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MY SALON Suite's Suite Relief Fund™ has raised over $775,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital over the last six years.

MY SALON Suite's Suite Relief Fund™ has raisesd over $775,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital over the last six years.
photo courtesy of MY SALON Suite
MY SALON Suite, a salon suite franchise focused on providing beauty, health, and wellness professionals a personal space to build their business, announced it has surpassed its goal to raise more than $123,000 this year for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital through the brand’s Suite Relief Fund™, an annual fundraiser held in September in honor of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. This marks the sixth year of the fundraiser, and the fourth consecutive year the brand has raised more than $120,000.
Since launching the Suite Relief Fund in 2018, MY SALON Suite has built a lasting partnership with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. To date, the Suite Relief Fund has contributed over $775,000 to support St. Jude’s mission. These ongoing financial donations help provide life-saving treatment, travel, housing, and meals to more than 400,000 children with cancer worldwide each year at no cost to their families.
“For the sixth year in a row, the MY SALON Suite community has come together to make a tremendous impact, raising over $123,047 for St. Jude,” said Susan Boresow, president of MY SALON Suite. “The dedication of our Members and their clients is a testament to the collective power of our community. Stories like those from our West Melbourne location for example, where Members set ambitious goals and worked tirelessly to exceed them, inspire us all. With this unwavering dedication, we are honored to support St. Jude’s life-saving mission.”
MY SALON Suite surpassed its fundraising goal through generous donations from clients, Members, franchise partners, vendors and the Suite Management Franchising team. The top 10 fundraising locations include:
New York - Port Jefferson; Scott & Lisa Neglia
New York - Smithtown; Scott & Lisa Neglia
Melbourne - West Melbourne; Mike & Tonya Hilliard
Tampa - Largo; Becky Sajeski
Wilmington - New Centre Commons; Jack & Linda Bunyan
Cincinnati - West Chester; Mark and Darlene Bugajski
Las Vegas - Whitney Ranch; Amanda and Mike Skorzov
New York - East Meadow, Long Island; Brian and Rebecca Muellers
Las Vegas - Durango; Amanda and Mike Skorzov
Las Vegas - South; Amanda and Mike Skorzov
Prior to the St. Jude fundraiser, MY SALON Suite had already distributed over $20,000 through the Suite Relief Fund, including student scholarships and disaster relief for Members and franchisees impacted by hurricanes.

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