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Springs woman shaves head to help Gulf cleanup – June 2010

Linda McLean knows she can’t go down to Louisiana to personally help save the Gulf. She can’t help save the dying dolphins she’s seen on CNN. She can’t help clean the oil off the birds, although she wishes she could. After suffering three strokes, she is disabled,...

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Hair today, saving the Gulf of Mexico tomorrow – June 2010

Grant Wittevrongel recently travelled all the way from his home in Transcona to Portage Avenue just to get his hair cut at Lyla’s Family Affair hair salon. Wittevrongel’s hair will soon be traveling even further than he did — all the way to the Gulf of Mexico, in...

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Collecting Hair For Clean Up

Collecting Hair For Clean Up

As the Gulf oil spill drags into day 42, hair salons around Lansing are doing their part to help out the gulf coast. Salons like the East Lansing's Douglas J Aveda Institute are collecting hair clippings and shipping them off to the non-profit Matter of Trust, where...

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What can we do from Wisconsin to help this oil spill?

What can we do from Wisconsin to help this oil spill?

MADISON (WKOW) -- It's the biggest oil spill in history, and it's got many on the coast rushing to help out. But here at home, many are feeling a helpless feeling: not knowing where to start when looking for ways to help out. Deerfield resident Ken Roh feels the...

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Students donate hair to fight oil spill – May 2010

Most students choose to get a haircut because of the hot weather or to change their hairstyle. On Thursday, University of Florida students chose to get a haircut to help the environment. On a sunny and hot summer day at the Plaza of the Americas, about 20 UF students...

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Huffington Post – Give Me Down to There, Hair!

Huffington Post – Give Me Down to There, Hair!

I have always been fascinated by random Broadway marketing ideas. Before I started in the industry, I actually thought they were meant to (directly) sell tickets. Now I realize that they are primarily designed to garner publicity, thereby hopefully selling tickets...

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Bayview Corner salon donates hair for oil spill – May 2010

Water and oil don’t mix. But oil and hair do. Brittney DeMartini, owner of La Salon Bella at Bayview Corner, has joined a growing army of clippers across the country who are sending out boxes of shorn locks to help clean up the massive oil spill off America’s southern...

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Hair and fur donations to help oil spill

Hair and fur donations to help oil spill

RIB MOUTAIN (WAOW)-- Seven year old, Brennan Shaughnessy knows hair clippings usually end up in the trash can, but his clippings have a different destination. His hair will be swept up and shipped out to help absorb oil in the Gulf of Mexico. Employees at Fantastic...

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