Gift to Locks of Love
Published: May 7, 2008
On April 27, 2008 Kayla Griego, age 10, of Eagle Point, fulfilled one of her dreams. After waiting for about a year to get her hair cut, she walked into Cost Cutters on Delta Waters Road where Carrie was waiting to give her a hair cut.
This was not to be just any hair cut. Kayla’s hair was below her waist. The fourth grader at Little Butte School had made the decision. She wanted her hair cut and donated to “Locks of Love,” a non-profit organization that provides hair pieces to financially disabled youth under the age of 18. These children suffer from major medical issues on a long term basis with subsequent loss of hair.
The mission of “Locks of Love” is to return a sense of self confidence and normalcy to children who have lost their hair by utilizing donated hair to provide the highest quality hair prosthetics.
Carrie cut 11 inches off Kayla’s hair and still left it at a nice length. From the smile on Kayla’s face, one can tell that she has done something she really wanted to do. When asked why she did it, she said, “I wanted to give a little girl a wig made with my hair so she would not have to have people see her bald. Because people can make you feel bad if you look different.” When asked if she could do it again, she said “Hmmm, maybe.”
“You have something to be proud of,” said her great- grandmother, Dona Spence. “All it takes is one person to make a difference and you have certainly made someone feel special. ”
Kayla is the daughter of April Crowder. Her grandmother is Susan Wickersham and her great-grandmother is Dona Spence, all are Eagle Point residents. Her mother felt it would be too emotional to watch the locks being cut, according to her great-grandmother, so her grandmother and great-grandmother accompanied her to the appointment.
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