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...
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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.
Bald Girls Bagel Brunch……the New York City launch of the 2010 International Women with Alopecia Month.
BGDL spokesperson Miss Southern New York, Faren Collins, along with women from the tri-state region shared food, drink and camaraderie way past the scheduled brunch time at Tal Bagel. Thank you Jocelyn for making it all happen!
Don’t forget….we need advance head count and rsvp for our July 21st meet-up in Norwalk, CT.
Wonderful BGDL supporters, the DeMers, first met up with BGDL last summer driving many hours from Idaho to join the fun of our Salt Lake City, UT dinner.
This summer the DeMers seek fellow Idahoans for event planning and women’s alopecia awareness back in their home state.
Are you in Idaho or nearby? Contact events@baldgirlsdolunch.org and we’ll put you in touch with the DeMers for more info.
“Sister Queens” - A charming tale of friendship for every little girl by Faren Collins.
Author, BGDL ambassador and Miss Southern New York, Faren Collins, will be signing your copies at the Bald Girls Bagel Brunch in NYC, 7/17.
Order your copies today. Here’s how.
Go to www.Goodshop.com .
Enter Bald Girls Do Lunch as your charity where it says, ” Who Do You Good Shop for?”
Click on Amazon and enter “Faren Collins” in your search box.
When your gift 2010 Women with Alopecia Month t-shirt arrives, put sharp scissors in hand and have fun. Restyling is a breeze.
Express yourself and send us the photos. Cut off both the ribbing on the sleeves and the ribbing on the neck for a more relaxed fit. Don’t worry..they don’t unravel.
Make slits on the sides or one large slit down the front and voila! you’ve got an open v-neck.
Cut fringes into the hems on sleeves and bottom. Add beads. Have fun!
Send photos of “personalized” shirts to photos@baldgirlsdolunch.org. Hold a sign with your home town or near an iconic location so we can see how far our shirts are going.
Bald Girls Bagel Brunch…an event of International Women With Alopecia Month.
Click here to buy brunch tickets and use the same form to order any quantity of 2010 Women with Alopecia Month awareness t-shirts .
Summer special: Your WWA awareness t-shirt is now available as our gift to you with an online tax-deductible donation of only $23.
Get yours while supplies last! S-M-L-XL
Jocelyn, NYC Alopecia Ambassador, with the 2010 T-shirt in honor of Women with Alopecia Month. Photo.
Shirts are available for $15 each plus $5.50 shipping and handling or free with a $50 online donation to BGDL.
Specify S-M-L-XL while supplies last. P O Box 9122, Scarborough, NY 10510 or use the Donate button.
Speak out! What do you want Americans to know about women and alopecia?
While taping a lengthy pubic affairs radio interview next month, (Disney owned station), Thea’s allocating one of her segments to reading off the comments you send in. The more detailed the better. We know that women want to send the message, ” We’re not sick, it’s alopecia”. What bugs you? What else do you want the public to understand? Indicate if you want your name mentioned or not.
Send to thea@baldgirlsdolunch.org before June 10, 2010.
Our wonderful NC Alopecia Ambassador in Winston-Salem has exciting plans in the works for July’s awareness and benefit events across the state. To get involved in your city, contact events@baldgirlsdolunch.org, subject line North Carolina.
The Women with Alopecia 2010 album.
Are you running or walking for charity this season? Are you supporting women with alopecia and the year-round outreach to women of Bald Girls Do Lunch?
Women with alopecia wish the public knew more about our condition. So please contact us for supporter T-shirts when you put the fun in fundraise and your friends cheer you on this summer during Women with Alopecia month, July 1-31 2010.
And it’s always an option at BGDL events, not required.
Bald is In! 2010 (logo) is just one of our themes for the first annual International Women With Alopecia Month July 1-31.
Become an Alopecia Ambassador for Women With Alopecia Month. Contact info@baldgirlsdolunch.org or call toll free 800.578.5332
July 1-31, 2010 : The first International Women with Alopecia Month
Be a volunteer. Be a part of our historic first in cities across the USA and overseas. Contact info@baldgirlsdolunch.org
