One of Michigan's state Senators is going to great lengths to help kids battling serious illness.
State Senator Hansen Clarke has been growing his hair for almost two years so he can donate it to the group Children with Hair Loss.
The Michigan-based charity provides free hairpieces to kids who've lost their hair because of cancer, burns or other diseases.
Senator Clarke will donate his hair, along with an original painting, to the organization at their charity ball fund-raiser Saturday night in Livonia.
February 7th the hair piece was complete for 7-year-old Addison Copeland of East Liverpool, in eastern Ohio, just across from West Virginia's northwestern panhandle. At 9 months old, Addison was accidentally burned with grease that scarred parts of her head and prevented her hair from growing out. It took a little over 4 months to complete the wig.
Portions of these facts were found at freep.com
