Sport Clips to Help with Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup Efforts Through Hair Donation

Local Stores Vacuum Up to Soak Up Oil

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May 07, 2010, 04:09 ET

GEORGETOWN, Texas, May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- It's a big, hairy deal when a national franchise such as Sport Clips mobilizes its stores to help with an oil spill cleanup. Today, the men's and boys' hair care provider is asking its 690 stores to gather the hair that's vacuumed up throughout the day and package it for use by Matter of Trust, an organization that makes oil-soaking mats and booms from hair and fur.

"Approximately two pounds of clippings are collected in each of our stores daily. We look forward to this donated hair making a positive impact by helping to generate products that will clean up leftover oil," says Gordon Logan, Sport Clips founder and CEO. "Team members from stores across the country are letting us know they are ready to pitch in on this effort."

At the end of the day, participating Sport Clips stores will box up the collected hair and ship it to pre-arranged sites, according to Logan. The company is known for its philanthropic work at the local and national level; however, Logan says this is the first time in its 15-year franchise history that oil spill cleanup has been at the heart of a company effort.

About Sport Clips

Sport Clips is headquartered in Georgetown, Texas and was established in 1995 by founder and CEO Gordon Logan. The franchise ranked in the top 100 overall and top 50 in growth for the sixth straight year in Entrepreneur Magazine's "Franchise 500" and in the top 50 in Dun & Bradstreet's AllBusiness.com "2010 AllBusiness AllStars." Sport Clips is the "Official Haircutter" of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and offers veterans preferential pricing on haircuts and franchises. They are also the largest contributor to the VFW's Operation Uplink program, having donated almost $500,000 to help overseas soldiers call home. Sport Clips is a proud sponsor of Joe Gibbs Racing's NASCAR driver, Joey Logano, and holds partnerships with several teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA), Major League Baseball (MLB), and National Hockey League (NHL). For media resources and additional information on Sport Clips, visit SportClipsMedia.com. To learn about franchise opportunities click here, and for locations throughout the United States, visit SportClips.com.

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