Three Almaden sisters graciously snip hair for Locks of Love
By Sheila Sanchez
Staff Writer
When their grandfather died of cancer in April of 2000, three Almaden sisters began reflecting on the devastation left by the disease and ways to ease the suffering of its survivors.
Then, in the summer of 2003, Gina Giovannetti, 14, and her two younger siblings, Teresa, 11, and Donna, 7, learned of a friend, Claire Pfeiffer, who had donated her hair to the nonprofit Locks of Love organization. The group provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children who have medical conditions, such as cancer, that cause long-term medical hair loss by using donated hair to Read more...
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