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Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow: Susan Kramer Gives Locks of Love
Susan Kramer, before Susan Kramer, after
Susan Kramer, Campaign Director for Women at the Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado, took it all off this week, that is, she cut off fourteen inches off of her long, lovely curls and donated her hair to Locks of Love.

Locks of Love is a non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children under the age of eighteen, who are suffering from long-term medical hair loss. Locks of Love meets a unique need for children throughout the United States 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 help to restore their self-esteem and their confidence, enabling them to face the world and their peers.

Says Susan: "I got the idea when a friend of mine, Carol Ward, arrived at shul one day with a haircut...actually twelve inches of a haircut. She told me she cut it for Locks of Love, an organization that provides free wigs for children who are balding due to disease. I thought, what an easy mitzvah...grow your hair and cut it so a young child can have hair. That was two years ago. Today, between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, I cut my hair for Locks of Love. It feels good to give away my hair to help someone else out. Maybe I'll start growing it back today."

Susan isn't alone in truncating her tresses for charity. Diana Duffy, Federation's graphic designer, donated her hair to Locks of Love in August.

You can contact Locks of Love through their website, http://www.LocksofLove.org. To find out more about alopecia, visit the National Alopecia Areata Foundation.
Susan Kramer (l.) and Diana Duffy (r.),
showing off their new 'dos.