Photos: Magic Yarn Project makes colorful wigs for kids with cancer

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Sara Moscrip, left, works on a bright red wig with others. About 40 people volunteered in Palmer Saturday, November 7, 2015, to create colorful wigs for girls being treated for cancer. The effort, called the Magic Yarn Project, was started by Holly Christensen.

Feeding her imagination can't cure a young girl's cancer.

But Holly Christensen believes bright yarn wigs on the heads of children braving chemotherapy can make a difference when they need it most.

"It creates a magical escape from the horrible reality that they're in, the disease that they're fighting," she said.

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