Styles 4 Kidz Non-profit Salon Grand Opening Celebration to Occur May 17th/18th
May 15, 2019
With a recent appearance on Good Morning America’s Strahan and Sara and over 3.4 million views on ABC 7’s Localish, 4-Star Chicagoan Tamekia Swint's (featured on ABC 7 Windy City Live) makes African-American hair a FUN, not stressful, experience for transracial adoptive and foster families.
Chicago, United States - May 15, 2019 /PressCable/ —
Styles 4 Kidz (S4K) is a non-profit organization that will officially celebrate the recent opening of its first non-profit salon on Friday, May 17th and Saturday, May 18, 2019 at 20 W. Lake St., Oak Park, IL. The Ribbon Cutting Ceremony will begin on Friday at 11:30 am. The Grand Opening Celebration is open to the public and will take place from 12 pm to 2 pm.
Styles 4 Kidz offers African-American hair care services for children and youth ages infant to 18 plus natural hair care classes for adults. Salon services include: Braiding, Updos, Consultations, African-American Hair and Skin Workshops, Hands-on Classes, outreach to children living in group homes, and more.
Styles 4 Kidz’ Grand Opening Celebration Details:
• Ribbon Cutting-Fri., May 17, 2019 at 11:30 am at 20 W. Lake St., Oak Park, IL 60302
• Grand Opening Celebration-Sat., May 18, 2019 from 12 pm to 2pm at 20 W. Lake St., Oak Park IL 60302
• President of Oak Park River Forest Chamber of Commerce, and local business community leaders to attend this celebratory event
• Enjoy an afternoon of live entertainment by artist Jo’EL, music by DJ Carnell, raffle prizes, face painting, and hair demos.
• Open to the public — all are welcome to attend this family-friendly event
With a recent appearance on Good Morning America’s Strahan and Sara and more than 3.4 million views on ABC 7’s Localish site, people are talking about 4-Star Chicagoan Tamekia Swint (as featured on ABC 7 Windy City Live) and her commitment to make caring for African-American hair a fun, not stressful, experience for transracial adoptive and foster families.
“Styles 4 Kidz is committed 110% to helping families and children struggling with African-American haircare, hair is a big deal!” says Founder and Executive Director of Styles 4 Kidz, Tamekia Swint. An expert licensed braider with more than 20 years’ experience in the natural hair care industry, Swint is passionate about helping parents feel confident with hair styling, boosting kids’ self-esteem, and being sensitive to the unique needs of transracial adoptive and foster kids.
Learn more at styles4kidz.org.
@styles4kidz
About Styles 4 Kidz
Styles 4 Kidz is a 501c3 non-profit organization that provides onsite and offsite, professional hair care education, training, and salon services to transracial adoptive and biracial families, foster kids, and medically challenged children throughout the United States. For more information, contact: Tamekia Swint, Executive Director, Styles 4 Kidz at 773-552-4257 or [email protected].
About the Styles 4 Kidz Sponsors
Special thanks to the Styles 4 Kidz sponsors: Adoption Center of Illinois, Rocyalox, Whole Brain Consulting, Dinae Knox, Inc., and Friends of Styles 4 Kidz.
Contact Info:
Name: Tamekia Swint, Executive Director
Organization: Styles 4 Kidz, NFP
Address: 20 West Lake Street, Chicago, IL 60601, United States
Website: https://www.styles4kidz.org
Source: PressCable
Release ID: 512524
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