"Locks of Love" -- EXPOSED!
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Unbelievable. THE most famous "charity" providing wigs to children turns out to be [pick one: a) a serious underperformer, or b) a scam]!
Read this article about "Locks of Love's" activity, large cashflow, how they sell most of the hair they receive, and their paltry accomplishments: http://www.squidoo.com/locksoflove
Referenced in the article was another program that concentrates on providing wigs to women cancer patients.
Compare and contrast, as one of my teachers used to say. http://www.beautifullengths.com/en_US/index_home.jsp
While the latter is clearly good advertising for the main sponsors of the charity, they nonetheless seem to be routing the benefits to where they're needed, and not deceiving anyone as to what happens to their hair, or their contributions. Plus, they accept hair two inches shorter than LoL does.