Locks of Love: How One Mother Built a Hair Donation Nonprofit

About this episode

Madonna Coffman shares her journey of creating Locks of Love after her daughter experienced hair loss.

On this episode of Our American Stories, Madonna Coffman had already experienced hair loss once as a young woman. Years later, when her four-year-old daughter began losing her hair, she didn’t need a diagnosis to know what was coming or how difficult it would be. What she couldn’t find was something designed for a child trying to live a normal life, so she set out to create it herself. That effort became  Locks of Love . Support the show ( https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate) Support the show: https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Guest: Madonna Coffman

Topics covered

• hair donation
• nonprofit
• motherhood
• childhood illness
• personal story

Keywords

• hair loss
• nonprofit organization
• donation
• mother
• child

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Locks of Love

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