As families across San Antonio prepare for a new school year, the Bexar County Child Welfare Board is once again helping youth in care head back to class looking and feeling their best.<\/p>\n
The organization’s annual Hair-A-Thon provides free haircuts, fresh hairstyles, and wellness resources for youth in care and their caregivers. The event brings together volunteer barbers, stylists, and community partners with the shared goal of helping children start the school year with confidence.<\/p>\n
Lisa German of the Bexar County Child Welfare Board joined us to talk about the impact of the event and why it has become a valued back-to-school tradition for local families.<\/p>\n
The event is made possible through a collaborative effort involving Lee High School, which has hosted the Hair-A-Thon for the past three years since the program resumed, along with dedicated volunteer barbers and stylists who donate their time and talents. Community partners also contribute by providing haircut and styling supplies, wellness and hygiene items, and financial support.<\/p>\n
In addition to receiving grooming services, participating families can access valuable resources designed to support students as they return to the classroom.<\/p>\n
Community members interested in supporting the Hair-A-Thon have several opportunities to get involved. Licensed barbers and stylists can volunteer their services, while others can help through monetary donations or by purchasing needed items from the event’s wishlist. Families and caregivers are also encouraged to register eligible participants in advance.<\/p>\n
HAIR-A-THON
Thursday, August 13th
9 am to 2 pm
Lee High School
Register: bccwb.com\/hairathon
Bccwb.com\/stylist
Bccwb.com\/donate
Bccwb.com\/wishlist<\/p>\n
BEXAR COUNTY Child Welfare Board
P.O. Box 830103, San Antonio
78283
Bccwb.com
Instagram @bexarcwb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As families across San Antonio prepare for a new school year, the Bexar County Child Welfare Board is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-389655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}