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UpcomingEventToOfferFreeHaircutsAndOtherServicesForHomelessCommunityBayCityNewsService Published12:30pmPDT,Sunday,July7,2019

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AneventnextweekendinOaklandwillbringtogetherseveralorganizationstoprovideservicestothehomelesscommunity,includingfreehaircuts,organizerssaid.

TheJuly13event,organizedbyOaklandnonprofitSharon'sWingsofLove,willfeatureapop-uphairsalonat71171stAve.acrossfromtheColiseum

BARTstation.

RebeccaBeardsley,founderandexecutivedirectorofHaircutsWithHeart,saidherorganizationhopestoraiseawarenessaboutthesituationfacedbyfamiliesinneed.

"Manyofthemhavetodowithouteverydayservices--likehaircuts--therestofustakeforgrantedbecauseoftheirfinancialcircumstances,andwewanttoaddressthatinaverydirectway,"shesaid.

Otherorganizationsattheeventwillinclude:theAlamedaCountyFoodBank,DignityonWheels,Rubicon,EastBayDragonsMC,220MotorcycleClub,ShilohChurch,OaklandBibleChurch,B.O.S.S,BlackNursesAssoc.,OsitaHealthClinic,VeteransServices,theSalvationArmy,King'sBoxingGym,AlbanyLionsClub,SafetyNetandmoretobeannounced.

"Homelessnessistheresultofmanyfactors,onebeingaffordablehousing,unemploymentandlowwages,andthelistgoeson,"saidSharonWilliams,thefounderofSharon'sWingsofLove.

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