Spotlight on Charity Runway Events--Behind the Scenes with Jesamondo Salon & Spa

Spotlight on Charity Runway Events

Behind the Scenes with Jesamondo Salon & Spa

As the new owner of a well-established salon and spa, it wasn’t easy to know what to expect when we were approached and agreed to supply hair and make up services for the Wellesley Service League’s (WSL) annual runway event—“Giving Back is the New Black.” The event included a fashion runway, silent and live auctions, and a range of vendors selling their wares with a portion of sales donated to this year’s cause—providing scholarships to children who cannot otherwise afford to go to summer camp.

The lovely models of Wellesley Service League. 

Clothing provided by Lyn Evans, Potpourri Designs

What I wasn’t prepared for was making a speech at the end of the show—after being thanked and introduced as the salon provider for the beauty aspect of the event. Given that the room was filled with ladies only, I already felt like the elephant in the room as the only male, so I panicked! Given 5 minutes notice to piece together a quick speech was not easy, nonetheless, I quickly jotted notes on the last remaining crumpled cocktail napkins to avoid more embarrassment.

Heart pounding, adrenaline surging through my veins, I eased my way to the podium without any trips or falls, so was off to a good start. Beginning the speech with a little humor helped—noting that yes, I was in fact, the only male figure in the room and why. Everything went smoothly thereafter and the event came to a perfect close.

Reflecting back on the other speeches made that day by various WSL members regarding the charity and the money it had raised this year was impressive, and I felt even more proud for donating the time and energy of eight of my stylists to perform their magic—making each woman look and feel spectacular on that runway.

Would I do it again? You bet! In fact, I’m pleased and honored to announce that Jesamondo Salon & Spa did two more fashion runway shows for charitable causes.

Our stylists provided hair and make up services (using Stacey Frasca/Studio 28 cosmetics, developed by celebrity make up artist, Stacey Frasca) for the St. Sebastian’s Runway Event on May 19^th, 2015, followed by coifs for the child models for the annual St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital “Runway to Miracles” event on May 20^th, 2015.

  St. Sebastian Guild Fashion Show 2015, on May 19, 2015

        

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital runway event 

May 20, 2015

Fox 25’s JC Monahan strutting her stuff on the runway for 

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital event with news anchor, Sara Underwood, enjoyed strutting the runway as much as the kids did!

Ashley Bernon with kids in tow at the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital 

Runway to Miracles event on May 20, 2015

Additionally, Jesamondo Salon & Spa supports JDRF (formerly called Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation for Type 1 diabetes), The Walk for Multiple Sclerosis, Camp Avoda, and Schofield 5K Road Race.

   

Schofield 5K Road Race, June 7, 2015

Checking Race Results

Crossing the finish line after a grueling, nearly all up-hill race route

Jesamondo Salon & Spa proudly supported the Schofield 5K Road Race this year. It was a perfect day for running and supporting two wonderful causes. Last year, everyone raised money for ALS with the "ice bucket challenge" that went viral on YouTube worldwide, and this year, at the Schofield Road Race and through the generous support from the families in the Wellesley community, Team Brenda was supported. Brenda is an endearing and tremendously supportive Schofield Elementary School asset, stricken with ALS herself. The team has nearly reached its goal of raising $10K, to support Brenda and her family with their needs during this difficult time.  

Additionally, another cause that touched home with many was represented at the race with Team Larry and The Sepsis Alliance. Larry Cervon, another Schofield community member, was stricken with a life threatening case of sepsis last year, and narrowly survived. Returning to his strong self almost a year later, Larry and his family ran for the cause to raise awareness for this dangerous and life-threatening situation. Bravo everyone!

Giving back to the community has always been our way of thanking our customers for their patronage—donating to the fire department, a softball league, or road race—always giving of ourselves and our time to worthy and charitable causes through localized events. Each of these have provided us with a different sense of pride—one we hadn’t previously experienced, and ones we’ll never forget.

While the company sponsors several events each year, we all found that by contributing our time and providing beauty services for charitable causes, it made us feel like we were an integral part of each of these events. We saw the results of our work—the confidence we instilled in each model by making her feel beautiful and special as she strutted across the stage. Or through sponsorships and donations that helped make great events even better by raising additional funds.

Making people look and feel beautiful is our business. But it’s an honor and a privilege to be approached by charities and having them ask us to provide beauty services for their special events, as that clearly indicates their belief in our abilities to provide stellar results that will make them shine.

Jesamondo Salon & Spa will gladly continue to support these and other charitable causes and events for years 

to come.

We graciously thank you all for inviting us into your events and your lives and look forward to many more exciting experiences in the years to come.

Very sincerely,

Team Jesamondo!

Jesamondo Salon & Spa | 154 East Central Street | Natick

 MA | 01760

508.907.7171      www.jesamondo.com