When a soldier is serving overseas, looking good is on the bottom of the priority list. Whether they’re in the deserts of the Middle East or out to sea on a Navy ship, their job serving their country is what is most important. So although they may not focus on their looks, they definitely deserve pampering more than most.
This is where your salon, spa or cosmetology school can help support our troops. Lisa Hoffman, wife of actor Dustin Hoffman, has started a trend by donating more than $1 million worth of Lisa Hoffman Beauty products to troops and their families. Your salon or school may not be able to make a donation at that level, but everything counts.
Here are some fast, easy ways to support the troops:
• Collect donations at work or at school that can go to an organization that helps the soldiers. Operation Gratitude accepts monetary donations that go toward the shipping costs of sending the packages.
• If you receive small containers or bottles of health and beauty products from your suppliers you can donate those through Give2TheTroops. They have a wish list of all the health and beauty items soldiers have requested.
• Your salon, spa or school could offer discounts to soldiers and their families. The soldiers need to relax when they get home and it’s tough for their spouses and children to be at home without them, so they could use some pampering too!
These are just some small ways your school or business can help our troops overseas. A care package including their favorite shampoo or a soothing lotion would let them know we’re all thinking about them while they’re gone.
Is your beauty salon or cosmetology school participating in one of these charitable programs to help the troops and their families? Do you have any other ideas to help the soldiers?
