The shipping address for hair, fur, and nylons is changing so quickly that we will not be posting anymore updated addresses.
For instructions and the current shipping address, sign-up for the Excess Access donor base. It’s free, fast, and easy.
You can also make much needed donations to Matter of Trust.
Thanks again to all our customers who have donated to this effort.
Excess Access, an environmental assistance organization specializing in oil spill clean-up, is in desperate need of your old hosiery and stockings. Along with donations of hair and fur, (which they are receiving from beauty parlors and dog groomers around the country), they can quickly produce booms and hair mats to soak up the oil before it reaches shore. Who knew! Hair bound in nylon is extraordinarily absorbent to oils. BrightLife Direct, Inc worked with Excess Access during Hurricane Katrina and we were very impressed by their organizational skills and the impressive amount of help they provided out of what we would usually consider just waste! But we need your help. Quickly!
The hosiery you donate can be either cleaned, used, even nylons with small holes and runners. Excess Access volunteers will double, cut and stuff each nylon with hair to make booms that “surround and contain” as well as “soak up oil spills”.
As the area of the spill changes course so will the mailing addresses for the string of warehouses they have set up along the gulf coast. Here are the mailing addressed for shipments sent May 4, 5 and 6. Check back for mailing locations for later dates.
Mailing May 4 or 5 from US Middle to West Coast:
Jes Latin
680 Koko Court
Diamondback, MS 39525
Mailing May 4 or 5 from Middle to East Coast:
Ingrid Setzer
1827 SW 1st Street
Cape Coral, FL 33991
If Mailing May 5 or 6 from anywhere:
Sanibel Beauty Salon
2330 Palm Ridge Rd
Sanibel, FL 33957
On behalf of BrightLife Direct, Inc. we’d like to encourage our members to participate. As an incentive, if you need to order new hosiery, enter coupon code “202489” at checkout for an additional 5% off your total. This is meant only for our customers who donate and must be used by June 1 unless extended.
You can join or get more information about Excess Access through our colleagues at Matter of Trust.