Pottsville, PA, October 15th, 2010 – Annual fundraiser offers support to women’s shelters during National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Students at nearly 100 Empire beauty schools across the country took part in the company’s annual National Day of Beauty on Saturday, October 9, 2010. The one day event, donates all proceeds from services done at Empire’s student salons to local women’s shelters. This years’ event raised $47,212 system wide in just one day. Since August, students have raised $147,918 in cash donations, donated items, and free beauty services provided to shelter residents and their children.
Along with awards for financial performance and administrative efficiency, Empire honored the school with the best total quality, with its School of the Year award. This year, Empire’s Reading, PA campus took 1st place for overall financial performance, student satisfaction, graduation rates and student salon experience. The Reading school is lead by Executive Director Tracy Hess-Ferro, who recently took over for Jennifer Crawl, now a Regional Director with Empire.
This is 3rd year Empire has raised money on a national level for its Empire Gives Back program, a charitable campaign aimed at raising awareness of, and funds to combat Domestic Violence. Each of Empire’s 100 schools has adopted a local women’s shelter in their community where the funds will be donated. The schools also support their local shelters throughout the year with additional fundraisers and educational endowments for residents.
Also in support of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Empire is joining forces with Judge Jeanine Pirro of the “Judge Pirro” show, who is on the National Domestic Violence Hotline’s celebrity advisory board. Pirro, along with Empire’s Chairman and CEO, Franklin K. Schoeneman appear in a Public Service Announcement supporting the hotline.
For more information on the Empire Gives Back Program visit: Empire Gives Back