Hi, my name is Amanda Palm, and I'm the
director of communications and partnerships at Sport Clips.
I've been with the brand since 2016, and
I have the privilege of overseeing the haircuts
with heart programs, which Pauline and I are
going to talk to you about today.
Hi, and I am Pauline Pryor.
I am an area coach supporting the great state of
Indiana, and I have been with sport clips since 2007.
You guys.
Sport Clips has four national partnerships.
One of the national partnerships we have is St.
Baldrick's.
We are the proud official sponsor for St. Baldrick's.
What St.
Baldrick's does is they are an organization that
raises money for research for childhood cancer.
They do this by having head shave events.
These head shave events are
actually beautiful events to see.
This is where you guys come in.
You have an opportunity to volunteer and
actually shave the heads of these people.
You will be so surprised to see how
many people come out to support this event.
We have children that get their head shaved, and
in Indianapolis, our mayor actually comes to the event
every year, and he gets his head shaved.
So I would suggest you guys, if you
have an opportunity, definitely participate in the St.
Baldric.
Shave head event.
Yeah, and in addition to shaving heads,
we are actually a financial supporter, too.
And so sport clips has contributed millions of
dollars that go directly to childhood cancer research.
And, yeah, we're so excited that you've had the
opportunity to participate, because it is truly rewarding.
Another partnership that is part of our
overall haircuts with Heart program is our
partnership with the American Red Cross.
And so through that partnership, which has actually been
around since 2015, and it actually started from one
of our area developers who came to us and
said, hey, I've been doing this in my local
market, and I think it would be great for
sport clubs to do it across the country.
And so, through our partnership with Red Cross, it
focuses specifically on blood donorship and making sure that
the blood supply is maintained throughout the year.
So once a year, anybody who goes in to donate
blood through the Red Cross, super simple, they are emailed
a coupon for a free haircut from sport clips.
So, really, all we have to do is honor
that coupon when these folks come in and come
into our stores to get that free haircut.
And it's just a great way for us to
say thank you for us to establish and maintain
a partnership with the Red Cross, who is a
very well recognized, well respected national brand.
And again, to make sure that
those blood supplies are maintained.
You know what, you guys?
One of the things that I really
loved participate in is the dream flights.
Our founder, Gordon Logan is a veteran, and
veteran concerns are really important to him.
So what dream flights is, Dream flights gives a veteran
a wonderful opportunity, a once in a lifetime opportunity to
fly one more time in a world war two plane.
How can we participate?
What you guys can do is you volunteer for that
event and we help our veterans have an opportunity to
get in and out, and then we also have an
opportunity to thank them for their service.
So if you're looking for a unique, rewarding
experience, Dreamflights is the thing for you.
Yeah, Dreamflights is super amazing.
And we're not supposed to have favorite programs, but
that is probably the favorite of a lot of
folks because it's the opportunity to get out of
the store, interact with these veterans, and watch them
just truly change through that experience, as you said.
And it's truly rewarding.
And we'll let you know when those flights come to your
market so that you can get out there and participate.
One of our other programs that is also veteran
focused, because, as Pauline mentioned, Gordon is a veteran.
He was an Air Force veteran, and he
flew planes during the Vietnam War era.
He is also a member of the Veterans of Foreign wars.
And so through that partnership with the
VFW in 2013, we established the sport
clips help a hero scholarship program.
And that is something that is unique to our brand.
Sport Clips is the sole funder of the scholarship
program, which means I we are the only ones
who are providing financial contributions to this program.
And the way we do it is through a fall in
store promotion where you, as team members in the store, are
tasked with asking for donations from clients as they come in.
And we have routinely collected well over a
million dollars since 2016, and we've contributed $13
million to the program and counting.
And what's really unique about the in store promotion as well
is that about 80% of the funds that we bring in
on an annual basis are coming directly from clients.
And that happens because of what
team members do in the store.
And then we pass on those funds directly to the VFW.
And the VFW then administers that scholarship
program, so they handle the application process.
They are the ones who actually
select the veterans scholarship recipients and
distribute the funds to their schools.
But we make sure that those
funds are available every year.
And it is truly a grassroots effort.
And we have seen stores come
together to do in store raffles.
We have seen them do golf tournaments.
We have seen them do fun things like pie in
the face, where the stylist who raises the most money
in the store gets to pie in the face.
Or sometimes those team leaders will volunteer to get
a pie in their face, which is super popular.
But it's a great program, and it really
serves the needs of the veteran community.
A lot of times, the educational benefits that they
get as a result of their time in the
military just doesn't cover all of the schooling that
they need or that they desire.
And so that's where this program comes in.
And it covers everything from folks who are looking to
go to school to get a doctorate degree, to engineering,
to truck driving school, even to cosmetology school.
And we've even had somebody who has literally gone to
school to study to be a deep sea diver.
So it's a really incredible program
and couldn't happen without our stylists.
So you guys, ask your managers, talk to your
team leaders, find out how you can be a
part of some of these programs, find out what
they're doing locally in the community.
And I look forward to seeing you
participate in giving back to our communities.