News & Views

News & Views:

News, Views and Community.

During a recent consultation with Julie Cales, she suggested that I consider Ionic Hair Straightening to tame my very frizzy hair. I opted to have the process done by one of the Assistants-in-Training at A Great Escape, and could not have been more impressed with his professionalism AND the fabulous results - my once unruly mane is now straight and silky!
-Jennifer Gallagher

Community, Conservation and Environment.

Locks of Love is a non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children under the age of 18 suffering from long-term medical hair loss.

'Locks-of-Love': Julie has been a supporter of Locks-of-Love for over ten years, and donates all the 'locks' provided by the sheer generosity of her caring clients to this wonderful and worthwhile cause. During recent months Julie has already collected 25 cut-locks ready to go to 'Locks-of-Love', and she would love to accept your kind contribution.
To learn more about Locks-of-Love please click the logo link in the left hand margin, to visit their to their web site.

Student Donates
To Locks Of Love
September 2004, Farmville VA

    Rising Buckingham Middle School student Jessica Smith, 11, recently donated a portion of her hair to Locks of Love, a nonprofit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children under age 18 suffering from long-term medical hair loss.
   Jessica decided to donate her hair several months ago after hearing about Locks of Love from her mother, Sherry.
   Stylist Julie Cales, owner of A Great Escape Spalon, combs Jessica out (top left) before shearing off 10 inches of her hair. Jessica displays one of the pony tails (bottom left) cut from her hair that will be used to make a Locks of Love hairpiece.

The hair clippings will then be recycled into oil adsorbing hair mats to help clean harbors and protect marine life from oil spills.

Haircutting for a Cause: The next time you pop into 'A Great Escape Spalon' for a trim, your hair clippings actually bypass the dumpster and go straight to support the environment. Julie supports the environmental organization Excess Access to help keep hair out of landfills while simultaneously saving marine life from oil spills.
"We sweep up our usually discarded hair trimmings and collect them until mailed".
The hair clippings will then be recycled into oil adsorbing hair mats to help clean harbors and protect marine life from oil spills.
For more information, please click on the logo link in the left hand margin to visit Excess Access web site.