The Children's Alopecia Project raises awareness about alopecia areata and builds self-esteem in children living from the incurable autoimmune hair loss disease. Our mission is to help any child living with alopecia areata.

Description:
The Children's Alopecia Project (CAP) was founded by Jeff Woytovich because of the need of having children's support groups for kids living with medical hair loss. Adult oriented groups existed prior. Jeff knows first hand what this disease does, his wife was diagnosed in 1976 and his then 5-year old daughter Madison was diagnosed in 2003. Madison has no hair on her entire body, not even eyebrows or lashes.

The Children's Alopecia is the only 501(c)3 non-profit devoted specifically to the children living with this life altering disease.

CAP currently offers the following programs to children with alopecia and their families:
• CAP Library Program through which CAP donates books about alopecia to the libraries of kids with alopecia
• Award-winning website, childrensaslopeciaproject.org, with chats for parents and teens
• National CAP Kid Connections Program through which CAP helps parents to find other parents whose children have alopecia in their local communities
• National awareness outreach program through which CAP is reaching out to dermatologists, schools, and parents across the country in an effort to find and help more children living with alopecia
• Annual CAP Kids Camp at Camp Manatawny, Douglassville, PA
• CAP’s first annual national conference, which will focus on self-esteem in children with alopecia, will be held in Philadelphia August 7-9, 2009,

History:
After being diagnosed with Alopecia in October of 2003 the Woytovich family searched for a support group for kids with this disease. No support groups existed so Jeff Woytovich contacted the Reading Eagle and a full page article was printed in the Lifestyle section in January of 2004. Over 200 phone calls, emails and letters came offering support. With this support a greater adventure began. We became the only non-profit in the world devoted to kids with all forms of Alopecia. On August 18, 2004 the Children's Alopecia Project (CAP) became an official 501(c)3 non-profit organization and has raised awareness, funds for research and self-esteem via the "CAP Kids Meeting" (support group)ever since.

Contact people:

Betsy Woytovich, Executive Director, (610) 468-1011, (email) Jeff Woytovich, President, (610) 468-1011, (email)

Address:

P.O. Box 6036 Wyomissing, PA 19610

Web Site: http://www.childrensalopeciaproject.org