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ever heard of locks of love?
missioncontrol:
very cool... I've only heard good things about locks of love
shardian:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on July 09, 2007, 09:04:40 am ---
A company can be a charity, by law, if they donate a certain minimum percentage of their profits to charity and document it for tax puposes. They are not nonprofits, obviously, but the percentage can be as low as like 10-15% I think in some states. There are quite a few in MA of those "we'll take your junk cars for charity" companies that if you look into them are really scrap operations that donate a little to the United Way or something like that. There is one by my house that really goes to effort to hide the profit part, too, and only takes running cars, boats, etc. They do a huge business.
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I hope you aren't as cynical around your kids as you are here. My dad was a cynical bastard and it has taken years to get to where I don't think everything is "rigged", or "trying to screw the white man". ::)
Malenko:
locks of love is legit, have been around for about 10 years now. Any and all sales from hair under 10 inches in length are used to cover the cost of the production of the prostheses. They even post the scan of their 990 form on line
I get no compensation for donating my hair (I dont even think I get a tax write off) but it feels good to selflessly help children especially those in the unique situation that they are in.
dyed hair is accepted, bleached hair is not. they have a fairly detailed FAQ online about whats accepted.
shardian:
--- Quote from: Malenko on July 09, 2007, 10:36:05 am ---locks of love is legit, have been around for about 10 years now. Any and all sales from hair under 10 inches in length are used to cover the cost of the production of the prostheses. They even post the scan of their 990 form on line
I get no compensation for donating my hair (I dont even think I get a tax write off) but it feels good to selflessly help children especially those in the unique situation that they are in.
dyed hair is accepted, bleached hair is not. they have a fairly detailed FAQ online about whats accepted.
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Well you got a free haircut, didn't you? ;) ;D
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: shardian on July 09, 2007, 10:05:31 am ---I hope you aren't as cynical around your kids as you are here. My dad was a cynical bastard and it has taken years to get to where I don't think everything is "rigged", or "trying to screw the white man". ::)
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I never said Locks of Love is not legit and in fact did say I had been considering donating my hair to them.
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