Cuttin’ 4 the Cause aids cancer fund

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Owners and operators of Geneses and Todd’s Hair Studio in Wise recently presented a check for $24,406, the proceeds of the salons’ 2016 Cuttin’ 4 the Cause cut-a-thon, to the Mountain Laurel Cancer Support and Resource Center’s Ruben Lovell Fund, which pays for travel for cancer diagnosis, treatment and surgery and for liquid nutritional supplements for cancer patients. Mountain Laurel is a Mountain Empire Older Citizens program. (Back row, from left) Geneses and Todd’s operators Brandy Austin, Eden Sturgill, Jason Scott, Morgan Sturgill and Annie Asbury, MEOC Executive Director Michael Wampler; (front row, from left) Mountain Laurel Center Coordinator Maggie Christian Gilbert, Mountain Laurel Coalition Chair Marilyn Pace Maxwell, salon owners Ted, Karen, Crystal and Todd Barnette, MEOC Care Coordination Director Judy Miller and Ruben Lovell Fund Founder Linda Lovell Begley.


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