Starr Kramer, 11 year old, a veteran. She donated 18 inches of her blond tresses to Locks of Love and sponsored by Fringe beauty salon in downtown Decatur. Rhonda Kramer, her mother said she also donated about the same amount of hair at age of 7.

Last year, Kaitlin Powell donated hair about 13½ inches. They weren’t alone as more than a dozen participated in donation to help others.

Locks of Love, a non-profit organization provides hairpieces to help children under 18 who are suffering from long term hair loss due to medical reasons.

Motorcyclist Patty Costley was also one of the donors of hair to Locks of Love, she’d done so many years ago. Costley said “Everybody says it’s healthy hair.” Costley as stylist Randi Hickman measured how much shorter her hair would be with 10 less inches.

Locks of Love, donation guidelines accepts hair from 6 to 10 inches in length which isn’t used to create the free hairpieces to help reduce costs. The 10 inches donations are used in creating hairpieces for children who has hair loss medical conditions.