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One haircut makes two kids
more beautiful.

SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFN4AN

Staff Writer

hen Miriam Liebman walked into Antonino's
Salon in Walled Lake, she \vasn't there just to
get a new hair style for herself, but to help
another child have one as well.
She could have gradually trimmed a little at a time from
her near-waist-length mane to eliminate the shock of a final,
shorter haircut. But then Miriam wouldn't have had the
required 10-inches-or-more
of hair to become a donor
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to Locks of Love, a charity
providing hairpieces to
financially disadvantaged
children with medical hair
loss.
The 12-inch ponytail
stylist Chrissy N1cDuffy
snipped off was sent to the
Palm Springs, Fla., organiza-
tion, where it will be woven with the hair of other donors
to make a wig for another child.
Although Locks of Love accepts hair from adults, too,
Miriam, a 14-year-old ninth-grader at the Jewish Academy
of Metropolitan Detroit, is among the 80 percent of Locks
of Love donors who are children.
Since it vas formed in 1997, the non-profit group has
provided hairpieces to approximately 200 children, with
each wig hand-assembled by volunteers. Each takes four
months to make.
Miriam, it turned out, was not the only generous one
in the shop that afternoon. Miriam's mother Judy said
when she got ready to pay, McDuffy said to her, 'Miriam
is donating the hair, I'll donate the haircut.'" ❑

Students Have 'A Capitol Time

The Michigan Jewish Conference presented "A Capitol Time" in
Lansing on March 6, a youth advocacy day in cooperation wit the
Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit, American Jewish
Committee, Michigan Region and the Anti-Defamation League,
Michigan Region. Young people in seventh, eighth and ninth grades
from Yeshivat Akiva in Southfield, Hillel Day School in Farmington
Hills and Oakland County schools participated.
Lt. Gov. Dick Posthumus greeted the students. The teens sat in on a
Senate session and were formally recognized. David Gubow, assistant

Counterclockwise from top:
Stylist Ch. ris3y McDuS measures out the right
length before cutting Miriam Liebmans tresses.

Miriam Liebman gets ready for her haircut by
Chrissy McDufbi, while friend Pammy Gene, 14,
of West Blooneld offers support.

Miriam Liebman holds- onto her recently cut
ponytail

Miriam Liebman shows off her new, shoulder-
length style.

For guidelines on donating hair or to make a
tax-deductible monetary contribution to Locks
of Love, write to 1640 S. Congress Ave., Suite
104 Palm Springs, FL 33461; call (561) 963-
1677 or toll-free (888) 896-1588; fax (561)
963 9914 or e mail www.locksoflove.com

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clerk of the House of Representatives and
a capitol building tour guide, led the stu-
dents. Gubow, of Huntington Woods,
also made arrangements for them to tour
the House of Representatives.
Teens interested in future youth
advocacy days may contact the
Michigan Jewish Conference, (517)
485-9199.

Birmingham Covington Middle School
students Spencer Hiller and Avie Linden
board the bus for the Lansing trip.

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