Stylists from the Mancuso Salon & Spa and The Village Mane Salon & Day Spa recently joined forces to donate free haircuts to more than 90 local children to help prepare them for the new school year. The free service, which also included a wash and style, was part of Project Self-Sufficiency’s initiative to help prepare low-income families during the back-to-school season. The free haircuts served as the culmination of the agency’s Back-to-School effort, which also featured an interactive fair hosted by the Journey Family Success Center and Project Sussex Kids, the Sussex County Council for Young Children, at Project Self-Sufficiency, at an earlier date.
“Offering free haircuts to children has been a staple of Project Self-Sufficiency’s Back-to-School initiative for many years,” commented Project Self-Sufficiency Executive Director Deborah Berry-Toon. “We are overwhelmed by the generosity of these stylists who volunteered to work on their day off to assist so many students in need. The children were delighted with their experience, and they all look fantastic!”
“This has been a goal of mine for many years because there is a great need in our community,” added Jacqueline Cox, co-owner of Mancuso Salon & Spa. “I am so thrilled that we could work with Project Self-Sufficiency to make this happen. The children were able to come here and receive the whole salon experience and do it on a day when most people in this industry have the day off. We made it an extra special experience for them.”
Project Self-Sufficiency is a private, non-profit organization, empowering low-income families to achieve economic self-sufficiency and family stability in semi-rural, northwestern New Jersey. Since 1986, Project Self-Sufficiency has served more than 25,000 families, including over 30,000 children. We offer a full range of services for low income single parents, teen parents, displaced homemakers, and two-parent families, including computer classes, resume preparation, help with interview skills, legal education, parenting workshops, help with emergency basic needs, counseling, case management, support groups, life skills preparation, financial workshops, family activities and childcare.
