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Strong Ties Bind Community and Hair Connection
Posted by: | CommentsNEENAH, WI, October 31, 2011 – 2011 proved to be a year filled with community stewardship and goodwill, with the help of one local salon. The Hair Connection in Neenah has made giving back a way of doing everyday business. The animal shelter, middle and high schools, local military wives and breast cancer marchers all felt the caring touch of this year’s Hair Connection initiatives.
Last spring, Hair Connection teamed up with YouthGo, a local non-profit organization encouraging kids to be a proactive part of the community. In return for their extra project work, they received free haircuts and styles of their choice this past August, courtesy of the Hair Connection staff.
In June of 2011, Hair Connection staffers decided to thank combat veterans with their Military Makeover campaign. Complete transformations included hair style, color, and make-up – helping one local mom, Rebekah Van de Hey, shake off the desert dust of her active 2010 duties.
When the Neenah Animal Shelter needed to raise money for abandoned, lost, and unwanted pets, the Hair Connection donated hair care items for the Furry Friends raffle. Held at Neenah’s Riverside Park, the Furry Friends event included a 2K walk, raffle, and micro-chipping clinic.
It didn’t surprise anyone when The Hair Connection got involved with Making Strides Against Breast Cancer again this year. They’ve made a habit of encouraging families with pink hair extensions and clip-ins for participants of the three-mile walk out of Memorial Park, also in Neenah.
Participating in community events keeps businesses in touch with the needs of their neighborhoods. When it comes to sponsorship, a small staff can still make a big difference. The caring hands at the Hair Connection prove it.
The Hair Connection is Fox Valley’s only non-commissioned salon, dedicated to personalized, exclusive service provided by each stylist, manicurist, and colorist. Owned and operated by Connie Koehnke, the Hair Connection is located at 1315 S. Commercial Street in Neenah. To learn more, call 920-722-2341.
Making Strides With Hair Connection
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Hair Connection partnered with ‘Making Strides Against Breast Cancer’ on October 8, 2011.
This event was held at Memorial Park in Neenah. It was such a positive experience and joyous occasion for men, women and children of the community brought together to honor breast cancer survivors. We all gathered together to support cancer awareness.
The Hair Connection contributed by offering several different hair extensions, clip-ins and feathers for purchase. Our salon professionals did an incredible job using their talent to participants with proceeds benefiting The American Cancer Society. If you were unable to make this event, we still have pink extensions, feathers and clip-ins available. Pink retail is 20% off this month and 10% of all retail proceeds will benefit the Susan G. Komen Foundation.
The smiles and laughter brought individuals and businesses together for a day of fun. ‘Making Strides Against Breast Cancer’ will be a day to remember for all of us at The Hair Connection and for every person and businesses that made this event a success.
We had so much fun and want to continue to keep ‘Making Strides’ in the forefront of the community and have many photos we want to share that will keep the spirit alive.
Lacey Adding Pink Hair Extension
Rachael attaches a pink hair extension. After the extension was attached, it was trimmed to the same length as the hair, and curled or flat ironed to make it match the shape and style of the surrounding hair.
Brooke attaching a hair extension
To top off our day,we were able to sponsor the Neenah Animal Shelter’s Furry Flurry Pet Walk across town at Riverside Park. We donated a large gift basket, which was used in a raffle. This was a walk for pets, and proceeds helped the Neenah Animal Shelter provide food, shelter, medical treatment and forever homes for companion animals in need.
A day of fun for two great causes. We couldn’t ask for anything more!
April Newsletter
Posted by: | CommentsPut a little spring in your hair in the month of April.
Permanent waves are on special for $65 (long hair and specialty wraps extra); this includes a haircut and style.
We continue the 20 tanning sessions for $40 through the month of April.
Our Hair Connection team will be going to Harbor House for a little “community give back” this evening (Wednesday, April 15), so our doors will be closing an hour early. The stylists will be giving free haircuts to the residents of Harbor House. This program is coordinated with Rose Ann Blair and the Mission and Outreach Committee for First Presbyterian Church in Neenah.
In addition to the haircuts we’ll be providing, our Aerial beauty supply representative, Stacey, has given us hair products to donate to the women of the shelter; and a wonderful client of ours, Mary Hook, baked some cookies for us to bring to the event. Our stylists at Hair Connection usually will do an event at a shelter once a year – volunteering their time and services. We appreciate all their efforts to give back to the community!
If you’d like to join us in support of this program, please visit: “How Can I Help Harbor House?“