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Each year, "future professionals" (students) and staff members at Paul Mitchell The School Dallas on Midway Road team up to "FUNraise" by donating their time, talent and energy to support a variety of charitable causes. 

Winn Claybaugh, dean and co-founder of Paul Mitchell Schools, will kick off the national Paul Mitchell campaign February 1st with cross-country conference calls for the entire network. 

More than 13,500 students and staff members from 100 Paul Mitchell Schools will listen in as Leeza Gibbons, Betty White, Dolly Parton, Donny and Marie Osmond, Fran Drescher and Paul Mitchell co-owners John Paul Dejoria and Angus Mitchell introduce this year's sponsored organizations: Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation, Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, Andrew Gomez Dream Foundation, Food 4 Africa, Fran Drescher's Cancer Schmancer Foundation and newcomers Dolly Parton's Imagination Library and Morris Animal Foundation, represented by Betty White. 

After the national conference call Paul Mitchell Dallas will also take the day for brainstorming ways to raise money to meet their fundraising goal. 

Claybaugh said, "People in need are not just those who line up at the soup kitchen on Thanksgiving Day. At Paul Mitchell Schools, giving back is an ongoing attitude about how we do business."

This year one of the Dallas FUNraising events will be a Hair Show open to the community on February 19th. The Hair Show is a chance for future professionals to get on stage and show off their talents. 

With grassroots, dollar-by-dollar events like cut-a-thons, fashion shows, bake sales and "Casual for a Cause' days, last year Dallas raised $60,354 to help build homes for needy families; feed hungry kids; and support victims of AIDS, cancer, homelessness, hurricanes, abuse & more.

About Paul Mitchell Schools

At Paul Mitchell Schools, the teaching style is unique. They believe that education is an adventure and that the learning experience needs to be fun. When visitors tour a Paul Mitchell School, they notice something different—a positive learning environment everywhere they look. The culture within every Paul Mitchell School campus inspires confidence and success. Each school is a learning community that provides future professionals with the opportunities to develop essential skills while exploring their talents, passion, and creativity. Paul Mitchell School instructors—they call them ‘learning leaders’—are trained to draw out the artist in every student and prepare them to compete in the real world. Rather than concentrate only on the basic training needed to pass state licensing board exams, Paul Mitchell Schools provide a well-rounded lifestyle education. Their experienced staff members are specially trained to help future professionals explore all of their creative and professional possibilities.

Established 30 years ago, the Paul Mitchell network is nearly 100,000 salons strong and in 81 countries worldwide. Every professional hairdresser knows the Paul Mitchell name. Prospective employers recognize Paul Mitchell Schools’ commitment to quality and their reputation for innovation and excellence.

About the Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation

The Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation provides vital education, empowerment, and energyprogramming to an ever growing population of family caregivers and resources for those newly diagnosed with chronic illnesses through its intimate, community-centeredLeeza’s Place locations. www.LeezasPlace.org

About Children’s Miracle Network

Children’s Miracle Network creates miracles by funding medical care, research, and education that saves and improves the lives of 17 million children each year. Countless individuals, organizations, and media partners unite with the 170 Children’s Miracle Network hospitals to help sick and injured kids in local communities. www.cmn.org

About the Morris Animal  Foundation

The Morris Animal Foundation helps animals enjoy longer, healthier lives. We advance health and welfare research that protects, treats and cures companion animals, horses and wildlife worldwide.

About Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library inspires a love of reading and a love of books by gifting a brand-new book each month to over 600,000 preschool children. By working with local sponsors, Dolly has now mailed over 30 million books in her efforts to encourage all children to Dream More, Learn More, Care More and Be More!

About Cancer Schmancer Movement

The Cancer Schmancer Movement, founded by Fran Drescher, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring that all women's cancers be diagnosed while in stage 1, when they are most curable. 

About Food 4 Africa

Food 4 Africastrives to supply at least one vitamin- and mineral-enriched meal each day to the children of South Africa, where more than a million preschool children do not receive sufficient food. www.food4africa.org

About the Andrew Gomez Dream Foundation

The Andrew Gomez Dream Foundationhelps disadvantaged or hard-hit cosmetologists and cosmetology-related enterprises by providing educational opportunities, hurricane relief, and support in the fights against breast cancer, domestic violence, and other destroyers of self-esteem.  http://paulmitchell.edu/andrew-gomez

For more information, contact Michelle Pack at michelle@pmtsdallas.com or 972.816.6097. Paul Mitchell The School Dallas is located in Carrollton, Texas at 2389a Midway Road.