HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014 06-04 Charity Cuts MAPLEWOOD REVIEW Charity cuts JUN 04 2014
Students at
Regency Institute
in Maplewood
give back to
Children's i
Hospital a
Tim Faklis
Review staff
Students at Maple-
wood's Regency Beauty :.
institute used their edu- '�
cation methods to give
back to the community,
donating$5 of each $9
haircut to Children's Hos- a
pitals and Clinics of Min-
nesota during their May
29 and 30 event.
"So far,it's pretty busy
out there. We've had a
few haircuts going on,"
said participating student
Cassandra Dudrey on Fri-
mornin subm tted photo
da
y g."Seeing all Patsy Randall gets her haircut from Stephanie Chase
the people that have been at Regency Beauty institute in Maplewood.$5 of each
in here so far makes me $9 haircut went to the Children's Hospitals and Clinics
excited to help out." of Minnesota during their May 29 and 30 event.
This is the first ever
cut-a-thon. Students, back, and many of the dents to give back, and
clients and instructors students felt that donat- they thought Children's
could also make cash ing to the hospital would would be a good place
donations if their hair really connect with the to do it,"said Kiiresten
was already at a satis- members of the commu- Preble, the annual giv-
factory point. These nity,"said Emily Genco, ing officer for Children's
will be used to purchase spokesperson for the Hospital. "This is the
items from the hospital's Regency Institute."Many first big thing that they've
wish list,which includes of the students have kids done [with Children's],
"I-Spy"books, crayons, of their own." where they're working
LEGO sets and more. While the cut-a-thon with students,clients and
Guests could also con- may be a first of its kind, everyone else as well."
tribute toys they have the Regency Institute has
purchased to a donation worked with Children's You can reach Tim Fak-
Hospital before,but never lis at 651-748-7814, at
boa in the lobby at the
Maplewood site. to this capacity. tfaklis @lillienews.com,or
"The campus is always "They wanted to do on Twitter @tfaklisnews.
looking for ways to give something with their stu-