As people stay home and skip the salon, some hair-focused non-profits are seeing one bright spot in the pandemic: more donated hair going to those who need it.

"Listen, there's never enough hair," stylist Martino Cartier, founder of the New Jersey-based Wigs & Wishes, which makes free wigs for people with cancer, told CNN. "We get donations every day and it's never enough, so this is definitely a silver lining for us."

Maggie Varney, the founder of Maggie's Wigs 4 Kids of Michigan, added that extra ponytails and braids have been "one of the rainbows in the storm."

2020 also set a new record amount of donations (487) for Sparrow Hospital's annual hair donation drive, many coming from first-time donors in new demographics such as boys and adults.

With the coronavirus pandemic still ravaging the world, the nonprofit founders report a welcome but endless stream of emails, calls and mail from interested donors. And that's a good thing, they say. Many are willing to help.

"Covid-19 put a halt across the entire world, but the one thing it didn't stop was cancer," JoAn Nicely, founder of Pink Heart Funds in Mississippi said. A cancer survivor herself, Nicely understands the urgency even during a global crisis. "The need is there—doesn't matter how bad Covid is," she said.

If yuo too want to donate your hair, remember that different nonprofits have different requirements, so it's crucial to read all the instructions before you cut.