Three Austin-area Matrix salons will be participating in the Celebrate Your Color Color-A-Thon Friday, March 9. Free hair color services will be performed in exchange for donations to the Bastrop Pregnancy Resource Center, which provides information, planning and support for young girls and their families with unplanned pregnancies. The event will be held at Bastrop’s Best Lil Hair House in Texas, and will be joined by the salon teams from LeAnn’s Salon of Bastrup and Heavenly Hair Salon and Spa of Elgin.
After witnessing a Matrix presentation on Chairs of Change, a program that allows stylists to create initiatives to change themselves or the world around them through fundraising and charity, Abby Tresnak, stylist at Hansen’s Hair Haven and manager at Peel’s Salon Centric in Cedar Rapids, knew she wanted to make a difference.
Hairbenders, one of the largest salons in Joplin, MO, is spearheading a massive, back-to-school cut-a-thon to benefit the victims of the devastating tornado that destroyed the city in May.
Tranquility Day Spa and Salon of Haymarket, Va. is raffling off a $1,300 gift card package to help raise funds to build a house for eight Zambian orphans.
Zano Salons of Naperville hosted a Magical Cocktail Party fundraiser on June 6. A cascade of cocktails along with an auction, raffle, and fashion doubled their original target goal for the Blessings in a Backpack program, which benefitted Beaupre Elementary School in Aurora.
On July 1, fueled by the success of the launch, Joico unveils the “next generation” Beauty for a Cure website, featuring an expanded roster of downloadable fund-raising programs and celebrating the salons and stylists who have participated in Beauty for a Cure events.
