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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...
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...
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...
Talk of the Town: Orhan’s ecological effort cut short – June 2010
AS THE Gulf of Mexico oil spill continues, frantic attempts are being made to protect the coast. One of the ideas floated by San Francisco charity Matter of Trust was the use of human hair stuffed into stockings. The fibre-recycling organisation uses these natural...
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...
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...
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...
Salon saves hair clippings to soak up Gulf oil – May 2010
SARANAC LAKE - Instead of throwing its hair clippings in the garbage as usual, a local hair salon is collecting them and mailing them to a nonprofit group that will use it to help soak up oil in the Gulf of Mexico. For...
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...
Haircuts to help clean up the Gulf oil spill
WATERLOO (KWWL) -- One Waterloo salon is boxing up hair to help clean up the gulf oil spill. O'hana Salon and Spa owner Jamie Oberreuter heard about the idea on the Today Show. Her salon is now saving hair from customers and sending it to Florida through a non-profit...