Brigham Young University students donate to Locks of Love

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Students participate in the Locks of Love event at Brigham Young University's Wilkinson Student Center Terrace Wednesday March 26, 2014. The Center for Service and Learning at Brigham Young University teamed up with Renaissance Academie Cosmetology and Esthetics for their biannual Locks of Love event. Female BYU students can donate their hair to disadvantaged children who suffer from medical-related hair loss.

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Some the cut and donated hair at Brigham Young University's Wilkinson Student Center Terrace Wednesday March 26, 2014. The Center for Service and Learning at Brigham Young University teamed up with Renaissance Academie Cosmetology and Esthetics for their biannual Locks of Love event. Female BYU students can donate their hair to disadvantaged children who suffer from medical-related hair loss.

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McKinlee Winterton cuts Jessica Allee's hair at Brigham Young University's Wilkinson Student Center Terrace Wednesday March 26, 2014. The Center for Service and Learning at Brigham Young University teamed up with Renaissance Academie Cosmetology and Esthetics for their biannual Locks of Love event. Female BYU students can donate their hair to disadvantaged children who suffer from medical-related hair loss.

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BYU freshman Melissa Smith has ten inches of her hair cut off by Erika Blanchard and Kori Frank at Brigham Young University's Wilkinson Student Center Terrace Wednesday March 26, 2014. The Center for Service and Learning at Brigham Young University teamed up with Renaissance Academie Cosmetology and Esthetics for their biannual Locks of Love event. Female BYU students can donate their hair to disadvantaged children who suffer from medical-related hair loss.

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BYU junior Jessica Theriault, front, has her hair cut by Marilyn Recinos as BYU freshman Wynne Fuller has her hair cut by Bronwyn Haws at Brigham Young University's Wilkinson Student Center Terrace Wednesday March 26, 2014. The Center for Service and Learning at Brigham Young University teamed up with Renaissance Academie Cosmetology and Esthetics for their biannual Locks of Love event. Female BYU students can donate their hair to disadvantaged children who suffer from medical-related hair loss.

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BYU junior Jessica Theriault, left, has her hair cut by Marilyn Recinos as BYU freshman Wynne Fuller has her hair cut by Bronwyn Haws at Brigham Young University's Wilkinson Student Center Terrace Wednesday March 26, 2014. The Center for Service and Learning at Brigham Young University teamed up with Renaissance Academie Cosmetology and Esthetics for their biannual Locks of Love event. Female BYU students can donate their hair to disadvantaged children who suffer from medical-related hair loss.

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BYU junior Jessica Theriault has her hair cut by Marilyn Recinos at Brigham Young University's Wilkinson Student Center Terrace Wednesday March 26, 2014. The Center for Service and Learning at Brigham Young University teamed up with Renaissance Academie Cosmetology and Esthetics for their biannual Locks of Love event. Female BYU students can donate their hair to disadvantaged children who suffer from medical-related hair loss.

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BYU freshman Wynne Fuller has eleven inches of her hair cut by Bronwyn Haws at Brigham Young University's Wilkinson Student Center Terrace Wednesday March 26, 2014. The Center for Service and Learning at Brigham Young University teamed up with Renaissance Academie Cosmetology and Esthetics for their biannual Locks of Love event. Female BYU students can donate their hair to disadvantaged children who suffer from medical-related hair loss.

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Shirley Morales Llan cuts hair at Brigham Young University's Wilkinson Student Center Terrace Wednesday March 26, 2014. The Center for Service and Learning at Brigham Young University teamed up with Renaissance Academie Cosmetology and Esthetics for their biannual Locks of Love event. Female BYU students can donate their hair to disadvantaged children who suffer from medical-related hair loss.

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Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune Students participate in the Locks of Love event at Brigham Young University's Wilkinson Student Center Terrace Wednesday March 26, 2014. The Center for Service and Learning at Brigham Young University teamed up with Renaissance Academie Cosmetology and Esthetics for their biannual Locks of Love event. Female BYU students can donate their hair to disadvantaged children who suffer from medical-related hair loss. Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune Some the cut and donated hair at Brigham Young University's Wilkinson Student Center Terrace Wednesday March 26, 2014. The Center for Service and Learning at Brigham Young University teamed up with Renaissance Academie Cosmetology and Esthetics for their biannual Locks of Love event. Female BYU students can donate their hair to disadvantaged children who suffer from medical-related hair loss. Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune McKinlee Winterton cuts Jessica Allee's hair at Brigham Young University's Wilkinson Student Center Terrace Wednesday March 26, 2014. The Center for Service and Learning at Brigham Young University teamed up with Renaissance Academie Cosmetology and Esthetics for their biannual Locks of Love event. Female BYU students can donate their hair to disadvantaged children who suffer from medical-related hair loss. Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune BYU freshman Melissa Smith has ten inches of her hair cut off by Erika Blanchard and Kori Frank at Brigham Young University's Wilkinson Student Center Terrace Wednesday March 26, 2014. The Center for Service and Learning at Brigham Young University teamed up with Renaissance Academie Cosmetology and Esthetics for their biannual Locks of Love event. Female BYU students can donate their hair to disadvantaged children who suffer from medical-related hair loss. Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune BYU junior Jessica Theriault, front, has her hair cut by Marilyn Recinos as BYU freshman Wynne Fuller has her hair cut by Bronwyn Haws at Brigham Young University's Wilkinson Student Center Terrace Wednesday March 26, 2014. The Center for Service and Learning at Brigham Young University teamed up with Renaissance Academie Cosmetology and Esthetics for their biannual Locks of Love event. Female BYU students can donate their hair to disadvantaged children who suffer from medical-related hair loss. Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune BYU junior Jessica Theriault, left, has her hair cut by Marilyn Recinos as BYU freshman Wynne Fuller has her hair cut by Bronwyn Haws at Brigham Young University's Wilkinson Student Center Terrace Wednesday March 26, 2014. The Center for Service and Learning at Brigham Young University teamed up with Renaissance Academie Cosmetology and Esthetics for their biannual Locks of Love event. Female BYU students can donate their hair to disadvantaged children who suffer from medical-related hair loss. Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune Students participate in the Locks of Love event at Brigham Young University's Wilkinson Student Center Terrace Wednesday March 26, 2014. The Center for Service and Learning at Brigham Young University teamed up with Renaissance Academie Cosmetology and Esthetics for their biannual Locks of Love event. Female BYU students can donate their hair to disadvantaged children who suffer from medical-related hair loss. Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune BYU junior Jessica Theriault has her hair cut by Marilyn Recinos at Brigham Young University's Wilkinson Student Center Terrace Wednesday March 26, 2014. The Center for Service and Learning at Brigham Young University teamed up with Renaissance Academie Cosmetology and Esthetics for their biannual Locks of Love event. Female BYU students can donate their hair to disadvantaged children who suffer from medical-related hair loss. Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune BYU freshman Melissa Smith has ten inches of her hair cut off by Erika Blanchard and Kori Frank at Brigham Young University's Wilkinson Student Center Terrace Wednesday March 26, 2014. The Center for Service and Learning at Brigham Young University teamed up with Renaissance Academie Cosmetology and Esthetics for their biannual Locks of Love event. Female BYU students can donate their hair to disadvantaged children who suffer from medical-related hair loss. Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune BYU freshman Melissa Smith has ten inches of her hair cut off by Erika Blanchard and Kori Frank at Brigham Young University's Wilkinson Student Center Terrace Wednesday March 26, 2014. The Center for Service and Learning at Brigham Young University teamed up with Renaissance Academie Cosmetology and Esthetics for their biannual Locks of Love event. Female BYU students can donate their hair to disadvantaged children who suffer from medical-related hair loss. Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune BYU freshman Wynne Fuller has eleven inches of her hair cut by Bronwyn Haws at Brigham Young University's Wilkinson Student Center Terrace Wednesday March 26, 2014. The Center for Service and Learning at Brigham Young University teamed up with Renaissance Academie Cosmetology and Esthetics for their biannual Locks of Love event. Female BYU students can donate their hair to disadvantaged children who suffer from medical-related hair loss. Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune Shirley Morales Llan cuts hair at Brigham Young University's Wilkinson Student Center Terrace Wednesday March 26, 2014. The Center for Service and Learning at Brigham Young University teamed up with Renaissance Academie Cosmetology and Esthetics for their biannual Locks of Love event. Female BYU students can donate their hair to disadvantaged children who suffer from medical-related hair loss.

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· March 27, 2014 10:05 am

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Women at Brigham Young University donated hair Wednesday to disadvantaged children who suffer from medical-related hair loss.

Stylists from Renaissance Academie cut and styled donors' hair on location. Donated hair must be ten inches long and can be colored, but not bleached.

The Center for Service and Learning at BYU teamed up with Renaissance Academie for the biannual Locks of Love event, held at the Wilkinson Student Center Terrace. At the last event, 34 volunteers donated over thirty-three feet of hair, the center said in a release.