Imagine within just weeks losing every bit of hair... all over. It's unpredictable and it happens. Alopecia areata is an autoimmune skin disease that can have a devastating affect on self-image, especially women's. Bald Girls Do Lunch is the only nonprofit created specifically to help women cope, gain confidence and feel a sense of community.Learn more...
Upcoming Events
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Make it a day and join us at night. Yankee fans….did you know that our Wilkes-Barre, PA location is less than 30 minutes from the Yankee’s minor league team? And…pretty close to Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs?
Our impromptu evening edition in Wilkes-Barre (open to friends and family, too) appeals to New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania fans of BGDL. W-B is right up there in the northeast corner of PA.
So bring the family to BGDL or meet up with them later…..but don’t miss this chance to savor the new connections you’ll make.
Marriott Courtyard, Wilkes-Barre/Scanton PA area
1796 Glenmaura National Blvd., Moosic, PA
7 PM in the American Cafe lounge
Cost: donation $15 pp.
Please email that you are coming so we can plan for make-up demo materials and your complimentary awareness t-shirt. Send your size in advance. Bring scissors to customize your shirt. Drinks will be available for purchase from the hotel.
Join Thea Chassin, BGDL president, in an informal setting of chat, education and “Alopecia Options ™” workshop. This gathering is designed as an informal learning opportunity and is open to everyone interested, including families.
To learn more contact 800.578.5332 or email info@baldgirlsdolunch.org
Eat. Talk. Share. It’s dinner and you’re invited! Connect with other local women with alopecia areata and cicatricial alopecia.
Research updates. Beauty advice and so much more!
Make the connection…you’ll feel great! Read testimonials here. Invitation and rsvp info.
By credit card or by donating AMEX Rewards points, every contribution through Members Give brings the BGDL strategies for successful alopecia living into more lives. Every day.
Your funds help us: teach about wigs and insurance reimbursement; educate about treatments and clinical trials; advise on baldness in the workplace; restore self-confidence and the means to say, ” I have alopecia and it’s ok”.
Not 1. Not 2, but 3 enthusiastic makeup artists will do private sessions for brows, lashes and more. They’re excited for the opportunity to help our brow-less faces.
Remember: Bald is never required at any Bald Girls event.
Lunch. Guest speaker. Discussions led by Thea Chassin. Follea.com and FreestyledHair.com reps. Professional make-up artists. Experience the camaraderie. Meet other women who truly understand the same challenges.
Your hair. Your head. Your life…..We make it even better.
Featuring our spirited BGDL lunch format lead by Thea Chassin. A professional make-up artist will be on hand to give individual help. Spend time with us while your friends enjoy the Twin River casino.
Presented below is the concluding paragraph and final sentence in the February, 2010 JAAD (Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology) feature article “Alopecia Areata Update: Part II Treatment”. (Italics and bolding added)
“There has been little progress in the treatment of AA in the past decade, and ILCSs are still the preferred method of treatment for most patients. Newer topical and systemic agents (eg. biologics) have been tried, but the outcomes have been unattractive. We are still in need of developing treatment options for refractory cases and for specific hair-bearing sites ( ie eyelashes) where treatment choices are almost nonexistent. Because of higher psychiatric morbidity in patients with AA, psychosocial support is a valuable tool in any management plan.
Click here to meet new friends with alopecia February 10, 2010. Plus, complimentary consultations in wigs, hair and make-up. And you’re supporting our award-winning nonprofit so bring partners and lots of friends….guys and gals. Meet representatives from Follea, Freedom, Karen’s Wigs, Iwig and Joseph Paris.
Join us on Saturday, October 3, 2009 at Creation Cafe. Request your invitation from events@baldgirlsdolunch.org
Our lunch is supported in part by a donation from Alex Whitley’s “Ascent for Alopecia” fundraising climb that brought him to the peak of Mt. Elbrus.
Click here for update on women, alopecia and BGDL in today’s SeattleTimes.com
Don’t wait. Check your invitation details in pdf at right in Upcoming List and make your reservations now to join our San Francisco and Seattle events with the Donate Now button. Want to know more? View our testimonials and our photo gallery.
All across the US and Canada women with alopecias are requesting BGDL lunches. Women with AA want to meet others with AA, but they cannot do it alone.
We make it happen. But we cannot make it happen without more financial support.
We run a very lean nonprofit organization with no paid salaries and a skeletal staff.
If you have sent money in the past down the big black hole of other organizations to ‘find a cure and better treatments’ it does nothing to help women cope and accept their alopecia today. And not only women…the work of BGDL also includes counseling mothers of boys and girls with alopecias via email, phone and our honest discussions at alopeciaworld.com.
Do you like that we have up-to-date research information? Then Donate Now
Just yesterday a woman at the Beauty Event told me that a little script I coached her on a couple of years ago to talk about her alopecia has changed her life - from one of shame and secrecy to one of normalcy and relief.
Do you think these efforts are worthwhile? Then Donate Now so BGDL can help more women like her.
Your regular everyday online shopping generates donations for our organization from hundreds of stores.
Go to goodshop.com and enter Bald Girls Do Lunch as the charity you support.
One of our favorite shops is to enter folica.com from the goodshop.com portal and a % of sale is donated to BGDL . Ardell eyelash products are extremely discounted at this site and shipping is free over $50. Enter folica in the little text box or see the goodshop drop-down menu for hundreds of other stores.
Amazon and many many others you shop are in the list. You must enter your store from goodshop.com first and designate Bald Girls Do Lunch for the donation to be counted.
Use Code SKIN15 at check-out for a sweet 15% off your order at folica.com
Interview in the Del Mar Times. about upcoming southern California lunches, January 3 and 4, 2009. Discussions will be followed by make-up demos and headwear swap of gently worn or unused “mistakes” you’ll gladly trade to someone else. Reserve with RSVP@baldgirlsdolunch.org
Reminder: RSVP and payment is due by December 5 for our December 7 Manhattan Holiday Lunch. Already, our attendees are coming from four different states including as far away as Texas. Space is limited. Click on pdf at right for details. Use our Donate button at right for RSVP or to support our mission if you can’t be with us.
Join us for great food and friendship at Shelly’s (pdf) in the heart of mid-town Manhattan. We’re banishing holiday hair loss jitters whether you’re new to alopecia areata or not so new. Let’s talk….and remember to come as you feel best whether it’s hats, hair or bald. Family and friends mean well, but no one ‘gets it’ like another woman with alopecia will. Meeting others is powerful and positive. Our uplifting and strategic discussions work. Read what women say about their BGDL experiences.
Reservations required by 12.01.08. Click here for the invite (pdf) or email RSVP@baldgirlsdolunch.org
Don’t have alopecia? But love what we’re doing? Learn more and help us reach more women more quickly.
Bald head required? Not at all…..join us at the Naperville, IL lunch with your wigs, hats, scarves or your bald look for uplifting and inspirational talks at the table with BGDL founder, Thea Chassin. Live well: understand choice, know your options and build personal resilience.
Life changing for how you live with alopecia areata? Quite possibly.
Yearning to talk more easily to friends and family about your alopecia? On the agenda.
Restoring self. Improving life. Alopecia support that works.
Advance reservations are required by 11.10.08 and space is limited. Click here for your invitation and use our Donate Now button or contact RSVP@baldgirlsdolunch.org
