Tracy takes it off... (and get your minds out the gutter.)

[ht_murray]

I'm just testing the waters here. I know I'd probably get better results by posting these to a few of the classified sites (Would you believe someone once offered me 1800 dollars to shave my head and send him pictures? :S) But anyway, I'm trying to come up with incentives for people to donate to the cause. Not because I need the donations, because I don't, but because it's a good cause. (I don't get this money. It goes directly to the foundation.) So, I thought some fun things like, "If I donate X amount, it counts as a vote for Y result." At the moment, I don't have much to offer, but I saw some fund raising pages where people actually shave their heads for a charity. I do have hair. LOL. Not sure I'd shave my head, but hey, if people were willing to pay to see it, ya never know.

So, anyway, I'm just testing the waters here. Behind the cut, I posted some pics of my hair. Believe me, I'm not this crazy whack job who spends all her time taking pics of herself, LOL. I took these pictures on about 2 separate occasions for just this purpose. Otherwise, I have only pictures of dogs and cats, LOL.

Just so you know, this is not me looking for donations at this point. This is just me wondering if people would actually give money to see my hair come off. LOL. So, if you're brave, peek behind the cut at the pics, and then, if you're not linkophobic, go to our blog and take the poll I posted in the sidebar. That's it. No actual money involved. It's all very hypothetical. Can you do that? *makes puppy eyes*







Now that you've seen the horror, please go to the blog and take the poll. I'm hoping it works for everyone, but I honestly have never done a Blogger poll before, so I don't know. Thanks in advance.

Comments

[kjfri.livejournal.com]

Hi - I went to the blog but couldn't figure out where the poll is - so I came back here to post my opinion. Your hair is gorgeous and unless you're going to cut it to donate it (true - Locks of Love doesn't give the wigs they make to patients, I've heard they make them pay for them) -but Pantene does a much better job at accepting hair and making it available to those who need it, so check them out.

As someone who has been fundraising for primarily cancer-related events since 2007 (I started my pursuit with the Avon 2-day breast cancer walk in NYC where I had to raise $1,800 individually - proud to say my friend and I each raised over $2,000) - anyway, I digress - but following on the success that the Help Haiti auction did, I think people like to "get" something as part of their bid. I wouldn't donate just for you to cut your hair, but I would donate to get something that I can't get here in CT - could be anything, could be an old book you want to pass along, a piece of jewelry that you don't like, a jar of hot sauce famous from your city - you never know. Anywho, that's my two cents. Keep up the good work!

[tru-faith-lost.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know what you're saying. However, I do know there are fetish sites out there where people will pay thousands of dollars just to see some long-haired chick get shaved bald. I'm not even going to guess what the motivation behind that is, since I'd probably come off sounding bigoted or something. Needless to say, I don't really want to support the fetishists, but I'd be willing to cut it for the merely curious, or the people who are looking for the courage to do it themselves.

But I get what you're saying. I just don't really have anything people would want, and since I am spending so much time running to train for the race, I don't see myself getting all crafty. I can barely keep up writing the fics I have running now, so an auction type thing is not on the books. But maybe comment fic... hmmmm?

Ooh, and thanks for the heads up on Pantene. I've been wondering if there was an alternative to Locks of Love.