Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A friend's act of kindness inspired a woman in Antioch, Tennessee, to lend a helping hand by braiding children's hair for free.

In homes, churches and in braiding shops around Nashville, Brittany Starks and a team of dedicated volunteers are helping parents lighten their load, one braid at a time. Starks' idea was a simple one ...

After posting on Facebook offering to braids kids' hair for free, Brittany Starks has worked with dozens of children and plans to start a nonprofit to do even more Wendy Grossman Kantor is an ...

Update: Since our story aired, even more families and single parents have reached out to Brittany Starks asking if she might have time to braid their child's hair, too. A single mother of two donated ...

Brittany Starks knows what it’s like to struggle. Despite being a single mother who lives paycheck to paycheck and has been homeless twice, Starks hasn’t allowed her hardships to break her spirit.

Growing up in Atlanta, Georgia's predominantly Black community, Gabbi Pasha remembers seeing braid shops on nearly every ...

After experiencing an act of kindness herself, Brittany Starks found a unique way to help parents prepare their children for the return to school:... In homes, churches and in braiding shops around ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A single mother of two donated her time to braid kids' hair for free at the start of the school year, a labor of love that takes four to six hours a child and would cost $200-$300, ...

A friend's act of kindness inspired a woman in Antioch, Tennessee, to lend a helping hand by braiding children's hair for free. Then, Brittany Starks' generosity led more than a thousand people to ...

Brittany Starks knows what it’s like to struggle. Despite being a single mother who lives paycheck to paycheck and has been homeless twice, Starks hasn’t allowed her hardships to break her spirit.