{"id":85685,"date":"2025-12-08T02:52:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T02:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/85685\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T02:52:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T02:52:16","slug":"long-beach-hair-salon-on-a-mission-to-brighten-christmas-for-foster-care-teens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/85685\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach Hair Salon on a mission to brighten Christmas for Foster Care Teens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LONG BEACH, Miss. (WLOX) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ThirdGenSalon\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ThirdGenSalon\/\">Third Gen Salon<\/a> on Pineville Road in Long Beach is asking for help to spread the joy of Christmas to teens in foster care.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"They say their goal is to collect toys and clothing for 13 to 19-year-olds.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4AOXKHIBXBH53LRNCK5M5ZSNQQ.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>They say their goal is to collect toys and clothing for 13 to 19-year-olds.(WLOX)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Lauren Riley-Dubuisson is the owner. She\u2019s partnering with Jen Dexter-Edsall, an esthetician who owns <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/luminousskinbyjen\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/luminousskinbyjen\">Luminous Skin By Jen<\/a>, which also resides under the same roof.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">They say their goal is to collect toys and clothing for 13 to 19-year-olds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cOne item or six, anything helps us. Anything you do as a community is so much appreciated by us and by these kids,\u201d Riley-Dubuisson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Donations started coming in at the beginning of December, and the last day to give is Monday, Dec. 22. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">This mission is personal for Dexter-Edsall. She knows the Foster Care System all too well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI really bounced around a lot, and we were always forgotten, especially around the holidays, so I vowed that when I aged out and got myself together in life, that I was gonna do something to change that and make a difference,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Dexter-Edsall said Christmas was not always filled with joy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cChristmas just wasn\u2019t Christmas,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Dexter-Edsall bonded with Riley-Dubuisson, not over being in foster care, but the heart that she wears on her sleeve, and how she cares.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI don\u2019t think any kid deserves to be forgotten about or get laundry detergent on Christmas morning,\u201d Riley-Dubuisson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI think that every teenager should wake up and feel like a normal teenager when they walk through those doors at school,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">There is an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/hz\/wishlist\/ls\/7LCODW009E5S?ref_=wl_share&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawOjDgFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFaanR6Q3RyVVpJbE5QMkRCc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHqA-kEq7Nr6TdHOzn7ZzYevaj_nVUcffNTvTUm86hTmIooadJ9bnXpmZWibv_aem_nogVQLfztjXLoNap_LsYvg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/hz\/wishlist\/ls\/7LCODW009E5S?ref_=wl_share&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawOjDgFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFaanR6Q3RyVVpJbE5QMkRCc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHqA-kEq7Nr6TdHOzn7ZzYevaj_nVUcffNTvTUm86hTmIooadJ9bnXpmZWibv_aem_nogVQLfztjXLoNap_LsYvg\">Amazon wishlist<\/a> already filled out with items that will ship straight to the salon if purchased.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Hair Salon is at 19020 Pineville Rd. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">See a spelling or grammar error in this story? Report it to our team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlox.com\/page\/error-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\">HERE<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 WLOX. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONG BEACH, Miss. 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