Pictures - Cuts and Curls event in Mattapan

01.18    

Local students will head back to the classroom looking their best, thanks to free haircuts from Mattapan’s Finest, a Grove Hall-based barber shop and salon.


Pictured: The dryers were full Sunday with young ladies getting a new hairdo for school.



Local students will head back to the classroom looking their best, thanks to free haircuts from Mattapan’s Finest, a Grove Hall based barber shop and salon. Pictured: The dryers were full Sunday with young ladies getting a new hairdo for school.


Local students will head back to the classroom looking their best, thanks to free haircuts from Mattapan’s Finest, a Grove Hall-based barber shop and salon.


Pictured: The dryers were full Sunday with young ladies getting a new hairdo for school.


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Despite the rain families lined the sidewalk outside the Dorchester shop. In addition to haircuts, the business also gave away backpacks and had a BBQ for families.

Despite the rain, families lined the sidewalk outside the Dorchester shop. In addition to haircuts, the business also gave away backpacks and had a BBQ for families.


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“When I would take my own kids to their first day of school I’d see lots of kids without haircuts or backpacks and I had to do something,” explained Jamie Mitchell, owner Mattapan’s Finest. “You want them to have high self-esteem the first day of school because that will stay with them throughout the whole year and a haircut and new backpack really helps with that.” Pictured: Jamie Mitchell added the finishing touches to nine-year-old Malcolm Crowder’s haircut.

“When I would take my own kids to their first day of school, I’d see lots of kids without haircuts or backpacks and I had to do something,” explained Jamie Mitchell, owner Mattapan’s Finest. “You want them to have high self-esteem the first day of school because that will stay with them throughout the whole year and a haircut and new backpack really helps with that.”


Pictured: Mitchell added the finishing touches to nine-year-old Malcolm Crowder’s haircut.


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This was the shop’s fourth “Cuts and Curls Event,” with close to 300 area youth receiving haircuts and schools supplies. The haircuts were performed by barbers and hairdressers from Mattapan’s Finest as well as those from other nearby beauty salons and barber shops. The school supplies and other costs were also supported by area businesses including Hicks Auto Body, one of the lead sponsors. Pictured: Isis Williams, an 11-year-old Dorchester resident, had her hair braided Sunday by Ashley Hudson, who has worked at the shop for the past eight-years.

This was the shop’s fourth “Cuts and Curls Event,” with close to 300 area youth receiving haircuts and schools supplies. The haircuts were performed by barbers and hairdressers from Mattapan’s Finest as well as those from other nearby beauty salons and barber shops.


The school supplies and other costs were supported by area businesses including Hicks Auto Body, one of the lead sponsors.


Pictured: Isis Williams, an 11-year-old Dorchester resident, had her hair braided Sunday by Ashley Hudson, who has worked at the shop for the past eight years.


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It was a mix of styles Sunday from shaved heads to flattops. Pictured: David Mays Jr., an 11-year-old Dorchester resident, had his hair cut by Savonn Hatcher, who has worked at the shop for the past year.

It was a mix of styles Sunday from shaved heads to flattops.


Pictured: David Mays Jr., an 11-year-old Dorchester resident, had his hair cut by Savonn Hatcher, who has worked at the shop for the past year.


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William Burns, an 11-year-old Roxbury resident, who had his hair cut by Junior Graham, went for a more contemporary design.

William Burns, an 11-year-old Roxbury resident, who had his hair cut by Junior Graham, went for a more contemporary design.


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For the boys the haircuts were fairly straightforward, but for girls it was a little more complicated Pictured: Janaya Holiday, a 12-year-old Dorchester resident, had her hair curled by Alicia Williams, a 13-year employee of Mattapan’s Finest.

For the boys, the haircuts were fairly straight-forward, but for girls, they were a little more complicated


Pictured: Janaya Holiday, a 12-year-old Dorchester resident, had her hair curled by Alicia Williams, a 13-year employee of Mattapan’s Finest.


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Shaunty Moore, a 12-year-old Roxbury resident, had her hair worked on by Tasha Boswell.

Shaunty Moore, a 12-year-old Roxbury resident, had her hair worked on by Tasha Boswell.


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Sunday’s event was a family affair with Mitchell’s niece and daughter helping out. Pictured: Jaymie Mitchell, 10, and Shakira Mitchell, 9, organized backpacks for the back to school give away.

Sunday’s event was a family affair with Mitchell’s niece and daughter helping out.


Pictured: Jaymie Mitchell, 10, and Shakira Mitchell, 9, organized backpacks for the back-to-school giveaway.


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It took an army of volunteers to keep everything moving smoothly in the small shop. Pictured: Khari Alexander and Hassan Williams, members of the Kappa Alpha Psi Frat Inc., helped manage the chaos Sunday.

It took an army of volunteers to keep everything moving smoothly in the small shop.


Pictured: Khari Alexander and Hassan Williams, members of the Kappa Alpha Psi Frat Inc., helped manage the chaos Sunday.


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There were some pretty unique haircuts. Pictured: Derick Holmes, an 11-year-old Dorchester resident and his new haircut, complete with mohawk and star.

There were some pretty unique haircuts.


Pictured: Derick Holmes, an 11-year-old Dorchester resident and his new haircut, complete with mohawk and star.


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The shop was a hub of activity as children and families streamed in and out. Pictured: Javier Boswell, an eight-year-old Dorchester resident, had his hair cut by Peter Robinson, who has worked at the shop for the past nine-years.

The shop was a hub of activity as children and families streamed in and out.


Pictured: Javier Boswell, an eight-year-old Dorchester resident, had his hair cut by Peter Robinson, who has worked at the shop for the past nine years.


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Isaac Mcleod, a 10-year-old Dorchester resident had his hair cut by Max Hylton, who has worked at the shop for two-years.

Isaac Mcleod, a 10-year-old Dorchester resident, had his hair cut by Max Hylton, who has worked at the shop for two years.


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Although it was pouring for most of the day and the lines to get a haircut were long, the youth were all smiles as the barbers went to work. Pictured: Elijah Crowder, a six-year-old Brockton resident had his hair cut by Junior Graham.

Although it was pouring for most of the day and the lines to get a haircut were long, the youth were all smiles as the barbers went to work.


Pictured: Elijah Crowder, a six-year-old Brockton resident, had his hair cut by Junior Graham.


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