Annual FUNraising Campaign

"Service is the rent you pay for room on this earth."
— Shirley Chisholm

Each year, thousands of Future Professionals and staff members from Paul Mitchell Schools donate their time, talent, and energy to support a variety of charitable causes. Over the past eight years, our annual, three-month-long "FUNraising" campaign has raised over $6 million through bake sales, fashion shows, cut-a-thons, grassroots outreach and countless other activities and events to support our philanthropic efforts.

In addition to hosting and participating in charity, fundraising (and FUNraising), and community support events, Paul Mitchell Schools runs the nonprofit organization, Andrew Gomez Dream Foundation. Thanks to the funds raised, as well as the support and volunteerism generated by the Andrew Gomez Dream Foundation, we’ve accomplished the following:

• Built two homes through Habitat for Humanity
• Fed thousands of African orphans
• Provided resources for caregivers through the Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation
• Provided hair care services for the poor, homeless, and underpriveleged
• Helped beauty industry professionals in the wake of natural disasters
• Provided educational opportunities and financial assistance to students, cosmetologists, and cosmetology-related enterprises that are disadvantaged or facing hardship
• Supported the victims of AIDS, breast cancer, homelessness, domestic abuse, and hundreds of other causes

"People in need are not just those who line up at a soup kitchen on Thanksgiving Day. At Paul Mitchell Schools, giving back is an ongoing attitude about how we do business."
- Winn Claybaugh
Dean and Cofounder of Paul Mitchell Schools

 

"It’s about each of us paying more than our share of rent on this planet in order to help many people have much better lives or even have the chance to live one. What a great culture that is!"
- John Paul DeJoria
Chairman and CEO of John Paul Mitchell Systems

 

Click on the links at the top of the page for more on our 2010 FUNraising Campaign Results and 9/11 Tributes. Want to see how our most recent campaign went? Check out our 2011 FUNraising photo album and share in the excitement of this year's campaign! For further information on FUNraising, visit the Paul Mitchell Schools FUNraising website today!