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The Great East Coast Recruitment Strike

By El Rubio2 min read
Elefante, El Rubio, Alina Sitting on counch right before hair cut

Media Strike & Recruitment Mission

Four media appearances over two days, through four states and a territory, with two live haircuts, a celebrity hairstylist, and one direct nonstop flight back to San Diego…just in time for the evening news.

These are the stories of the men recruiting a nation…and the hair donors who are ANSWERING THE CALL.

Elefante, El Rubio, Alina Sitting on counch right before hair cut

Alina McGilloway

Alina had been thinking of donating her hair, but from 2020 onward, through challenges and changes, grieving and loss, she became ever more resolved. Last year she learned about Children With Hair Loss, and The Great Cut, and signed up!

But when she got the call to cut her hair in advance, on CBS Philly, with a chance to encourage others to join our historic attempt, she didn’t hesitate. (And she’s still coming to The Great Cut in San Diego! 😄)

CBS Philly Philadelphia The Longhairs on The Great Cut

Beau Busby

Meanwhile Beau Busby, our very own Sigma Nu Fraternity brother (Kappa Phi), who knew El Rubio as a shorthair, learned about The Longhairs and had been dutifully growing long hair since The Great Cut 2019.

With a chance to link-up with long-lost brethren on the eastern seaboard, Brother Busy drove eight hours in each direction to donate two feet of flow, in thrilling fashion, LIVE on FOX 5 DC.

Spotlight on The Great Cut Fox 5 DC

Extraordinary Lengths

Alina and Beau are two of thousands who are donating their hair for an extraordinary world record attempt. Follow El Rubio and Elefante on their east coast media strike and targeted recruitment mission for The Great Cut 2024.
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El Rubio

El Rubio has been creating original long hair content since 2014, authoring over 200 articles and appearing in dozens of video tutorials. He first grew long hair in 2012 while traveling the world, donated at The Great Cut in 2019, then again in 2024, before embarking on his next long hair journey. He is a writer, traveler, avid skier and athlete.