IA Salon campaign: Beauty with a cause

Correction - published on 03 November, 2009

WITH reference to the story "IA Salon Campaign: Beauty with a cause" published on Nov 2, 2009, it should have read Jacqueline Sai, a teacher. The error is regretted.

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THERE are not many opportunities where people can engage in activities to get themselves all made up and do a good deed at the same time.

The IA Salon accomplished this when they decided to donate all their proceeds yesterday to the Learning Ladders Society. The money first amounted to $7,000 but later rose to $8,094.60 as of 9pm after more contributions were made.

The Organising the event in conjunction with its fifth anniversary celebration, IA Salon was supported by Pelangi FM, who did live broadcast for the event from the salon.

Besides proceeds for the day, the salon also set up a booth to sell souvenirs, and a donation box for the public to contribute for a good cause.

Bikers from Pemoda, Harley Owners Group and Kakashi Bikers all provided their support to the event by giving charity rides around the mall to shoppers who wanted to experience how it feels like to ride on those vintage motorbikes.

Owner of IA Salon Cecilia Lee told The Brunei Times that she wanted to make their anniversary a meaningful experience for her staff, customers and also for herself.

"The main thing though is to educate the kids and teenagers of the need to care and share."

Jacqueline Sai, an education officer with the Special Education Unit from the Ministry of Education was getting her hair done by a stylist when interviewed.

The regular customer of IA Salon told The Brunei Times that she came down especially for the event knowing that the proceeds will go to Learning Ladders. The proceeds and donations collected for the day were presented to Sharina Yunus, President of Learning Ladders Society by Lee.

Sharina said that despite Brunei being a rich country, there are still many people in need of help for many different reasons. "If everyone can all chip in for a good cause as it would really be of help to the less fortunate."

During an interview, Sharina expressed her views that despite Brunei being a rich country, there are still many people in need of help for many different reasons. If everyone can all chip-in for a good cause, it will really be a great help to the less fortunate in the sultanate.

Learning Ladders was founded in 2007 by a group of dedicated parents committed to advocacy, public education, information and referral, and support for families of children with neurological disorders such as autism, brain injury, learning disabilities and its related disorders.

The Brunei Times