Help To Bring A Barber School To Columbia, MO!
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Debra and Al Harris have owned and operated A Cut Above The Rest, a local Hair Salon in the Columbia, MO area for the last 25 years.
In June of 2019, I did an interview for a local magazine, called the CoMo magazine , and in that interview, they asked me what do I see myself doing in the future, and I said that I would love to own a cosmetology school someday. I was thinking within the next 4-5 years, but really it was just wishful thinking.
Fast forward to September of 2019, and Sam Brown, owner of the Sam Brown Cosmetology and Barber Institute called me and said that he would like to sell his school to me and offered me an exclusive offer to purchase and run the school! Wow! We were floored and honored.
To make a long story short, my team and I have been scrambling for months to raise the funds, from family and friends, sharing with the community and pitching to all organizations that offer resources and we have had some great success. We met with many banks and are cultivated and started an excellent relationship with a regional financial institution who is working with us to secure the deal. The main thing that we need to do now is to raise the last $30,000, in order to bring the FIRST Barbering school to Columbia, MO, to allow an additional 50 students a year to enter this industry in the Central Missouri region, and to also make sure that we give these new students all of the tools, resources, and education that we had to discover along the way.
We need your help to chip in and help us to make this happen. We believe that this is a blessing and favor from God and that it will allow us to bless others in this area and focus on extending our commitment and passion to beautify individuals, their families and be engaged members of the community.
So whether you invest or donate $5, $20, $100, $1,000 or more, we will appreciate it and it all counts.
This school is a turn-key business that has been established since 2006, with an excellent reputation, and with positive cash flow. There are (2) instructors and a receptionist on staff that will continue with the school.
We also are asking that government, institutions, organizations or cities seeking to enhance their Cosmetology industry, consider sponsorship of students, and we will work with them to start their own salon or barbershop in those cities, after their graduation.
This is an opportunity to help the youth in our community to be productive and to get into a highly lucrative trade that is a multi-billion dollar industry and growing.
Unity is Power! Let's do this together!
In June of 2019, I did an interview for a local magazine, called the CoMo magazine , and in that interview, they asked me what do I see myself doing in the future, and I said that I would love to own a cosmetology school someday. I was thinking within the next 4-5 years, but really it was just wishful thinking.
Fast forward to September of 2019, and Sam Brown, owner of the Sam Brown Cosmetology and Barber Institute called me and said that he would like to sell his school to me and offered me an exclusive offer to purchase and run the school! Wow! We were floored and honored.
To make a long story short, my team and I have been scrambling for months to raise the funds, from family and friends, sharing with the community and pitching to all organizations that offer resources and we have had some great success. We met with many banks and are cultivated and started an excellent relationship with a regional financial institution who is working with us to secure the deal. The main thing that we need to do now is to raise the last $30,000, in order to bring the FIRST Barbering school to Columbia, MO, to allow an additional 50 students a year to enter this industry in the Central Missouri region, and to also make sure that we give these new students all of the tools, resources, and education that we had to discover along the way.
We need your help to chip in and help us to make this happen. We believe that this is a blessing and favor from God and that it will allow us to bless others in this area and focus on extending our commitment and passion to beautify individuals, their families and be engaged members of the community.
So whether you invest or donate $5, $20, $100, $1,000 or more, we will appreciate it and it all counts.
This school is a turn-key business that has been established since 2006, with an excellent reputation, and with positive cash flow. There are (2) instructors and a receptionist on staff that will continue with the school.
We also are asking that government, institutions, organizations or cities seeking to enhance their Cosmetology industry, consider sponsorship of students, and we will work with them to start their own salon or barbershop in those cities, after their graduation.
This is an opportunity to help the youth in our community to be productive and to get into a highly lucrative trade that is a multi-billion dollar industry and growing.
Unity is Power! Let's do this together!
Fundraising team: A Cut Above Squad (2)
Tyree Paladon Byndom
Organizer
Raised $100 from 1 donation
Columbia, MO
Debra Harris
Team member
Raised $120 from 2 donations
