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Dear Future Professionals and Industry Friends,
In this year’s Magic of Memories FUNraising campaign, our Salt Lake City Paul Mitchell School raised over $76,000. Many people have asked how we did it and why the campaign is so important to our team, our Future Professionals, and our community.
When we started in the school business, we knew that giving back was a priority to Dean and Cofounder Winn Claybaugh. We followed Winn’s lead and it became our passion as well. As school owners, we realize that this is the most important check we will write all year and we want to make it count. We’ve had a lot of great opportunities and we want to give back.
This campaign builds camaraderie among our team and lets our Future Professionals experience the joy of helping those who are less fortunate. By selling tickets, connecting to the community, talking to business owners, and promoting FUNraising events, the Future Professionals gain personal growth and increased confidence while improving their business and networking skills. They learn firsthand that they are the future of the planet and they can make a difference.
 Our school’s participation raises awareness about the charities we support while showing our guests, business contacts, and community who we are and what we do. Everyone enjoys our cut-a-thons, princess days, and other fun events and they love knowing that their money goes to a great cause. This year we raised money for seven charitable organizations and it seemed like everyone could relate to one or more of them. One of our event sponsors had lost family members to cancer. We had connected for many years on a business level, but their participation in this year’s campaign helped us take the relationship to a whole new level. It was very special for them to be part of one of our events, which raised $27,000 for charity.
When we announced this year’s total to our school and thanked everyone for their hard work, it was very gratifying for all of us to see what we had achieved together. It feels really good to give back!
— Shawn Trujillo and Angie Katsanevas
Owners of Paul Mitchell The School –
Salt Lake City
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| Mentor Profile |
Angus Mitchell and Leeza Gibbons
  As the son of hair fashion icon Paul Mitchell, Angus Mitchell’s unique upbringing in the hair industry exposed him to the very aspects that inspired his father and prepared him to eventually fulfill his destiny in the first family of hair. At the 2009 Magic of Memories dinner, Angus paid tribute to his father, who died 20 years ago from pancreatic cancer and in whose honor the Paul Mitchell Schools raised $50,000 for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.
Angus recalled his father as a visionary who not only revolutionized the world of hair but was way ahead of his time in other areas as well. Paul financed a solar car and was passionate about his self-sustained, solar-powered farm in Hawaii. Paul also taught his son the value of money; when Angus was a child, Paul insisted that he have a paper route and work in the garden.
“When I was in his presence and quiet, my heart was full,” Angus recalled at the Magic of Memories dinner. “Could you imagine what his contributions would be if he were alive today? It nearly brings me to tears just knowing how much effort was put into raising money to make a difference. Helping to put an end to pancreatic cancer means even more this year with it being 20 years of my father’s memorial. The gift in life is how much time we have and the value is what we do with it. At the Magic of Memories dinner, it was really inspiring to be among people who are heartfelt in the foundations they support or created.”
 Less than one year ago, on May 22, 2008, Leeza Gibbons lost her mother to Alzheimer’s disease. Gloria Jean Gibbons was Leeza’s inspiration for starting the Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation. “Leeza has taught us two things,” Winn Claybaugh said, “Number one, to value our time with our mothers, and number two, although we often raise money and focus on people who have a disease or are afflicted, to look after the caregiver, to take our own oxygen first.”
CLICK HERE to listen to Leeza Gibbons’ 2004 MASTERS interview in which she describes her mother’s battle with Alzheimer’s disease and tells why she created the Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation.
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Recession? What Recession?
Future Professionals Raise Almost $1 Million
in 3 Months! |
Apparently someone forgot to tell the Paul Mitchell Schools about the recession, because they raised $939,906 for charity in just three months, bringing their six-year total to nearly $3.4 million. Future Professionals from the nationwide network spent February, March, and April raising money for seven charities: Andrew Gomez Dream Foundation, Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation, Larry King Cardiac Foundation, Food 4 Africa, Cancer Schmancer, City of Hope, and the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.
The grand total and top 10 schools were announced at the annual Magic of Memories dinner, held April 25, 2009, at the Island Hotel in Newport Beach, California. This year, radio and TV personality Leeza Gibbons shared her hosting duties with TV’s “The Nanny” Fran Drescher and special guests Larry King, Angus Mitchell, and John Paul DeJoria, cofounder and CEO of John Paul Mitchell Systems. Larry’s wife Shawn King and son Larry King, Jr., who co-chair the Larry King Cardiac Foundation, were also on hand for the fun.
Kathy Buckley, billed as America’s first hearing-impaired comedian, kicked off the festivities with an irreverent look at life after age 50. In closing, she acknowledged the audience of 300 Paul Mitchell school owners, executives, and guests, saying, “Life is a gift—it is given to us to enjoy and contribute, and you are definitely contributors.”
Rather than seeking huge corporate donations, Paul Mitchell Future Professionals raised the majority of the money through a variety of grassroots fundraising events that involved personal contract with contributors, such as cut-a-thons, fashion shows, bake sales, and raffles, with donations averaging $5 to $10. An auction held during the Paul Mitchell School Owners Summit brought in $28,700 as school owners bid for various items. James Morrison, International Artistic Director of Tony and Guy/TIGI, donated $2,500 to the Andrew Gomez Dream Foundation. In 2002, James was speaking at a training with the Paul Mitchell Schools team when they learned that Andrew had committed suicide. In James’s note accompanying his donation, he wrote, “I was there when the news of Andrew’s passing was shared with your group, and I’m so proud of how you’ve honored his memory.”
“All I really wanted was to break our fundraising record from last year so people would know that the changes in the economy do not need to dictate our success—and of course we exceeded last year’s total,” said Winn Claybaugh, dean and cofounder of Paul Mitchell Schools. “During this time of economic confusion, our Paul Mitchell Future Professionals showed that their compassion for those in need is not in a recession. Opening our hearts and wallets sends a wonderful message that we, too, are open to receive the love and support we need. I am so proud to be the dean of these incredible Paul Mitchell visionaries.”
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Top 10 FUNraisers |
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1. Paul Mitchell The School – Salt Lake City
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$76,962
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2. Cosmetology Career Center – A Paul Mitchell Partner School
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$41,868 |
3. Paul Mitchell The School – Great Lakes
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$39,747 |
4. North Haven Academy – A Paul Mitchell Partner School
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$37,000 |
5. Carolina Academy – A Paul Mitchell Partner School
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$29,227 |
6. Paul Mitchell The School – Sterling Heights
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$29,128 |
7. Parisian Beauty Academy – A Paul Mitchell Partner School
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$28,000 |
8. Paul Mitchell The School – Chicago
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$22,731 |
9. Paul Mitchell The School – Nashville
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$22,616 |
10. Paul Mitchell The School – Houston
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$20,000 |
10. Paul Mitchell The School – San Diego
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$20,000 |
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Special Thanks |
Thanks to our generous event sponsors, who underwrote the Magic of Memories dinner and provided fabulous goody bags for every guest. Because of our wonderful sponsors, every dollar from the dinner ticket sales went directly to the charities.
John Paul Mitchell Systems
Patron Tequila
Wadsworth Design
Ratner Companies
Knutte and Associates
Powell Dudley Frith Architects
The Source
Strike Marketing
Studio JPMS
Rozes, Gouveia, and Company, LLP
IGI MI2
Special thanks also go to the following individuals:
Gail Fink – When you work with celebrities and high-class organizations, it is so necessary to put your best foot forward. Gail generously donated hours and hours of her time to make sure that, in our press and marketing materials, every word was perfect.
Kate Caussey – The schools had access to eye-catching flyers, posters, a FUNraising idea book, and many other print materials, all designed by this brilliant and talented lady.
Brett Jarvis – The Magic of Memories dinner was about celebrating and thanking the schools who did so much. We needed that night to be special, for both the schools and our celebrity hosts. Brett is the calm behind the storm who made sure the evening was exactly what it needed to be: a perfect THANKS!
Angela Cronk – If you’re wondering how long it takes to pull off such an event, please note that it takes a year or more. A very special thanks goes to Angela for her loving commitment in organizing the event.
Bill Waite - Our Paul Mitchell Schools are very fortunate to have such a talented and generous man in our network. Thank you, Bill, for helping us produce a beautiful event, worthy of the special thanks deserved by our Paul Mitchell Schools.
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Where the Money Goes |
Andrew Gomez Dream Foundation
Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation
Larry King Cardiac Foundation
Cancer Schmancer Movement
Food 4 Africa
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
City of Hope
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$489,906
$100,000
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Paul Mitchell Schools’ efforts will . . .
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Feed over 2,300 orphaned children for a year through Food 4 Africa
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Directly save 20 lives and screen over 1,000 people for heart disease through the Larry King Cardiac Foundation
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Help develop new Leeza’s Places and provide programming, resources, and research through the Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation
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Support patients and fund research grants through the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
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Support individuals as well as organizations that benefit hairdressers through the Andrew Gomez Dream Foundation
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Provide research, education, patient support, and more through the City of Hope and Cancer Schmancer
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The Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation |
 The Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation educates, empowers, and energizes caregivers impacted by chronic illness by creating unique programming, providing universal access to resources, and fostering evidence-based behavioral research to elevate the national consciousness of caregiving. Leeza’s Place is the signature program of the Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation.
 “The funds you have raised, five and ten dollars at a time, have built ten Leeza’s Place locations across the country,” Leeza Gibbons said. “Each time a caregiver opens our door to get help, each time a wife finds a safe place to cry for her husband, each time a daughter discovers a resource to help her mom and save her own sanity, it is because of you. You have directly touched the lives of so many through your incredible fundraising and your unstoppable commitment to giving back. We can never thank you enough.”
Visit www.leezaplace.org to learn more about Leeza’s Place and the Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation.
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Cancer Schmancer |
 Based on her second New York Times best seller, Cancer Schmancer, Fran Drescher launched two charitable organizations, the Cancer Schmancer Foundation and the Cancer Schmancer Movement, both dedicated to ensuring that all women with cancer are diagnosed in Stage 1, when it most curable. The Cancer Schmancer Foundation educates women on the risk factors, early warning signs, and tests that are available for early detection of women’s cancers. The Cancer Schmancer Movement advocates for improved women’s cancer healthcare legislation.
“As a hairdresser myself, I can safely say that the Future Professionals at the Paul Mitchell Schools went above and beyond the call of duty,” said Fran Drescher. “In the midst of a major recession, these fine women and men banded together and raised an enormous amount of money for charities, including my own Cancer Schmancer Movement. To top it off, we all got to celebrate our achievements together. If only every company in corporate America could be so philanthropic—while having so much fun!”
Visit www.cancerschmancer.com to learn more about Cancer Schmancer.
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The Andrew Gomez Foundation |
  The Andrew Gomez Dream Foundation helps disadvantaged or hard-hit cosmetologists and cosmetology-related enterprises. Funds have been used to help hairdressers affected by Hurricane Katrina, assist Future Professionals affected by the 2007 San Diego wildfires, and support breast cancer causes after one of our colleagues was diagnosed with the disease. Funds have also been used to provide new salon professionals with educational experiences they probably would not otherwise have for many years to come, such as tuition and transportation to haircutting classes, a chance to assist backstage at a major fashion show, or a weekend educational retreat.
“In our six-year-plus history, the Andrew Gomez Dream Foundation has not paid one penny in rent, utilities, accounting, attorney’s fees, or salaries,” said Paul Mitchell School Dean Winn Claybaugh. “All services, resources, and talent are donated so all of the funds can be used for our Future Professionals and to help the organizations we support, including Habitat for Humanity, the NCA Disaster Relief Fund, Cut It Out, Look Good Feel Better, the Pay It Forward Foundation, Sister Bonnie’s Franciscan Haircuts from the Heart, and many other individuals and groups.”
Visit www.paulmitchelltheschool.com/pmsp/andrew_gomez/index.cfm to learn more about the Andrew Gomez Dream Foundation.
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25 Artists and Educators
Donate Their Time |
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In recognition of their FUNraising efforts, the 25 top schools will receive a day of education in their schools with one of the following artists or educators: |
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Dean Banowetz: “The Hollywood Hair Guy” and hairdresser for American Idol's Ryan Seacrest
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Sam Brocato: Master stylist, salon owner, educator, author, product developer, and winner of NAHA Editorial Stylist of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Awards
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Alee Cao: John Paul Mitchell Systems Master Associate, celebrity hairstylist, and dean of the Cao Institute – A Paul Mitchell Partner School
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Kelly Cardenas: Educator and salon owner
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Scott Cole: Artistic Director for Paul Mitchell Professional Hair Color, NAHA winner, and school owner
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Robert Cromeans: John Paul Mitchell Systems Global Artistic Director and 6-time recipient of behindthechair.com’s Stylist Choice Awards Platform Artist of the Year
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Lucie Doughty: John Paul Mitchell Systems Editorial Director, Master Associate, and 2-time NAHA winner
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Sharon Gault: Legendary makeup artist to the stars
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Melissa Jaqua: John Paul Mitchell Systems Master Associate, hairdresser for So You Think You Can Dance, NAHA Winner
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Stephanie Kocielski: Artistic Director for Paul Mitchell
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Vivienne Mackinder: 6-Time NAHA winner, including 2005 NAHA Master Stylist of the Year and 2009 NAHA Lifetime Achievement Award
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Charles Marcus: Author of Success Is Not a Spectator Sport
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Angus Mitchell: Co-owner of John Paul Mitchell Systems and founder of Angus M
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DJ Muldoon: Platform artist |
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Nic Napoli: Director of Color Sales and Education for John Paul Mitchell Systems, platform artist, educator, speaker, and consultant
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Susan Papageorgio: Professional development leader and speaker for Paul Mitchell Schools, owner of Inspired Learning, school owner
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Pamela Perettie: John Paul Mitchell Systems Master Associate
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Mark Putnam: NAHA 5-time finalist and 2-time winner, texture expert, and salon owner
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Ira Sage: Salon director at A Robert Cromeans Salon in Las Vegas and platform artist with A Robert Cromeans Salon show team
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Donald Scott: Creator of the Paul Mitchell Carving Comb and Paul Mitchell Twist Razor and John Paul Mitchell Systems Master Associate
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Geno Stampora: Hairdresser, educator, author, speaker, and image consultant
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Sister Bonnie Steinlage: Franciscan Sister of the Poor, hairstylist, salon manager, and founder of Franciscan Haircuts from the Heart
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Sheila Stotts: Product developer, international consultant, and undisputed expert in the field of hair extensions
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Yosh Toya: Award-winning hairstylist, author, and premier educator with nearly 48 years in the beauty industry
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Linda Yodice: Artistic Director for Paul Mitchell Professional Hair Color, school owner
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 “I may be the ringmaster at times during this process, but I am very mindful of the selfless individuals throughout the industry who year after year help to make this miracle happen. I give loving thanks to all those who did so much, including the 25 artists and educators who have donated a day of education to our top FUNraising schools.”
— Winn Claybaugh, Cofounder and Dean of Paul Mitchell Schools
 “To all you talented humanitarians who so generously offered your time and energy for the greater good, isn’t it exciting to know that your gifts have led to a record-breaking event that will save the lives, heal the hearts, and nourish the souls of so many? Thank you for being the best example of change makers on the planet!”
— Leeza Gibbons
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FUNraising Success Stories |
Future Professionals left no stone unturned when it came to FUNraising. Paul Mitchell The School – Salt Lake City raised a record-shattering $76,962 by holding at least one FUNraiser every day for the entire three-month period. They had 31 bake sales, 25 dress-up days, 65 denim days, three princess days, two hair shows, and two all-night parties. They had a car wash, a movie night, jail bailouts, a cut-a-thon, a pet fashion show, and a murder mystery dinner. They sold Paul Mitchell hoodies, T-shirts, bracelets, mugs, chapsticks, and raffle tickets. The list goes on and on!
Parisian Beauty Academy – A Paul Mitchell Partner School in Hackensack, New Jersey, finished at number 7 by raffling off everything from a TV, an iPod Nano, and a week’s use of an Audi to unclaimed lost and found items and things they fished out of closets and basements. “If it wasn’t nailed down, we raffled it off,” said co-owner Penny Comp-Muccia.
With two schools in the top 10 this year, Michigan school owner Tina Black said, “My staff members understand that FUNraising is part of their job description.” Her entire staff showed up in prom dresses for the school’s Recycled Prom Dance, let themselves be covered with slimy substances on Torture a Teacher Day, and worked closely with members of the school’s Be Nice (Or Else!) Team to plan additional FUNraising events.
The Academy Waukesha – A Paul Mitchell Partner School in Waukesha, Wisconsin, partnered with their local Harley-Davidson dealer for a truly hair-raising event. Their Big Hair Hog Wild event paired bikers with Future Professionals in a test to see how well their up-dos could survive the open road.
Other successful events included themed Casual for a Cause days, bake sales, garage sales, car washes, school breakfasts and lunches, princess days, pet fashion shows, hair shows, concerts, cut-a-thons, T-shirt sales, change wars, and iPod wars. The wide range of big and small FUNraisers proved that every dollar makes a difference.
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| You Need This |
“One Size Fits All” T-shirts
From May 31 to June 6, 2009, a team of 16 intrepid cyclists will represent Paul Mitchell Schools in the 7-day, 545-mile AIDS/LifeCycle bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Several team members are selling T-shirts to raise money for the cause. Created by George Morales and designed by John Kanski, the shirts are available in men’s and women’s sizes. CLICK HERE to order.
You can also donate directly to the riders at www.aidslifecycle.org. Click on “Donate” and then enter the name of the team member you want to support.
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Paul Mitchell The School Newsletter
Copyright © 2009 by Paul Mitchell The School. All rights reserved.
Editor: Gail Fink
To read our Privacy Statement, CLICK HERE
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“I am so proud to have the Larry King Cardiac Foundation associated with the incredible efforts made by the Future Professionals at the Paul Mitchell Schools,” said founder Larry King. “Their enthusiasm and true passion to help others comes through not only in the work they do on a daily basis but also in their efforts to help others.”
Food 4 Africa strives to supply at least one vitamin- and mineral-enriched meal each day to the children of South Africa, where the HIV/AIDS epidemic has left countless numbers of orphaned children and where more than a million preschool children do not receive sufficient food.
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is a nationwide network of people dedicated to working together to advance research, support patients, and create hope for those affected by pancreatic cancer. 
“Twenty years ago, my father died from pancreatic cancer,” said Angus Mitchell, co-owner of John Paul Mitchell Systems. “Paul Mitchell had such a special way about him; everyone wanted to be near him, and I wish we had more time together. I am so excited that the Paul Mitchell Future Professionals and team members embraced the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) to raise funds that will advance research, support patients, bring hope, and afford others more time with their loved ones.” 
City of Hope is an independent biomedical research, treatment, and education center dedicated to preventing and curing cancer and other life-threatening diseases. It is one of only 40 National Cancer Institute–designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers nationwide and a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. 
“I learned from my good friend Paul Newman the power of philanthropy,” said Jim Markham. Jim and his wife Cheryl Markham co-founded PureOlogy and were named City of Hope’s 2009 Spirit of Life Honorees. “Paul told me that those of us lucky enough to have our health and be successful should be ‘more like the farmers: plant more seeds than we take out.’ The beauty business is a collaborative art where we all plant seeds every day. Thank you for allowing us to be a part of your magical group and allowing us to create miracles. The monies received from Magic of Memories will further City of Hope’s cancer research and help improve many lives.”
