Help Coming Up Rosies provide beautiful scarves to bald children

About this Giving Opportunity

At two and a half, Rosie was diagnosed with Alopecia, an autoimmune disease that attacks the hair follicle which results in baldness. Instead of focusing on fixing her baldness, her family shifted to raising a little girl who loves herself, hair or no hair.

When they surprised her with a head scarf using one of her favorite paintings, Rosie was overjoyed and asked, “What about the other bald kids? We should make these for all the bald kids who look like me. Can we do that?” Just like that, a little gift fueled a mission to help others.

Coming Up Rosies is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization. Their mission is to restore confidence, happiness and pride to anyone struggling with low self-esteem during their medical journey, especially bald children. Their vision is a world where every child goes to sleep proud of their differences.

They accomplish this by donating art supplies to children’s hospitals throughout the US. Since 2016, they have donated Smile Kits to hospitals and charity organizations around world, in order for children to create their very own head scarves and superhero capes. Each kit provides a child an outlet of creativity, and the ability to wear their masterpiece with a smile.

Microsoft News For Good is proud to honor Rosie and her mom, Paula Quinn, as Local Hero of the Month. Please join us in supporting their work to bring pride and confidence to children who have lost their hair.

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About Local Hero of the Month:

Local Hero of the Month is a partnership between Microsoft News For Good and USA Today’s Humankind team. Each month we bring you a story of an individual making a positive impact on their community and invite our readers to support their cause. Together, we can give these small nonprofits a boost to grow their organizations and spread more goodness in the world. You can read about more of our Local Heroes here.