The Ella Grasso Technical Hairdressing Junior class recently volunteered to braid children’s hair at the Stonington Community Center for Caribbean Night on April 16, 2008. Lorena Bracamonte, Kyrsten Hefferman, Michelle Torres, Rosalin Fernandez, Morgan Klewin, Sabrina Santiago, Luisa Vasquez, and Katie Meyerhoff took time out of their spring vacation to show their community spirit.

Each youngster received a ticket which was presented to the students to get their hair braided. There were approximately thirty students who were serviced by Hairdressing students and they had a wonderful learning experience working on little children as clients. As Lorena stated ”it made me feel really good knowing that I was doing something as easy as braids on these girls made them really happy and excited.” All the students stated the whole experience taught them about working on children, learning different textures of hair, and that it was a rewarding, positive experience. It gave the children confidence and a delightful smile on their faces to see how pretty they looked! All of the students enjoyed volunteering and making a difference in these children’s lives.