Dan Lyons of Antioch, California was walking through Clark
County on Tuesday, June 1. He is on a 3,000 mile pilgrimage from Olympia
Washington to Florida promoting the “Locks of Love” program. Mr. Lyons lost his
daughter to Breast Cancer when she was 17 years old and knows first hand about
the “Locks of Love” program where hair donors with hair 10 inches or longer can
donate their hair which will be used to make wigs by those taking treatment
that among the side affects is hair loss.

Locks of Love is a public non-profit organization that provides
hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the United States and
Canada under age 21 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any
diagnosis. We meet a unique need for children by using donated hair to create
the highest quality hair prosthetics. The prostheses we provide help to restore
their self-esteem and their confidence, enabling them to face the world and
their peers.

Lyons averages
around 20 –25 miles a day and goes through a pair of New Balance tennis shoes
at a rate of around a pair of shoes a state. He left Olympia Washington on
February 3^rd and is heading for West Palm Beach, Florida which is
where the Lock’s of Love’ main office is located. Three years previously he
made the trip for the American Cancer Society. He has also walked in 10
different Relay For Life’s across the United States. “He stated, “I’m just
trying to get the word out about how important this program is,” stated the
retired school teacher. He added, “I try to get started by 6:00 a.m. in the
morning while it’s still cool. I stay
in campgrounds, motels, and even fire stations. Just wherever I can stay when I
have done my distance for the day. I am received very well and people have been
very nice to me and very supportive of my reason for walking Last night I
stayed at Indian Lakes Campground in Farmington, Iowa and the lady there saw my
“Locks of Love” card. And said my daughter just got her hair cut for “Locks of
Love” and we didn’t know where to send it!” So she gave it to me. That happens
all the way across America. It’s just great! It’s very rewarding despite being
very tough on you both physically and emotionally. I hear so very sad stories
out there about loved one, which have been lost to cancer and the brave battles
that are being fought. I am meeting just hundreds of people and all with
stories. My own mother is a 22-year
survivor.”