Cathy:

~*~*~ May you always remember to dance in the rain, and may you have plenty of ladybugs beside you! ~*~*~

Blessings,

Kat

Good in the News: The Salwens

I try to do what I can to help other people, but even with my big heart, I'm not sure I could make this leap! Bravo and amen to this family for being so kind, so committed and so brave.

Driving through Atlanta one day, Hannah Salwen noticed a luxury car parked next to a homeless man. It struck her that if the owner sold the car, there would be enough money for a less expensive car AND food to feed the hungry man. That's where it began.

But the Salwen family didn't decide to sell their car. They decided to sell their mansion. I know, we all would love to have a mansion to sell... but would we all give half the profit to charity, to the tune of about $800,000 to be donated?

We don't all have a mansion, we don't all have a fancy car, and some of us don't have much at all in the way of "worldly possessions" to donate or sell. But if this family, sparked by a 15-year-old little girl, can make such a big jump, certainly makes me think twice about what I want and what I need. Certainly worth reflecting on, and certainly Good in the News.

Read the full story here: Sale of 1 house will help 30 Villages

~*~*~ May you always remember to dance in the rain, and may you have plenty of ladybugs beside you! ~*~*~

Blessings,
Kat