Salon Girlz

Shhh... Secrets told in Hair Salons

A book consisting of a hilarious collection of stories revealed in hair salons.

Calling all SalonGirlz! Whether you are a hairdresser, own a salon or just enjoy going to salons, we are asking SalonGirlz across the nation to submit funny stories of things that have happened in their hair salon.

The top 100 or so funniest stories will be selected for publication in a book in the Spring 2007 called Salon Girlz: Shhh...Secrets told in Hair Salons tm.

Net proceeds from the book will help victims of domestic violence in two ways: A "Victoria Scholarship" will be established for domestic violence survivors to enable them to lead a financially feasible life away from violence, and, the American Domestic Violence Crisis Line will establish a crisis services fund to help victims escape domestic violence.

At the end of this book of humorous events, powerful messages about the trappings of family violence will be explained to help educate. People love to laugh and we want to use the power of humor to reach out, and then teach about this serious social problem of domestic violence.

A survey commissioned by Liz Claiborne Inc. in 2000 and 2005 and released in September 2006, revealed an information gap that may very well prevent Americans from taking action when they witness domestic violence. Approximately 2/3 of Americans say it is hard to determine whether someone has been a victim of domestic abuse (64%) and want more information about what to do when confronted with domestic violence (65%). Poll results clearly indicate that education about this topic is not only needed, but can help save lives since 7 in 10 Americans (69%) will take some action when they are able to recognize domestic violence.

(For more information on the survey, please visit www.loveisnotabuse.com)

While the book will have 90% humor content, 10% of the content is dedicated to domestic violence education dealing with the most common questions such as "Why don't children tell?", "Why doesn't she just leave?" Both victim and non victim will gain understanding as to why abuse continues. You can help us help someone in your community, child or adult have a better life

There will also be a page of domestic violence resources

Deadline to submit stories October 31st, 2007. To submit your story, click here

This is a project of the American Domestic Violence Crisis Line, A 501 c 3 non-profit organization.

Illustration by Jennifer Strait