WMUL to host 'Hair from the Herd'
Collin Williams
Issue date: 4/16/08 Section: News
Marshall's student radio station is teaming up with the Huntington School of Beauty Culture to host its first "Hair from the Herd" event.
The event is intended to collect hair from individuals for the non-profit organization
Locks of Love.
"We wanted to figure out a way how we could promote something good on campus," said Melissa Marecki, promotions director at WMUL-FM. "We saw other events such as relay for life happen and we did a lot of research on this organization and really liked them a lot."
Locks of Love was established in 1998 and provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children under the age of 18 that suffer from long-term medical hair loss conditions.
Most of the children who receive hair donations suffer from a disorder called alopecia areata. The disorder shuts down all hair follicles. Other conditions could be hereditary, cancerous, burns or other dermatological factors that have resulted in permanent hair loss.
Staff on WMUL-FM felt this would be an informative event as well as a good cause.
"We believe as a non-commercial station we have a duty to kind of inform people about things other than radio," said Meghan Sellards, station manager at WMUL-FM. "So this, without a doubt, was something that we wanted to do the most."
The event will take place on Thursday outside the Memorial Student Center if the weather permits from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Six beauticians from the Huntington School of Beauty Culture will be in attendance to collect the hair donations. The haircuts are completely free.
It takes a minimum of 10 inches for Locks of Love to make the wigs. "If you get between five and nine inches they'll sell it to offset the cost of the wigs which cost about three thousand dollars per wig," Sellards said.
Hair that has been bleached or highlighted cannot be used. Curly hair, permed hair or hair that has been darkened will be fine.
Sellards wishes to see this event become the beginning of a tradition on campus. "We really hope we can make this an annual thing," Sellards said. "I'm really big on non-profits and I think Locks of Love is a fantastic organization, it's targeted at low income families and it's a great feeling to see a change of expression to have hair."
For more information on the event contact Meghan Sellards at (304) 696-2295 or stop by the WMUL-FM office.
Collin Williams can be contacted at williams219@marshall.edu.
The event is intended to collect hair from individuals for the non-profit organization
Locks of Love.
"We wanted to figure out a way how we could promote something good on campus," said Melissa Marecki, promotions director at WMUL-FM. "We saw other events such as relay for life happen and we did a lot of research on this organization and really liked them a lot."
Locks of Love was established in 1998 and provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children under the age of 18 that suffer from long-term medical hair loss conditions.
Most of the children who receive hair donations suffer from a disorder called alopecia areata. The disorder shuts down all hair follicles. Other conditions could be hereditary, cancerous, burns or other dermatological factors that have resulted in permanent hair loss.
Staff on WMUL-FM felt this would be an informative event as well as a good cause.
"We believe as a non-commercial station we have a duty to kind of inform people about things other than radio," said Meghan Sellards, station manager at WMUL-FM. "So this, without a doubt, was something that we wanted to do the most."
The event will take place on Thursday outside the Memorial Student Center if the weather permits from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Six beauticians from the Huntington School of Beauty Culture will be in attendance to collect the hair donations. The haircuts are completely free.
It takes a minimum of 10 inches for Locks of Love to make the wigs. "If you get between five and nine inches they'll sell it to offset the cost of the wigs which cost about three thousand dollars per wig," Sellards said.
Hair that has been bleached or highlighted cannot be used. Curly hair, permed hair or hair that has been darkened will be fine.
Sellards wishes to see this event become the beginning of a tradition on campus. "We really hope we can make this an annual thing," Sellards said. "I'm really big on non-profits and I think Locks of Love is a fantastic organization, it's targeted at low income families and it's a great feeling to see a change of expression to have hair."
For more information on the event contact Meghan Sellards at (304) 696-2295 or stop by the WMUL-FM office.
Collin Williams can be contacted at williams219@marshall.edu.
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