{"id":2694,"date":"2013-05-22T17:21:24","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T17:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beautyconsultantmagazine.com\/home\/?p=2694"},"modified":"2013-05-22T17:25:54","modified_gmt":"2013-05-22T17:25:54","slug":"pba-disaster-relief-fund-accepting-donations-and-applications-from-beauty-professionals-affected-by-oklahoma-midwest-tornados","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beautyconsultantmagazine.com\/home\/pba-disaster-relief-fund-accepting-donations-and-applications-from-beauty-professionals-affected-by-oklahoma-midwest-tornados\/","title":{"rendered":"PBA Disaster Relief Fund Accepting Donations and Applications from Beauty Professionals Affected by Oklahoma &#038; Midwest Tornados"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->Since 1955, the <strong>PBA Disaster Relief Fund<\/strong> has been there to assist salons\/spas and beauty professionals recover and rebuild after devastation caused by natural disasters.<\/p>\n<p>As tornados and related storms continue to move across Oklahoma and parts of the Midwest, <strong>PBA<\/strong> is reaching out to beauty professionals and companies to contribute to the <strong> PBA Disaster Relief Fund<\/strong> so we can continue helping professionals in our communities as they rebuild their careers, businesses, and lives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While there are many great organizations to contribute to in times of tragedy, the <strong>PBA<\/strong> <strong>Disaster Relief Fund <\/strong>is the only one that provides assistance to fellow beauty professionals and directly supports in our industry in rebuilding their lives after a natural disaster,&#8221; states Steve Sleeper, Executive Director of the Professional Beauty Association.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>All donations made to the <\/strong><\/em><strong>PBA Disaster Relief Fund <em>are tax deductible and 100% of all funds raised go directly to beauty industry professionals in need. Make you donations online, by mail, or by phone.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Contributions can be made online by credit card by simply completing the online donation form at : <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.probeauty.org\/disaster-relief-fund\/\">http:\/\/www.probeauty.org\/disaster-relief-fund\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Checks or money order donations should be made payable to <strong>PBA Disaster Fund\u00a0 <\/strong>and mailed to <\/em><\/p>\n<p>15825 N. 71st Street Suite 100<\/p>\n<p>Scottsdale, AZ 85254<\/p>\n<p><em>Contributions can also be made by phone by calling the <strong> PBA<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em> <em>toll free number 800-468.2274<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em>Please help us spread the word. Salon professionals affected by this natural disaster can apply for assistance from <strong> PBA Disaster Relief Fund<\/strong> by completing the Application for Aid at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.probeauty.org\/disaster-relief-fund\" target=\"_blank\">www.probeauty.org\/disaster-relief-fund<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <strong> Professional Beauty Association <\/strong>(PBA) purpose is to advance the professional beauty industry by providing our members with education, charitable outreach, government advocacy, events, and more. PBA is the largest organization of salon professionals with members representing salons and spas, distributors, manufacturers and beauty professionals\/NCA. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2694","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-industry-news"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautyconsultantmagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2694","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=2694"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.beautyconsultantmagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2698,"href":"https:\/\/www.beautyconsultantmagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2694\/revisions\/2698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautyconsultantmagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beautyconsultantmagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beautyconsultantmagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}