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Making a Difference: Making A Difference: Rio Spa and Salon Annual Cut-a-Thon for Locks of Love
Surviving the normal trials and tribulations of childhood is hard enough, but dealing with every day pressures while also managing an illness that causes complete hair loss can be almost too much to bear. Locks of Love, a national non-profit organization that collects donated hair to create custom high-end hairpieces, seeks to add hope and confidence into the lives of those children suffering from hair loss. A local spa, touched by the mission, went above and beyond to collect hair for this worthy cause.
The Rio Spa & Salon in August collected over 50 ponytails at its Fourth Annual Cut-A-Thon to benefit Locks of Love. Smiling and visibly excited to donate their luscious locks, more than 20 guests young and old turned up for the event. As if this beautiful display of generosity wasn’t enough an additional donor, heartened by the contribution of the other participants, was moved to visit the salon the next day, donating 29 inches of hair. The majority of recipients of the donated hair are children suffering from cancer in addition to other disorders, the most common being alopecia areata, which has no known cause or cure.
“The annual Locks of Love cut-a-thon is our team’s favorite day of the year,” said Sparkle Drebert, Rio Spa & Salon manager. “It’s amazing to see all the participants donating their hair to such a great cause as well as to watch how excited they are about their new looks.” For more information on Locks of Love, visit www.locksoflove.org.
