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Shelly Sachs Wig Room Shelly Sachs Wig Room at GYNCA - "Every Cancer Warrior is Welcome, Every Wig Is Free" All cancer patients accepted regardless of diagnosis!

Call and make your private and personal wig fitting today! 417-869-2220

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For many, hair is one of the most beautiful and important parts of personal identity. Hair helps everyone express parts of their personality and cultural upbringing. It can even connect people to precious memories, like a first haircut as a child, or your mother brushing your hair each morning before school. Hair is an incredibly special part of who we are, and so when hair starts to fall out from chemotherapy and other treatments, it feels like a loss. For those experiencing cancer-related hair loss, know that these feelings of sadness are valid. Losing your hair is a loss, and on top of everything else you’re going through, it’s okay to feel overwhelmed. Cancer-related hair loss is a significant life change, but you are not alone. The Shelly Sachs Wig Room is here to help you feel like yourself again. We, the Shelly Sachs Foundation, GYN Cancers Alliance and Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks goal in forming this partnership is to ensure every woman no matter type of cancer can receive quality services. We feel strongly that we need to be supporting as many women as possible during their cancer journey. GYN Cancers Alliance has assisted in countless wig fittings to know what a trauma it is for these women to lose their hair It truly isn’t “JUST hair”, it is so much more. We hope to lessen the blow of cancer. Hair loss during treatment is often the first question a cancer patient will ask after diagnosis. We know the need is there, we know this work is important, and this partnership between the Shelly Sachs Foundation, GYN Cancers Alliance and Breast cancer Foundation of the Ozarks will serve more women. GYN Cancers Alliance will assist with providing a free wig, wig stand, care instructions, and a special gift bag for each individual to pamper themselves.

12/18/2024

We often meet some of the kindest people during wig fitting appointments, and today was no exception! We met a beautiful breast cancer survivor and her sister and were able to not just provide a new wig, but big smiles, laughter and lots of goodies to pamper the survivor and help her care for her new hairdo.

It's a wonderful thing when organizations like GYNCA, Shelly Sachs Foundation, and Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks can come together to share and build on a resource together for the common good!

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   Do you ever feel like things just come full circle sometimes? GYNCA staff in the Shelly Sachs Wig Room got to experie...
11/20/2024



Do you ever feel like things just come full circle sometimes? GYNCA staff in the Shelly Sachs Wig Room got to experience that this week. Back in October we shared about a wig that had been donated from the St. Louis area with a special card from the family of the ovarian cancer warrior, Jan, who had worn it. Her widower Stewart and their children were not able to find a place to donate the wig near them, but they found us and asked us to make sure the lady who would receive the wig next would know how special Jan was to them and how special SHE now was to them as well.

Well, lo and behold, a young woman (also an ovarian cancer patient from St. Louis) who could not find a resource near her like the Shelly Sachs Wig Room, contacted us and drove all the way to Springfield to meet us. She ended up finding the absolute perfect fit in that very same wig which was exactly like her hair before chemo. It was an emotional and touching experience as staff member Ryanne gave her the card from the donating family and told her about the story behind it.

We hope this story encouraged you! Drop a comment to let Angelia know how amazing she looks in her new, and very special, hairdo.

Hello everyone on this beautiful crisp Tuesday morning!I want to show this ever so beautiful wig that was donated to us ...
10/08/2024

Hello everyone on this beautiful crisp Tuesday morning!
I want to show this ever so beautiful wig that was donated to us by the Zeid family out of the St. Louis area. That is correct they shipped us their late wife and mother’s wig all the way here to help one of our next Cancer Warriors! Stewart reached out to SLOCA a little over a year after his wonderful Jan lost her fight with Ovarian Cancer, and they mentioned that we take wig donations.

That is when Stewart called, and I had the absolute pleasure to hear about his lovely wife Jan and how much this wig made her feel like herself. I know the feeling of just getting told you have “C” word is hard enough, but then losing your hair your identity? That is a whole other battle, and we want to take that struggle away. Just like Jan feeling beautiful in her wig during the not as fun times.

We want to honor her legacy of this amazing wig that they donated to us with a wonderful letter and a card for the next Warrior to carry on her journey with. We know this is not easy news to receive, but if we can take even one worry of struggle away from you it’s a free wig. So, let’s never forget the ones we lose or the new Warriors that walk through our door!

Ryanne Prugger

Another week, another 4 beautiful women leaving the wig room with the biggest smiles on their faces! This young lady is ...
09/13/2024

Another week, another 4 beautiful women leaving the wig room with the biggest smiles on their faces! This young lady is one of them and we think she looks great with the platinum curls!

Very Special Lady!
09/04/2024

Very Special Lady!

It's a long-overdue  , but we have a special one for you! Vicky has known and worked with the Sachs family for 30 years,...
09/04/2024

It's a long-overdue , but we have a special one for you! Vicky has known and worked with the Sachs family for 30 years, so when it came to her needing a wig during her cancer treatments, she knew exactly where to turn. She and her daughters had a wonderful time, and stopped to pay their respects by the photo of Shelly Sachs before heading out.

GYNCA survivor, Christina, took home two smart and sassy wigs last week and looked FANTASTIC in both! 😎
03/27/2024

GYNCA survivor, Christina, took home two smart and sassy wigs last week and looked FANTASTIC in both! 😎

This lovely lady, Angela, was able to have her two beautiful daughters here with her last week to laugh and have fun. To...
03/27/2024

This lovely lady, Angela, was able to have her two beautiful daughters here with her last week to laugh and have fun. Together, they picked out this perfect wig! 🥰

Arianna, a strong and confident breast cancer survivor, enjoyed her wig fitting on Monday! Look at those smiles! 😁Breast...
03/27/2024

Arianna, a strong and confident breast cancer survivor, enjoyed her wig fitting on Monday! Look at those smiles! 😁
Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks

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