Local salon shears students for charity

By Barney Haney
Staff Writer

Stephanie Doun sat wide-eyed and giggled nervously as her friends sat close at her side for moral support while 10 inches of hair were removed from her head.

Scared and happy at the same time, she knew that her donation would mean the world to some young girl.

Doun wasn't alone last night as many female students crowded in Earhart Hall's East Rec Lounge to have their hair snipped for Locks of Love, a non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to children with medically related hair loss.

"I saw the sign last year and said I would do it this year," said Doun, a sophomore in the School of Agriculture.

The last time Doun had a major haircut, it was courtesy of her brother when she was 6 years old.

"We had a going away party for her hair," said Amy Glovier, a sophomore in the School of Consumer and Family Sciences and one of Doun's friends who came to witness the snipping.

Stylists from The Hairman, a West Lafayette salon, cut the students hair for free, if they donated 10 inches.

Jerry O'Bryan, owner of The Hairman, has been working with Locks of Love for the past four years, personally going out and cutting students hair.

This event hits close to home for O'Bryan.

"My wife is a cancer survivor and this is a nice way to make an impact in one evening," said O'Bryan. "It's well worthwhile."

O'Bryan said that it takes around eight girls to donate 10 inches each to make a wig for one little girl and that the price of the wig is between $2,000 and $3,000.

But wigs that will be produced from this event will be given away for free.

O'Bryan added that synthetic wigs usually irritate younger girls and with the heavy price tag, it makes it difficult for them to have the luxury of hair.

"It takes a lot of guts for these girls to donate their hair," said O'Bryan.

Guts and many personal reasons drove these women to donate.

"It's for the kids, and my roommate, because she has been bugging me to do it," said Nicole Mott, a freshman in School of Health Sciences.

Mott said her roommate told her that her current hair length makes her look like she is 12 years old, and complains that she sheds all over their dorm.

Carrie Paulen, a freshman in the School of Science, thought it was a great cause to get her hair cut, even though she was worried about not having a ponytail for quite a while.

Jen Meszaros, a freshman in the Schools of Engineering, was looking for an opportunity to give — and this was it.

"I couldn't give blood because of my tongue ring and with everything going on I wanted to give something," said Meszaros.

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