I recently found out some info about Locks of Love.
Almost none of the hair actually goes to wigs. Most of it is sold and the money is kept by the company. The hair that is used for wigs is primarily given to burn victims and sufferers of alopecia.
I didn’t know this when I donated my hair as do most people who donate to Locks of Love.
More info:
http://www.give.org/reports/care2_dyn.asp?733
Amanda's Life List
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1. write a book and have it published
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2. stop biting my nails
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3. remove the extraneous "like" from my speech...
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4. raise a cultured and well behaved child someday
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5. study abroad
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6. work in a bookstore
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7. never sell out
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8. not be a greedy capitalist
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9. live simply
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10. try absinthe
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11. be a professional photographer
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12. see the world
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13. make a smaller ecological footprint
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14. Become obscenely wealthy while subverting the dominant capitalist paradigm
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15. ask why so many people want to 'have', 'get' and 'buy' instead of 'be', 'do', 'learn' and 'know', and perhaps make a few people stop and think about it
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16. find someone who'll adore me
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17. wander
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18. live instead of exist
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19. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
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20. move to europe
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21. get all the tattoos i want
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22. meet more people
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23. own a hybrid car
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24. become fluent in french
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25. find true love
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26. save a life
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27. keep my sense of wonder
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28. be independently wealthy
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29. get out of the suburbs
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30. write more letters
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31. see a ballet in New York City
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32. learn to play moonlight sonata
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33. be happy
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34. travel to Finland
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35. take a cruise to Alaska
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36. learn to shoot a gun
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Recent entries
Some info for people considering donating:
3 years ago
FUCKING AMAZING.
3 years ago
Saw them at Bamboozle, going to the two NYC shows on June 22nd&23rd.
So amazing live, as expected.
Love those boys<3
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3 years ago
Everyone has their bad days and their good days.
But for the most part, I accept myself and love myself the way I am. Seeing people obsess over the way they look makes me sad sometimes, espcially because many of my friends are like that. I suppose it’s normal for teenage girls, but I wish they would just see that they are beautiful the way they are.
