Girl donating hair for fundraiser
Published: April 27, 2007
The last time Valerie Koutsoulis cut her hair, she was 4.
“I found her in the bathroom with a set of scissors, hacking away,” said her mother, Katie Koutsoulis.
The next time Valerie, a third-grader at Kohl Open School, gets her hair cut will be at an April 21 fundraiser benefiting Locks of Love. Valerie said she hopes to donate her hair and raise money for the nonprofit organization that provides hairpieces to disadvantaged children experiencing medical hair loss.
“I’m a kid, and so it’s really easy for me to imagine someone in school walking around bald,” said Valerie, 8. “And they probably would get picked on by a lot of the kids. I thought, if they got wigs, then that would help them get their self-esteem back.”
The Spa at Southern Exposure, 2323 Pacific Ave., is donating haircuts to Valerie and as many as 24 other people who want to donate their long hair April 21.
Donated hair should be at least 10 inches long.
Valerie also is seeking checks to send to the nonprofit. They should be made out to Locks of Love.
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