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Those in need will have the opportunity to receive free haircuts and massages Sunday at Combined Community Services.
CCS will host an event for the first time where Project Daymaker, a 34-foot Winnebago that has been outfitted as a salon, will provide the equipment for haircuts and massages to as many as 75 Kosciusko County residents in need.
The Winnebago is equipped with three stylist stations, a shampoo bowl, massage chair and reception area.
The custom-designed mobile station visits service organizations in Ohio, Indiana and Michigan to provide beauty care services and personal hygiene education to help those less fortunate.
The Winnebago is kept in service and sponsored by Fredric's Corp. of Fairfield, Ohio, the founder of two award-winning Aveda Fredric's Institutes located in Cincinnati and Indianapolis.
Frederic Holzberger, owner of Frederic's Corp. in Fairfield, Ohio, founded Project Daymaker in 1995.
The distributor of Aveda Environmental Beauty Products came up with the idea to create a salon that would be mobile and could travel to people who would benefit from its services.
Project Daymaker has traveled to 150 cities, visited more than 300 shelters and provided the equipment for haircuts and massages to more than 1,000 men, women and children.
Licensed stylists from J Three, formerly known as Making Waves Salon, Warsaw, will have four employees who will provide haircuts to men, women and children who are less fortunate.
"We hope to make children's as well as men and women's days by providing them with haircuts," said J Three owner Fotine Parzygnot, who will be one of the employees giving haircuts.
Peggi Lisenbee-Wright, director of client assistance at Combined Community Services, said the Project Daymaker organization contacted her a week ago to ask if CCS would be interested in having the Winnebago visit Warsaw.
"When those less fortunate get a haircut, it raises their self esteem and provides them with a sense of dignity," Lisenbee-Wright said. "We are excited to have the opportunity to offer these services to those in need."
Lisenbee-Wright said 38 people have already signed up for the services and she expects 50 to 75 people to receive haircuts.
To qualify for the services, people must register at CCS and are chosen based on income level and hardship, according to Lisenbee-Wright.
People have until Friday to sign up for the haircuts and massages in Warsaw. To sign up, visit Combined Community Services, 110 E. Prairie St., Warsaw, from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m.
