Donating long hair

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I have very long hair (hip length).  I've been growing it for 7 years, and am sick of it.  I would like to get my hair cut short, and would like to donate my hair.  My question is, are there any hair-cutting places in the area that might

a) do a good job and
b) might give me a discount for donating my hair? 

Money's a bit tight right now (as it is for many, I'm sure) and it would be nice to not spend much on this. 

I looked in the old posts under the "hair" tag and didn't find anything that quite answered my question. 

Thanks in advance for your help!

Comments

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Also, (and they may disclose this now, I'm not sure), but the actual hair that is donated isn't used in the actual wigs that go to the children. Those wigs are synthetic (as they should be -- human hair wigs are very difficult to care for and keep clean; synthetic is not). If a donor's hair is long enough and undamaged enough, it gets sold to non-charity wig makers, and the money buys synthetic wigs. Hair that's dyed, processed, too short or distressed in any way gets tossed and nobody wins. So it's really only worth it to donate hair if your hair is in near-perfect, natural condition and long enough. My hair is a cocktail of processing chemicals, so donating money is the way to help instead.