Sofia's Hair 4 Health

Sofia's Hair 4 Health

Sofia’s Hair 4 Health is a charity organization that provides free hair prostheses for cancer patients who have lost their own hair as a result of chemotherapy and cannot afford hair prostheses of their own. [cite web
last = Connor
first = Tracy
title = Big Town, Big Heart
publisher = New York Daily News
date = March 3, 2007
url = http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/03/03/2007-03-03_keeping_a_promise_society_hairdresser_ma-2.html
accessdate = April 28
accessyear = 2007] [cite web
last = Santucci
first =Christina
title =Gift of Hair from Valentin
publisher = The Queens Courier
date = April 5, 2007
url = http://www.queenscourier.com/articles/2007/04/05/news/news08.txt/
accessdate = April 28
accessyear = 2007] [cite web
last = Terrazano
first =Lauren
title =Life with cancer
publisher = Newday
date = January 2, 2007
url = http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-hscol0103,0,4641365.column?coll=ny-health-utility/
accessdate = April 28
accessyear = 2007]

The campaign's initiator, New York City hairdresser Rodolfo Valentin founded this organization in the memory of his mother Sofia, who died from breast cancer.The hair designer, only wants to see many more smiling faces while improving their health and enhancing their appearance.Nominations can originate from the person's own application, his or her friends, family members or medical caretakers.Applicants must currently be under treatment and suffering hair loss due to treatments.

External links

* [http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/all_page?item_id=225865 The leukemia and lymphoma society]
* [http://rodolfovalentin.com/Sofia/sofias_hair_4_health.htm Sofia Hair 4 Health] Official Site
* [http://nymag.com/listings/beauty/rodolfo-valentin/index.html/ Testimonials] New York Magazine
* [http://hairprostheses.com/images/SELF_MAGAZINE_ARTICLE_2004.jpg/ Breast Cancer Handbook]

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