Trowbridge donates hair to Locks of Love
Published: March 10, 2005
The Locks of Love Program has recently become a selfless way for individuals with long hair to give their shorn tresses away to be made into wigs for children undergoing cancer treatments.
Most often, those donating are women. However, one Williston man also felt the cause merited him going through a dramatic new look.
Byron Trowbridge’s long hair has become a familiar site on one of the five mail routes he covers as a carrier. It is often neatly held together in a pony tail and tucked underneath a hat. He has worked for the Williston Post Office for 8 1/2 years.
Wednesday, Trowbridge left his hair in the hands of hair stylist Renee Smedsrud of Hair Port Salon.
For the past two years, he has grown it out to get it long enough to qualify for the Locks of Love Program. Length must be at least 10 inches to make a wig.
“It always seemed my hair grew fast … I heard about the program on the news and I thought, ‘I might as well.’”
“I donate everything else blood, vegetables from my garden.
“I thought it was kind of neat giving it for cancer kids,” Trowbridge said.
“I’ve been getting it cut for years, and it just goes in the trash. I thought they should get some use of it.”
To complement the new look, he also shaved off his beard and trimmed his mustache.
“It feels good,” Trowbridge said.
Smedsrud said donations for the Locks of Love program are rare. Trowbridge’s cut hair will be sent to Lakeworth, Fla. with three other donations given for Locks of Love since late 2004.
“I just thought it was neat that a man was doing this,” she commented.
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