Hair Donations – DONATE HAIR NOW!
Yes, we are still accepting hair donations!
If you would like to donate hair, please download and fill out the form below. You can then send it in along with your donation.
How to Donate Hair to Help
Children with Hair Loss
Hair Donation Guidelines
Simply have them follow the guidelines below :
- Hair must be clean and dry and must be in a braid or ponytail before it is cut.
- 12 inches measured tip to tip is the minimum length needed, layered
hair is acceptable if the longest layer is 12 inches. - When donating hair by shaving hair off be sure to divide the sections
of hair into braids or ponytails before it is cut off. - We DO NOT accept hair that has been dyed or coloured – we accept
only virgin hair. - We accept grey hair, 12 inches and longer and even hair that had been
cut years ago and stored in either a braid or ponytail. - Hair swept off the floor is not usable.
- We cannot accept hair that had a perm, been bleached or dreadlocks.
- Place hair in a clear plastic bag, and then place in an envelope for
mailing.
We appreciate the generosity of our donors! In order to provide wigs to kids for free, we try to keep costs to a minimum. Our program is run by volunteers and while they do their best to acknowledge contributions, we sometimes fall behind. Please call us if you did not receive one.
If you would simply like to know that your donation has been received, please include an email address in the plastic bag with your donation. Letters are not sent out automatically, so please include a note with your full name and address if you would like one.
Donations can be dropped off in person (Tuesday to Friday 10 am to 5pm or Saturdays 9am to 4pm). Please see address and directions below.
Upon dropping off donations we ask that no photos be taken in our salon to protect our clients privacy.
We do not provide thank you letters on the spot nor do we have official thank you ceremony upon dropping off hair. Thank you for understanding this and for your donation.
Hair Donations at Continental Hair
Around 1995, the Canadian Cancer Society asked me if there was something that could be done with the hair donations that they were receiving. An organization called “Locks of Love” was making wigs for children with Alopecia and many Canadians wanted to help Canadian kids.
Locks of Love is a great organization by the way. I know the driving force behind it, Greg Taylor, who I count as a personal friend as well as a mentor. His organization has helped kids all over the United States and does beautiful work.
But the wigs are vacuum caps designed for kids with complete hair loss. They are not practical for kids that have partial hair loss, or temporary hair loss. What we do is take hair donations and use the hair to make wigs and partials for children with any type of medical hair loss.
The donated hair is sorted and blended and then made into small-cap wigs for children under 12. These are made available free of charge to any Canadian child that needs them. Most of the children come to us through referrals from hospitals. We have some wigs that are here but are also able to make special custom orders for children that need them and are able to wait for a couple of months for them to be made.
A Heartwarming Letter from a Wigs for Kids Recipient
Continental Hair is so proud of our Wigs For Kids program. For over 25 years it has given hundreds of children free wigs with the result that so many are able to enjoy their childhood. And it could never have been done without the fantastic generosity of our thousands of hair donors.
Thank you.
Michael Suba
Continental Hair
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