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A 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to girls & women battling alopecia & any form of hair loss🌻🧑🏼‍🦲💘👩🏼‍🦰

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a quick semester rewind🏈🍁🌻🐏

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Such a fun day supporting @creating.sunshinee and playing PICKLEBALL! 🍂

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Repping @creating.sunshinee on a Friday.

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A former student from my student teaching and field experience days has been working on alopecia awareness after experiencing it herself. Picked up some merch today from her to support her ongoing efforts. You're a rockstar, Wesley! (and a wizard, @wesley.rae.21 )

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In honor of September being alopecia awareness month, I'm SO excited to announce the start of my nonprofit, @creating.sunshinee. When I lost all my hair to alopecia a few months ago, I took to social media to spread my story and ask for help. In the span of a few days I saw a community of people from all over the world pour out so much love and support- from personal stories battling alopecia, to those undergoing hair loss from chemotherapy, to those simply willing to listen. I discovered how so many people from all aspects of my life became my ray of sunshine. Therefore, I knew I wanted to create that same sunshine for others, especially for young girls and women struggling with the physical and mental effects of alopecia.

When I first lost all my hair, I struggled to find any type of wig to wear on a day to day basis. I commonly ran into the issues of the wigs not coming in red hair, being uncomfortable, looking very fake/too short, and most of all expensive. On average, a quality wig tends to cost roughly a thousand dollars. Insurance companies don’t cover anything regarding wigs since it's thought to be a “cosmetic necessity” rather than a “medical necessity.” Therefore, I decided to start creating my own. With the help of @abby.terbest, we started to create wigs in hats that were both comfortable, realistic, and most importantly affordable. With the help of @creating.sunshinee, I hope to get all different types of wigs out to women and young girls battling alopecia, chemotherapy, etc for free. Most importantly, I hope to spread alopecia awareness out to the world💘👩🏼‍🦰🌻 #alopeciaawareness

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