Volunteers around the world are bringing smiles to children's faces with yarn. — -- What started out as one wig made for the daughter of a friend has become thousands of wigs made for children ...

"It brings a little bit of happiness to kids facing hard times," Holly Christensen tells PEOPLE A former cancer nurse in Alaska is helping pediatric cancer patients feel like “princes and princesses” ...

The Magic Yarn Project is a nonprofit run by two moms in Alaska who make soft yarn wigs for children who have lost their hair due to illness. The yarn is more comfortable for their sensitive scalps ...

One nonprofit is weaving a major impact for children with cancer by creating handmade yarn wigs modeled after popular Disney characters including Rapunzel, Elsa and Captain Jack Sparrow. The operation ...