Brian Blanchard does NOT collect hair for use in his premium-quality wigs.  However, Brian is happy to refer anyone willing to donate their hair to a good cause to Locks of Love, a public non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children under age 18 suffering from long-term illnesses.  Please visit http://www.locksoflove.org for more information.

Pantene, the well-known maker of hair care products, is also embarking upon a program to collect hair for cancer patients’ wigs.  This program, called the Beautiful Lengths Program, has received some recognition recently when Hillary Swank, the Oscar-Winning star of Million Dollar Baby, decided to donate her hair through this program.  

• ESCONDIDO: Hair salon raises funds to battle breast cancer (North County Times)

  ESCONDIDO ---- At a busy children's hair salon in Escondido on Sunday, a closeknit group of women came together for a seventh year to raise funds for the fight against breast cancer. "We know one of us could be next," Delores Zamora, owner of Kids Ku

• [title of show] Gals to Head to the Chatterbox Aug. 21 (Playbill)

  The weekly live talk show, which includes interviews and performances from Broadway stars, is held at 6 PM at the New York cabaret Don't Tell Mama. There is a $10 donation and a two-drink minimum.

• Dragon Boat Festival provides more than $202,000 to hospital (The Peterborough Examiner)

  By SARAH DEETH Examiner Staff Writer Radiant smiles and bright-pink boas were abundant as members of the Survivors Abreast dragon-boat team and officials from the Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) crowded outside the hospital?s Breast Assessment Centre to announce a $202,966.65 donation to the centre from this year?s [...]

• Hair shows they care (Appeal-Democrat)

  Rylee Marker, 7, was excited as she was moved from her wheelchair to the hair salon chair Thursday at Hair Odysseys in Yuba City. She was about to have her longer than waist-length auburn hair cut off for the Locks of Love program.

• Things to do in the Midlands (The State)

  AUDITIONS COLUMBIA CITY BALLET II: Auditions will be held 1 p.m. Saturday at the Columbia Conservatory of Dance, 1545 Main St. $10 audition fee. Ages 10 and older. Dancers with at least one year pointe experience should bring their pointe shoes to the audition. Women should wear black leotards, pink tights, lip and cheek color with light eye shadow and hair pulled back in a slick, ...

• 9-year-old donates to Locks of Love (The Shelby Star)

  Nine-year-old Mikayla Creswell never thought about cutting her beautiful long hair until she started having headaches. "I've had long hair since I was little," Mikayla said. "It just kept growing. When I would go swimming I would get a headache."

• OLYMPIC TICKER: Michael Phelps: a Lindsay Lohan fan? (Detroit Free Press)

  It's the second week of the Olympics, and George Bush is gone. So we're down to Billy Bush of "Access Beijing." Uh, Hollywood. Anyway, the show sought to update its Michael Phelps story from the Athens Olympics, when it asked him which celeb he'd most like to meet.

• Cutting off 10 inches of hair! (WTSP - Tampa Bay's 10 News)

  Today is the fourth annual Locks of Love day, where you can cut your hair for a cause. One brave volunteer came to the 10 News studios to chop off 10 inches of hair.