Fiesta Provides 211 Free Haircuts to School Children
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By David [email protected]
Peggi Lisenbee-Wright, CCS director of client services, estimated the number of people they saw at 1,185.
Fiesta Hair Salon, Warsaw, also provided 211 free haircuts to children.
Families started lining up for Tools for School at around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, though it wasn’t scheduled to start until 9 a.m. at the Home & Family Arts Building at the fairgrounds.
The program provides school supplies to Kosciusko County students who otherwise may not be able to get any because of family financial hardship.
In partnership with the Warsaw Dollar Tree, the American Red Cross of Kosciusko County presented more than 3,300 school items to the Tools for School event.
Kosciusko REMC employees and Warsaw Wesleyan Church FUEL members volunteered helping to pass out the supplies. DARE and Fraternal Order of Police officers also were on hand volunteering.
Many area agencies were on hand to provide information to families, or provide games and fun to the children in line.
Among the service agencies providing information on child-centered activities they offer were Kosciusko County 4-H, Bowen Center, Northern Indiana Hispanic Health Coalition, Campus Life, Youth For Christ, Warsaw Evangelical Presbyterian Church, American Red Cross, Manage Health Services and Community Action of Northeast Indiana.
Gamal Hernandez, Latino liaison with the Bowen Center, said Bowen Center was there to help the community in whatever way it could. They were at the event, he said, to let the community know what services they provide. Many of the people who stopped at the Bowen Center table, he said, were happy to see the different kind of services it provided.
Terin Hopkins, Purdue Extension program assistant, and Ann Truitt-Petre, Purdue Extension educator, spoke to people about all the programs offered by 4-H and Purdue Extension. Their programs are available to students in kindergarten through 12th grade.
Truitt-Petre said they have more than 100 programs kids can be involved in, and they have scholarships and trips also available.
She said they were pushing their junior leaders program, which focuses on leadership skills, for seventh- through 12th-graders.
Hopkins said they weren’t surprised by the number of people who came through Tools for School, but were surprised at the genuine interest shown in what was offered and that they were more than farm animals at the fair.
Jesus Islas, Northern Indiana Hispanic Health Coalition volunteer, said he was talking to people about what they offered at health fairs and how they are open to the whole community, not just Latinos. All of it is free.
Some of the things they offer at health fairs include HIV testing, BMI, Lipid panel, cholesterol and glucose testing.
Islas said they also offer classes on gardening, teeth care, cholesterol and heart disease.
The main office is in Elkhart County, but NIHHC has an office at the K21 Health Pavilion in Warsaw.
Lora Fisher, Fiesta manager, estimated the number of haircuts they provided at around 211.
“It’s rewarding,” she said of why Fiesta provides the cuts every year at Tools for School for free. “It’s one of the community projects we do. ... We all enjoy helping the families.”
Fiesta brings in and uses its own equipment for the haircuts. They cut the child’s hair based on what the child asks for.
A haircut can take 10 to 15 minutes for a boy, 20 to 30 minutes for a girl, which also depends on what kind of cut they want.
Along with Fisher, Fiesta employees who volunteered included Donna Goble, Sherry Sparkman, Angie Hendrickson, Nancy Litral, Susan Love and Billi Brantley.
“They’re excited,” Fisher said of the kids’ reactions. “It’s like the thrill of the backpack and haircut and going back to school. Most of them said they’re ready to go back.”
CCS Director Steve Possell said he appreciated all the other agencies involved Wednesday.
“It was more of a community effort this time,” he said.
Lisenbee-Wright thanked the Kosciusko County fairgrounds for use of the Home & Family Arts Building for free.[[In-content Ad]]
Peggi Lisenbee-Wright, CCS director of client services, estimated the number of people they saw at 1,185.
Fiesta Hair Salon, Warsaw, also provided 211 free haircuts to children.
Families started lining up for Tools for School at around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, though it wasn’t scheduled to start until 9 a.m. at the Home & Family Arts Building at the fairgrounds.
The program provides school supplies to Kosciusko County students who otherwise may not be able to get any because of family financial hardship.
In partnership with the Warsaw Dollar Tree, the American Red Cross of Kosciusko County presented more than 3,300 school items to the Tools for School event.
Kosciusko REMC employees and Warsaw Wesleyan Church FUEL members volunteered helping to pass out the supplies. DARE and Fraternal Order of Police officers also were on hand volunteering.
Many area agencies were on hand to provide information to families, or provide games and fun to the children in line.
Among the service agencies providing information on child-centered activities they offer were Kosciusko County 4-H, Bowen Center, Northern Indiana Hispanic Health Coalition, Campus Life, Youth For Christ, Warsaw Evangelical Presbyterian Church, American Red Cross, Manage Health Services and Community Action of Northeast Indiana.
Gamal Hernandez, Latino liaison with the Bowen Center, said Bowen Center was there to help the community in whatever way it could. They were at the event, he said, to let the community know what services they provide. Many of the people who stopped at the Bowen Center table, he said, were happy to see the different kind of services it provided.
Terin Hopkins, Purdue Extension program assistant, and Ann Truitt-Petre, Purdue Extension educator, spoke to people about all the programs offered by 4-H and Purdue Extension. Their programs are available to students in kindergarten through 12th grade.
Truitt-Petre said they have more than 100 programs kids can be involved in, and they have scholarships and trips also available.
She said they were pushing their junior leaders program, which focuses on leadership skills, for seventh- through 12th-graders.
Hopkins said they weren’t surprised by the number of people who came through Tools for School, but were surprised at the genuine interest shown in what was offered and that they were more than farm animals at the fair.
Jesus Islas, Northern Indiana Hispanic Health Coalition volunteer, said he was talking to people about what they offered at health fairs and how they are open to the whole community, not just Latinos. All of it is free.
Some of the things they offer at health fairs include HIV testing, BMI, Lipid panel, cholesterol and glucose testing.
Islas said they also offer classes on gardening, teeth care, cholesterol and heart disease.
The main office is in Elkhart County, but NIHHC has an office at the K21 Health Pavilion in Warsaw.
Lora Fisher, Fiesta manager, estimated the number of haircuts they provided at around 211.
“It’s rewarding,” she said of why Fiesta provides the cuts every year at Tools for School for free. “It’s one of the community projects we do. ... We all enjoy helping the families.”
Fiesta brings in and uses its own equipment for the haircuts. They cut the child’s hair based on what the child asks for.
A haircut can take 10 to 15 minutes for a boy, 20 to 30 minutes for a girl, which also depends on what kind of cut they want.
Along with Fisher, Fiesta employees who volunteered included Donna Goble, Sherry Sparkman, Angie Hendrickson, Nancy Litral, Susan Love and Billi Brantley.
“They’re excited,” Fisher said of the kids’ reactions. “It’s like the thrill of the backpack and haircut and going back to school. Most of them said they’re ready to go back.”
CCS Director Steve Possell said he appreciated all the other agencies involved Wednesday.
“It was more of a community effort this time,” he said.
Lisenbee-Wright thanked the Kosciusko County fairgrounds for use of the Home & Family Arts Building for free.[[In-content Ad]]
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