Today the Department of Awesomely Good Deeds salutes Holly Christensen, a former oncology nurse and the mother of three kids, who founded an awesome group called The Magic Yarn Project. Volunteer members crochet special wigs modeled after the fancy hair of Disney princesses for children battling cancer. Chemotherapy often causes patients’ scalps to be too sensitive for traditional wigs, so the group uses special “baby” yarn that’s extra soft to crochet beanies that are then transformed into storybook braids and tresses.
Christensen made her first princess wig last year for Lily, a friend’s almost 3-year-old daughter who’d been diagnosed with lymphoma:
“I knew she would be going through a difficult time, and that no one would be able to take her suffering away. I also knew that losing her long, curly blonde hair at not even 3 years old would be difficult for her, so I figured that the yarn wig could help bring a little magic and fun to a difficult time in her life.”
Lily loved her wig so much that Christensen and her partner Bree Hitchcock took their idea to Facebook and began The Magic Yarn Project. Hundreds of people have contacted them interested in donating materials, crochet skills, and their time.
If you’d like to participate, the group has set up a GoFundMe page for donations. You can also get involved via the The Magic Yarn Project website.
[via Fashionably Geek and Babble]
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