Alexandra is a recent kindergarten grad at Van Meter School and her hair was nearly waist-length before the scissors snipped. Her kindergarten colleague Sophia Maxwell was so impressed she decided to make a similar donation.

Alexandra's dark brown locks were dispatched at Great Clips at the Cornerstone Shopping Center, which advertises free hair cuts for those donating hair for cancer patients. Alexandra's aunt, Heidi Pfeifer of Davis, lost her hair when undergoing chemo treatment for cancer last year, so Alexandra knew first-hand the importance of her donation. Her aunt is now doing fine, incidentally.

The Vigils learned about Locks of Love through its website at www.locksoflove.org. The site explains the entire, exacting process of creating a wig with human hair. Donated hair is mailed to a site in Florida.

Alexandra is the daughter of Katya and Peter Vigil and the sister of Amber, 4. Katya teaches online education classes at the college level and Peter is an engineer.

TO CELEBRATE LONNIE: An old-fashioned potluck social to celebrate Lonnie Toensfeldt, a dedicated 4H Club leader who has fourth stage breast cancer, is scheduled June 24, 5-8 p.m., at Garrod Stables. Organizers of the social are Deborah Lang and Vickie Bosworth, a Garrod daughter.

All three women are longtime 4H leaders and Lonnie was a co-founder of the Rolling Hills branch. As a parks activist, she was instrumental in establishing neighborhood parks in San Jose and Cupertino, as well as ensuring that McClellan Ranch Park in Cupertino be designated a nature preserve.

Rolling Hills 4H meets there and has since it was founded 25 years ago. Lonnie has served in a myriad of capacities there, chiefly as adult leader. She has overseen scores of 4H projects during her tenure--from raising animals to sewing pajamas for children under protective custody.

Her seamstresses recently won five awards for sewing projects in county competition. Whenever she was unfamiliar with a category, she would immerse herself in it, her husband Hans attests.

"Lonnie has impacted scores of youngsters over her decades of volunteering and I want to celebrate her with a special evening," organizer Lang says. Participants are urged to wear pink and to come prepared to share stories about the honoree during the gathering.

The Toensfeldts have three daughters and one grandchild and live in Monte Sereno.

For the potluck social, Lang requests an RSVP at 408.374.1711 or through her email at mauilang@comcast.net.

GENEROUS BRIDE: Assistance League of Los Gatos-Saratoga was the recipient of a recent bride's generosity. The bride is Liz (Maestre) Criner, who married Ed Criner in Hawaii earlier this year.

A reception was held in May for the couple, who had both been married before, and Liz wanted to deflect any gift giving. So she suggested whatever sum guests may have earmarked for gifts be sent instead to Assistance League, of which she is a member. Of course, Chrystie DeSoto, founder of the league, did whisper in the bride's ear, aiding and abetting the proposal. Indeed, the proposition may have been hers to begin with.

The new Mrs. Criner also celebrated a hole-in-one on the second hole at Pruneridge Golf Course, using a 4 iron. The feat smacks of good karma paying off.

HILLBROOK LAUDED: The youngsters at Hillbrook School are learning community service early. They take a required service learning class and their fundraising and donation efforts are so impressive that Los Gatos Mayor Mike Wasserman has issued a commendation on their behalf.

This year Hillbrook students donated $6,927 for tsunami relief; $5,594 in the jump rope for health drive; $2,000 to the family shelter; $1,538 to Second Harvest; and several more donations to other charities--all adding up to $22,060.

These young people helped provide 160 Thanksgiving dinners for City Team; donated clothing, sleeping bags and school supplies to the Cucapah Indian tribe; and held clothing drives for local agencies, including the Career Closet.

Students visit Vasona Healthcare Center and InnVision Homeless Shelter, experiencing firsthand the larger concepts of community service.

AWARDS FOR MORNING ROTARY: The Los Gatos Morning Rotary Club received two awards at the recent district conference: Best Medium-Sized Club in the district, which is a notch above last year when the club took home the Best Small-Sized Club.

For the second year in a row, the club was awarded Best in the House of Friendship, a pictorial exhibit of the its accomplishments in 2005.

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