{"id":2056,"date":"2012-10-30T02:41:36","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T02:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beautyconsultantmagazine.com\/home\/?p=2056"},"modified":"2012-10-30T02:41:36","modified_gmt":"2012-10-30T02:41:36","slug":"pba-disaster-relief-fund-now-accepting-donations-and-applications-for-aid-from-beauty-professionals-affected-by-hurricane-sandy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beautyconsultantmagazine.com\/home\/pba-disaster-relief-fund-now-accepting-donations-and-applications-for-aid-from-beauty-professionals-affected-by-hurricane-sandy\/","title":{"rendered":"PBA Disaster Relief Fund Now Accepting Donations and Applications for Aid from Beauty Professionals Affected by Hurricane Sandy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><strong>PBA Disaster Relief Fund<\/strong> <strong> Now Accepting Donations and Applications for Aid from Beauty Professionals Affected by Hurricane Sandy<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Phoenix, AZ (October 29, 2012) <\/strong>&#8211; Since 1955, the PBA Disaster Relief Fund has been there to assist salons\/spas and beauty professionals recover and rebuild after devastation caused by natural disasters. \u00a0As Hurricane Sandy and related storms continue to move across the greater Northeast, PBA is reaching out to beauty professionals and companies to contribute to the PBA Disaster Relief Fund so we can continue to help professionals in our communities rebuild their careers, businesses and lives. \u00a0&#8220;The PBA Disaster Relief Fund is a perfect way for our industry to come together and help support fellow beauty professionals in their time of need,&#8221; states Steve Sleeper, Executive Director of the Professional Beauty Association. \u00a0<strong>All donations made to the PBA Disaster Relief Fund are tax deductible and 100% of all funds raised go directly to beauty industry professionals in need. Make your donation online, by mail or by phone.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Contributions can be made online by credit card by simply completing the online donation form at: <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.probeauty.org\/disaster-relief-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><strong>www.probeauty.org\/disaster-relief-fund\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Check or money order donations should be made payable to PBA Disaster Relief Fund and mailed to 15825 N. 71st Street, Suite 100, Scottsdale, AZ 85254<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Contributions can also be made by phone by calling the PBA toll free number at 800.468.2274.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><strong>Please help us spread the word<\/strong>. Salon professionals that have been affected by this natural disaster can apply for assistance from the PBA Disaster Relief Fund by downloading the Application for Aid at <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.probeauty.org\/disaster-relief-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><strong>www.probeauty.org\/disaster-relief-fund<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Please send completed application and any additional documents to: \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><strong>PBA Disaster Relief Fund<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><strong><\/strong> <strong>C\/O PBA 15825 N. 71st Street STE 100<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Scottsdale, AZ 85254<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">The PBA Disaster Relief Fund is a program of the PBA Foundation, a 501c3 tax-exempt organization. 100% of donations made to the PBA Disaster Relief Fund will be used to help rebuild careers, businesses and lives. Donations are tax deductible as charitable contributions. \u00a0<span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Professional Beauty Association&#8217;s (PBA) purpose is to advance the professional beauty industry by providing its members with education, charitable outreach, government advocacy, events and more. PBA is the largest organization of industry professionals with members representing salons and spas, distributors, manufacturers and beauty professionals\/NCA. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/probeauty.org\" target=\"_blank\">probeauty.org<\/a> or call 800.468.2274 (480.281.0424) to learn more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PBA Disaster Relief Fund Now Accepting Donations and Applications for Aid from Beauty Professionals Affected by Hurricane Sandy Phoenix, AZ (October 29, 2012) &#8211; Since 1955, the PBA Disaster Relief Fund has been there to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2056","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-featured-articles","7":"category-industry-news"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautyconsultantmagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautyconsultantmagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautyconsultantmagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beautyconsultantmagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beautyconsultantmagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2056"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.beautyconsultantmagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2070,"href":"https:\/\/www.beautyconsultantmagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2056\/revisions\/2070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautyconsultantmagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beautyconsultantmagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beautyconsultantmagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}