This is my current, ridiculously unkempt, outrageously long hair.

After reading through the comments, I've been convinced that Locks of Love if full of fail. I'm still cutting it (and possibly dying as well) but I'd love some suggestions for just a shorter style - similar to the 2007 picture behind the cut. As for the color, I love red, but I'd really like to try a darker or just different brown. I'm really pale too, so I think the red often washes me out.
As for the charity - I can't donate to Wigs for Kids or Pantene's beautiful lengths because it has been permanently dyed, and selling it after it's been permanently dyed doesn't seem like it will do too well. All in all, I'm probably going with a company that uses hair to soak up oil spills and makes hair mats for emergency spills and oiled bird and mammal cages.
( Hair timeline, etc. )Longer, possibly colored suggestions?