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Locks of Love Event Raises 166 Inches of Hair

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Contributed by: Karen Kelly on 8/15/2008

Island Images Professional Photography Studio, Inc. and Christanna's Salon & Day Spa in Vero Beach recently held a "hair-raising" event, collecting hair donations to benefit Locks of Love.

This event was held on Monday, August 11th at Christanna's Salon & Day Spa in Vero Beach. Salon owner, Nancy Demeter, and three of her talented hairstylists, Jolene Grant, Dee Kimberlin, and Crystal Stokes donated their time, not to just cut the hair of 10 generous donors, but also transform their looks, all to benefit a very worthy cause. Additional hair donations were also received at the event, which brought the number of donated ponytails to 13, totaling166 inches of hair. The longest single ponytail donated at Christanna's was over 18 inches!

The reasons for giving their hair varied for each person who donated. Berit Fagan of Vero Beach, who donated 11 inches of hair, explained "I started growing my hair (to donate to Locks of Love) when a friend's daughter was diagnosed with cancer. Unfortunately she is no longer with us and I wanted to do this to honor her."

Each person was delighted with their new look and it was obvious they were happy to be able to help the Locks of Love organization.

Photographer, J. Scott Kelly, along with his wife Karen, of Island Images, coordinated this event after their daughter, Kaila, donated 13 inches of her hair to Locks of Love. According to Scott, "I look for ways to use my photographic talents to help various charitable organizations in the community. After our experience donating to Locks of Love, we thought this event would be the perfect way to do both." Present at the event, Scott donated his time and photographic talent to capture every inch of hair donated and is providing a complementary collection print of each donor's haircut experience, which each participant will receive as a special keepsake of their generosity.

These generous donations should go a long way in helping the not-for-profit organization in providing custom vacuum-fitted hairpieces to those who suffer from permanent hair loss.

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