With one quick snip, girl donates hair to worthy cause
Published: June 5, 2007
Alyssa Kozak will be saving her parents Bonnie and Rex some money on shampoo this summer.
The will-be seventh grader had her long blonde locks lopped off Monday morning for the American Cancer Society’s Locks of Love charity.
The 12-year-old had not had a significant hair cut in eight years, she said, although she tried to remain calm beforehand.
In the end, what needed to be 10 inches of donated hair, per the Locks of Love rules, Kozak gave 11 inches.
For Kozak, the most difficult part of the process was deciding bangs, or no bangs.
“I’m fine with this. It just makes less work for me,” said Bonnie, who accompanied her daughter to Tropical Tans Salon in Marshalltown.
Bonnie said she planned to send a letter with the hair, hoping for a reply detailing how the Locks of Love process works.
Hair stylist Tammy Mohon said in her four years at the salon this cut was one of few she has had the privilege to take part in.
“People just don’t want to cut off all their hair,” she joked.
Kozak’s inspiration came from the fund raising and preparations the Main Street Dance Academy — of which she is a member — has been putting forth for this month’s Relay for Life.
When it was all over, Kozak’s eight years of growth left her as much hair as she wanted — just below her ears.
Kozak agreed the new do will be nice this summer at the aquatic center.
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