WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.440 --> 00:00:02.254 Hi, my name is Amanda Palm, and I'm the 2 00:00:02.254 --> 00:00:05.022 director of communications and partnerships at Sport Clips. 3 00:00:05.022 --> 00:00:06.926 I've been with the brand since 2016, and 4 00:00:06.926 --> 00:00:09.014 I have the privilege of overseeing the haircuts 5 00:00:09.014 --> 00:00:10.622 with heart programs, which Pauline and I are 6 00:00:10.622 --> 00:00:12.198 going to talk to you about today. 7 00:00:12.198 --> 00:00:13.942 Hi, and I am Pauline Pryor. 8 00:00:13.942 --> 00:00:16.198 I am an area coach supporting the great state of 9 00:00:16.198 --> 00:00:20.330 Indiana, and I have been with sport clips since 2007. 10 00:00:20.990 --> 00:00:21.782 You guys. 11 00:00:21.782 --> 00:00:25.694 Sport Clips has four national partnerships. 12 00:00:25.694 --> 00:00:27.974 One of the national partnerships we have is St. 13 00:00:27.974 --> 00:00:29.134 Baldrick's. 14 00:00:29.134 --> 00:00:33.304 We are the proud official sponsor for St. Baldrick's. 15 00:00:33.304 --> 00:00:33.720 What St. 16 00:00:33.720 --> 00:00:37.168 Baldrick's does is they are an organization that 17 00:00:37.168 --> 00:00:40.616 raises money for research for childhood cancer. 18 00:00:40.616 --> 00:00:43.832 They do this by having head shave events. 19 00:00:43.832 --> 00:00:45.792 These head shave events are 20 00:00:45.792 --> 00:00:48.072 actually beautiful events to see. 21 00:00:48.072 --> 00:00:50.520 This is where you guys come in. 22 00:00:50.520 --> 00:00:53.464 You have an opportunity to volunteer and 23 00:00:53.464 --> 00:00:55.648 actually shave the heads of these people. 24 00:00:55.648 --> 00:00:58.144 You will be so surprised to see how 25 00:00:58.144 --> 00:01:00.320 many people come out to support this event. 26 00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:02.878 We have children that get their head shaved, and 27 00:01:02.878 --> 00:01:06.022 in Indianapolis, our mayor actually comes to the event 28 00:01:06.022 --> 00:01:08.190 every year, and he gets his head shaved. 29 00:01:08.190 --> 00:01:09.694 So I would suggest you guys, if you 30 00:01:09.694 --> 00:01:12.350 have an opportunity, definitely participate in the St. 31 00:01:12.350 --> 00:01:12.790 Baldric. 32 00:01:12.790 --> 00:01:14.118 Shave head event. 33 00:01:14.118 --> 00:01:16.142 Yeah, and in addition to shaving heads, 34 00:01:16.142 --> 00:01:18.502 we are actually a financial supporter, too. 35 00:01:18.502 --> 00:01:21.270 And so sport clips has contributed millions of 36 00:01:21.270 --> 00:01:24.062 dollars that go directly to childhood cancer research. 37 00:01:24.062 --> 00:01:25.726 And, yeah, we're so excited that you've had the 38 00:01:25.726 --> 00:01:28.990 opportunity to participate, because it is truly rewarding. 39 00:01:28.990 --> 00:01:30.718 Another partnership that is part of our 40 00:01:30.718 --> 00:01:33.446 overall haircuts with Heart program is our 41 00:01:33.446 --> 00:01:35.110 partnership with the American Red Cross. 42 00:01:35.110 --> 00:01:37.646 And so through that partnership, which has actually been 43 00:01:37.646 --> 00:01:41.542 around since 2015, and it actually started from one 44 00:01:41.542 --> 00:01:43.254 of our area developers who came to us and 45 00:01:43.254 --> 00:01:44.862 said, hey, I've been doing this in my local 46 00:01:44.862 --> 00:01:46.486 market, and I think it would be great for 47 00:01:46.486 --> 00:01:48.366 sport clubs to do it across the country. 48 00:01:48.366 --> 00:01:50.366 And so, through our partnership with Red Cross, it 49 00:01:50.366 --> 00:01:54.006 focuses specifically on blood donorship and making sure that 50 00:01:54.006 --> 00:01:56.662 the blood supply is maintained throughout the year. 51 00:01:56.662 --> 00:02:00.192 So once a year, anybody who goes in to donate 52 00:02:00.192 --> 00:02:03.632 blood through the Red Cross, super simple, they are emailed 53 00:02:03.632 --> 00:02:06.008 a coupon for a free haircut from sport clips. 54 00:02:06.008 --> 00:02:08.008 So, really, all we have to do is honor 55 00:02:08.008 --> 00:02:10.936 that coupon when these folks come in and come 56 00:02:10.936 --> 00:02:13.040 into our stores to get that free haircut. 57 00:02:13.040 --> 00:02:14.504 And it's just a great way for us to 58 00:02:14.504 --> 00:02:16.944 say thank you for us to establish and maintain 59 00:02:16.944 --> 00:02:18.984 a partnership with the Red Cross, who is a 60 00:02:18.984 --> 00:02:21.856 very well recognized, well respected national brand. 61 00:02:21.856 --> 00:02:23.496 And again, to make sure that 62 00:02:23.496 --> 00:02:25.380 those blood supplies are maintained. 63 00:02:25.960 --> 00:02:27.072 You know what, you guys? 64 00:02:27.072 --> 00:02:28.320 One of the things that I really 65 00:02:28.320 --> 00:02:31.156 loved participate in is the dream flights. 66 00:02:31.156 --> 00:02:34.388 Our founder, Gordon Logan is a veteran, and 67 00:02:34.388 --> 00:02:37.060 veteran concerns are really important to him. 68 00:02:37.060 --> 00:02:40.780 So what dream flights is, Dream flights gives a veteran 69 00:02:40.780 --> 00:02:45.068 a wonderful opportunity, a once in a lifetime opportunity to 70 00:02:45.068 --> 00:02:49.724 fly one more time in a world war two plane. 71 00:02:49.724 --> 00:02:51.404 How can we participate? 72 00:02:51.404 --> 00:02:53.468 What you guys can do is you volunteer for that 73 00:02:53.468 --> 00:02:57.164 event and we help our veterans have an opportunity to 74 00:02:57.164 --> 00:02:59.326 get in and out, and then we also have an 75 00:02:59.326 --> 00:03:01.462 opportunity to thank them for their service. 76 00:03:01.462 --> 00:03:03.750 So if you're looking for a unique, rewarding 77 00:03:03.750 --> 00:03:06.526 experience, Dreamflights is the thing for you. 78 00:03:06.526 --> 00:03:08.390 Yeah, Dreamflights is super amazing. 79 00:03:08.390 --> 00:03:11.206 And we're not supposed to have favorite programs, but 80 00:03:11.206 --> 00:03:12.926 that is probably the favorite of a lot of 81 00:03:12.926 --> 00:03:14.766 folks because it's the opportunity to get out of 82 00:03:14.766 --> 00:03:18.374 the store, interact with these veterans, and watch them 83 00:03:18.374 --> 00:03:20.622 just truly change through that experience, as you said. 84 00:03:20.622 --> 00:03:21.710 And it's truly rewarding. 85 00:03:21.710 --> 00:03:23.758 And we'll let you know when those flights come to your 86 00:03:23.758 --> 00:03:26.090 market so that you can get out there and participate. 87 00:03:27.020 --> 00:03:29.180 One of our other programs that is also veteran 88 00:03:29.180 --> 00:03:31.972 focused, because, as Pauline mentioned, Gordon is a veteran. 89 00:03:31.972 --> 00:03:33.364 He was an Air Force veteran, and he 90 00:03:33.364 --> 00:03:35.476 flew planes during the Vietnam War era. 91 00:03:35.476 --> 00:03:38.228 He is also a member of the Veterans of Foreign wars. 92 00:03:38.228 --> 00:03:39.924 And so through that partnership with the 93 00:03:39.924 --> 00:03:44.500 VFW in 2013, we established the sport 94 00:03:44.500 --> 00:03:46.876 clips help a hero scholarship program. 95 00:03:46.876 --> 00:03:49.388 And that is something that is unique to our brand. 96 00:03:49.388 --> 00:03:52.260 Sport Clips is the sole funder of the scholarship 97 00:03:52.260 --> 00:03:54.306 program, which means I we are the only ones 98 00:03:54.306 --> 00:03:56.922 who are providing financial contributions to this program. 99 00:03:56.922 --> 00:03:59.498 And the way we do it is through a fall in 100 00:03:59.498 --> 00:04:04.218 store promotion where you, as team members in the store, are 101 00:04:04.218 --> 00:04:08.298 tasked with asking for donations from clients as they come in. 102 00:04:08.298 --> 00:04:11.266 And we have routinely collected well over a 103 00:04:11.266 --> 00:04:17.185 million dollars since 2016, and we've contributed $13 104 00:04:17.185 --> 00:04:20.041 million to the program and counting. 105 00:04:20.041 --> 00:04:22.722 And what's really unique about the in store promotion as well 106 00:04:22.722 --> 00:04:25.982 is that about 80% of the funds that we bring in 107 00:04:25.982 --> 00:04:29.382 on an annual basis are coming directly from clients. 108 00:04:29.382 --> 00:04:30.918 And that happens because of what 109 00:04:30.918 --> 00:04:32.598 team members do in the store. 110 00:04:32.598 --> 00:04:36.126 And then we pass on those funds directly to the VFW. 111 00:04:36.126 --> 00:04:38.782 And the VFW then administers that scholarship 112 00:04:38.782 --> 00:04:41.550 program, so they handle the application process. 113 00:04:41.550 --> 00:04:42.886 They are the ones who actually 114 00:04:42.886 --> 00:04:46.358 select the veterans scholarship recipients and 115 00:04:46.358 --> 00:04:48.422 distribute the funds to their schools. 116 00:04:48.422 --> 00:04:49.990 But we make sure that those 117 00:04:49.990 --> 00:04:51.470 funds are available every year. 118 00:04:51.470 --> 00:04:53.326 And it is truly a grassroots effort. 119 00:04:53.326 --> 00:04:54.846 And we have seen stores come 120 00:04:54.846 --> 00:04:57.534 together to do in store raffles. 121 00:04:57.534 --> 00:04:59.530 We have seen them do golf tournaments. 122 00:04:59.530 --> 00:05:01.594 We have seen them do fun things like pie in 123 00:05:01.594 --> 00:05:03.698 the face, where the stylist who raises the most money 124 00:05:03.698 --> 00:05:05.410 in the store gets to pie in the face. 125 00:05:05.410 --> 00:05:08.114 Or sometimes those team leaders will volunteer to get 126 00:05:08.114 --> 00:05:10.514 a pie in their face, which is super popular. 127 00:05:10.514 --> 00:05:12.554 But it's a great program, and it really 128 00:05:12.554 --> 00:05:14.578 serves the needs of the veteran community. 129 00:05:14.578 --> 00:05:17.114 A lot of times, the educational benefits that they 130 00:05:17.114 --> 00:05:18.474 get as a result of their time in the 131 00:05:18.474 --> 00:05:21.170 military just doesn't cover all of the schooling that 132 00:05:21.170 --> 00:05:22.922 they need or that they desire. 133 00:05:22.922 --> 00:05:25.034 And so that's where this program comes in. 134 00:05:25.034 --> 00:05:27.514 And it covers everything from folks who are looking to 135 00:05:27.514 --> 00:05:31.398 go to school to get a doctorate degree, to engineering, 136 00:05:31.398 --> 00:05:35.598 to truck driving school, even to cosmetology school. 137 00:05:35.598 --> 00:05:37.686 And we've even had somebody who has literally gone to 138 00:05:37.686 --> 00:05:40.310 school to study to be a deep sea diver. 139 00:05:40.310 --> 00:05:41.966 So it's a really incredible program 140 00:05:41.966 --> 00:05:44.050 and couldn't happen without our stylists. 141 00:05:44.590 --> 00:05:47.326 So you guys, ask your managers, talk to your 142 00:05:47.326 --> 00:05:49.846 team leaders, find out how you can be a 143 00:05:49.846 --> 00:05:51.734 part of some of these programs, find out what 144 00:05:51.734 --> 00:05:53.294 they're doing locally in the community. 145 00:05:53.294 --> 00:05:55.230 And I look forward to seeing you 146 00:05:55.230 --> 00:05:57.150 participate in giving back to our communities.