Kevin “The Angry Vet” Soper happily announced on a Friday night livestream that he would not have to cut his hair as his recent campaign to raise money for a haircut was ending without a single donation to the cause.
Soper, joined on the stream by individuals labeled “Secretary” and “Executive Board Director,” stood in the kitchen of his home while making meat sauce in front of his audience. He seemed overjoyed that he did not have to cut his hair.
The woman labeled as “secretary” said that it was unfortunate that they did not meet their initial goal of $1,000.00 to remove two inches of Soper’s hair to prepare it for a possible donation to the Locks of Love charity by May 9, 2025.
She reminded Soper’s 33 assembled fans that all money raised in the campaign was set to go to The Servicemen and Citizens for American Rights Society (SCARS) non-profit organization and that the campaign would continue until August 15, 2025.
The group received their first donation after fan feedback that the PayPal link provided at the start of the livestream was not working. It’s unclear if the link wasn’t working on promotional materials.
Elated with the single donation, the secretary reminded fans that they should indicate if they wanted to support cutting Soper’s hair or keeping Soper’s hair with every donation.
The trio’s struggles may have been based on confusion surrounding their 2024 fundraising campaign.
While now recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) organization, searches on the IRS website for their official 501(c)(3) organizations came back empty, compounding the confusion about their organization.
Soper and the Executive Board Director then mentioned a supposed situation where the group was reported to the Maryland Attorney General. Soper boasted that it was cleared of any wrongdoing and that the Attorney General agreed to ignore further complaints against the organization.
Apparently excited by this boast, Soper then announced a change to the current promotion. He said that he would shave his head for the campaign if a $15,000.00 goal was met, and the group agreed that Soper would shave his head, beard and eyebrows if a $50,000.00 goal was met.
While Locks of Love’s minimum 10” hair donation would be met with a $10,000.00 donation to SCARS, the trio asked their fans to give towards the larger goal in order to support their activities.
Soper also reminded fans that every donation to the campaign would result in an entry to future giveaways planned by the group.
Friday’s livestream did nothing to jump start the SCARS GoFundMe campaign as the group again struggled to attract donations.
Clash with Bao continued his remarkable fundraising run, taking Friday’s fundraising crown with a $60.00 donation. That donation brings Bao to an incredible $5,036.00 take for the first 10 days of the month and surpassed Lane Myers’ run from earlier in the year by a wide margin.
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Update: Kevin “The Angry Vet” Soper responded to this video, claiming that no admittance was made that the group promoted fundraisers prematurely. While there was significant confusion over his SCARS’ status until recent days, we’ll take him for his word.
We have updated this article to reflect Soper’s statement.
The apparent error was not intentional and we thank Mr. Soper for stepping forward with the correction.
