Community Cuts

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“Community Cuts” Back-To-School Haircut Drive Offers a Day of Free Haircuts, Literacy, Leadership, and Fun!

September 4, 2014

Albany, NY:    The George Biddle Kelley Education Foundation (GBKEF) will once again host Community Cuts for the Capital Region’s school-aged youth! Join GBKEF for a full day of esteem building, achievement preparation, and outreach that provides free, fresh haircuts, needed school supplies, a meal, a smile, and unconditional love to local area at-risk youth as they make the journey back to the classroom! This year features a special focus on the importance of Literacy and Anti-Bullying.

Start the school year off right at Community Cuts on Sunday, September 14^th from 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM at not one, but two locations: Bricks Barber Salon, located at 67 Central Avenue in Albany, and Jay Allen Studio, located at 1839 Central Avenue in Colonie! Haircuts are provided on a first-come-first-served basis and are open to all pre-K through grade 12 Capital Region students.

Community Cuts is made possible by the generous support of its sponsors, Bricks Barber Salon, Jay Allen Studio, NYSUT, National Pan-Hellenic, and Inspired Marketing Solutions, Inc., and community partners, Cap City Lodge F&A Masons P.H.A., Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, Inc., Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc., and 100 Black Men.

About the George Biddle Kelley Education Foundation

The George Biddle Kelley Education Foundation (GBKEF) was formed with a mission to engage in activities that provide information, resources, advocacy, programs and services to assist in the development of strong families in at-risk communities. GBKEF works in conjunction with other national and local organizations to promote events and programs that benefit these communities, such as providing scholarships to worthy high school students, conducting college bus tours, and hosting workshops to increase the youth’s awareness about responsibility, leadership, and entrepreneurship. GBKEF is named in honor of Troy, NY native and resident George Biddle Kelley, one of the seven founding members of Alpha Phi Alpha, the oldest Greek letter fraternity organized originally for black men. A graduate of Cornell University, he became the first African-American engineer registered in New York State and one of Troy’s leading civic and social leaders in the 1940’s.