Janet Guinter, who is from Lansing had 60-year-old hair braids that were a family heirloom, "My aunt was visiting me in New Jersey, where we both lived at the time. She brought these braids with her and gave them to me."
After have them in storage, "I started thinking that somebody other than me might find these someday." So she donated them to a Detroit charity group called Children With Hair Loss which provides for children with medical hair loss issues.
It doesn't matter how old the hair is. Regina Villemure, created Children With Hair Loss, "Once hair is cut, it's actually preserved forever. We have had hair that is donated over 100 years old. It kind of blows everybody's mind that the hair is preserved once it's cut." UPI