Young girl starts charity for kids with hair loss

Rosie Quinn, 6, poses with a kit that allows children with cancer to design their own head scarves. Rosie was diagnosed with alopecia, an autoimmune condition that attacks hair follicles and results in baldness, when she was 3. With the help of her parents, she began designing her own head scarves. Soon she wanted to share them with other children who have lost their hair, and the family started "Coming Up Rosies" a charity run by Rosie and her mother, Paula Quinn. Rosie is a student at St. Clement School in Lincoln Park. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Rosie Quinn, 6, puts together a kit for a child with cancer to design his or her own head scarf. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

One of Rosie's head scarf designs. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

One of Rosie's head scarf designs. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Rosie Quinn, 6, helps her mother, Paula Quinn, put together a kit for a child with hair loss to design his or her own head scarf. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Paula Quinn helps her daughter Rosie, 6, assemble a head-scarf kit. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Paula and Rosie Quinn assemble kits that will allow children with hair loss to design their own head scarves. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Rosie Quinn, 6, displays one of her scarf designs and a kit that will be sent to a child with hair loss so he or she can design a scarf. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)