{"id":62824,"date":"2025-12-16T23:59:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T23:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/62824\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T23:59:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T23:59:14","slug":"free-holiday-haircuts-offer-at-erie-1-boces-student-salon-and-barbershop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/62824\/","title":{"rendered":"Free holiday haircuts offer at Erie 1 BOCES student salon and barbershop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Organizers say the program is designed to ease financial stress during the holiday season while giving students hands-on experience serving the community.<\/p>\n<p>CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. \u2014 Just in time for the holidays, Erie 1 BOCES Workforce Development is offering free haircuts to the community through its \u201cHaircuts for the Holidays\u201d initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the month of December, Western New Yorkers of all ages are invited to visit the Workforce Development Student Salon and Barbershop for a complimentary shampoo, haircut and style \u2014 all at no cost.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgrz.com\/article\/news\/education\/buffalo-public-school-closures-paused\/71-5f506400-a204-424c-9b19-469ce10425c4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Buffalo Public School puts a pause on school closures<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Organizers say the program is designed to ease financial stress during the holiday season while giving students hands-on experience serving the community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt Erie 1 BOCES, we understand that the holidays can be a financially stressful time for some,\u201d said Melissa Kamyab, coordinator of the Salon and Spa Programs. \u201cOur students are proud to give back by providing high-quality services that help our community feel confident heading into their holiday gatherings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All services are performed by students enrolled in salon and barbering programs and are supervised by experienced instructors.<\/p>\n<p>Appointments are required and can be made by calling the student salon or barbershop directly.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nHow to Make an Appointment                    <\/p>\n<p>Student Barbershop<br \/>1526 Walden Ave., Suite 950<br \/>716-821-7350<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday: 10 a.m.\u20131:30 p.m. and 4:30\u20137:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday: 10 a.m.\u20131:30 p.m. and 4:30\u20137:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday: 10 a.m.\u20131:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Student Salon<br \/>1526 Walden Ave., Suite 100<br \/>716-821-7353<\/p>\n<p>Erie 1 BOCES says availability is limited and encourages anyone interested to call ahead to reserve an appointment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Organizers say the program is designed to ease financial stress during the holiday season while giving students hands-on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":{"0":"post-62824","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-erie","8":"tag-erie","9":"tag-erie-headlines","10":"tag-erie-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}