A little magic in the ordeal. This is how the idea of The Magic Yarn Project, a non-profit organization that provides Disney wigs to children who have lost their hair due to chemotherapy.
It was in Palmer, in the state of Alaska (United States), that this great initiative was launched two years ago. It all started when Holly Christensen, a mother of three and an orthopedic nurse with previous oncology work, had the great idea to create a Rapunzel wig for a friend’s daughter who has a Cancer. In order not to attack her fragile scalp, she reproduced the long blonde hair of the Disney heroine with wool, to the delight of the three-year-old girl, now in remission.
4,000 wigs distributed in 29 countries
Touched by the smile of this young patient, Holly offered to help her friends to make other wigs, for other children, before launching an appeal for wool donations on Facebook. Her post quickly went viral and Holly quickly found help as her friend Bree Hitchcock joined her. Together, they set up a crowdfunding campaign before setting up a non-profit organization called The Magic Yarn Project.
Since then, more than 3,000 volunteers have made nearly 4,000 wigs for children from 29 different countries, which feature the hair of Elsa and Anna from Frozen, Ariel the Little Mermaid, Aurora the Beautiful Sleeping Wood, Cinderella or Jack Sparrow from Pirate of the Caribbean. To do this, the project’s website provides tutorials, allowing everyone to make these wigs from a hand-crocheted cap. Among the volunteers? Grandmothers, but also Girl Scouts, soldiers and even American football players from the National Football League. A fine example of solidarity.
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