NEWS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS)
Date: March 25, 2009
Margaret Thomson, 859-442-1172; margaret.thomson@kctcs.edu
Gateway Cosmetology Department Will Collect Hair for Cancer Patients
Covington, KY -
Pamela Love Lorenz, a former Gateway Community and Technical College student, was one of the 9,500 Kentuckians who lost their lives to cancer in 2008. "She was my best friend; I felt we needed to help others in her honor," said Student Government President Tammy Roseberry.
Roseberry's respect for her lost friend inspired her to help organize a hair-cutting event at Gateway's Covington Campus from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 4.
"Pam was an exceptional student, striving very hard to make a new career for herself and her family," said Roseberry. Lorenz was a business administration student who started at Gateway in May of 2007.
"Holding this event is the best way to remember her; she always did everything she could for anyone who was in need," Roseberry added.
Hair donors will be pampered as soon as they arrive at the campus at 1025 Amsterdam Road in Covington. No appointment is necessary.
Students will offer donors coffee or tea as well as baked goods. Cosmetology students will wash, cut, and style donors' hair free of charge. Students also will offer manicures and small spa treatments. The Student Government Association will conduct a door prize drawing. Winners will receive for gift baskets that students have put together.
Donated ponytails will be given to the hair collection agency of the donor's choice.
"If everyone gave a little of themselves to worthwhile causes like this one the world would be a better place," said Roseberry.
For more information on how you can share your hair with those who need it please visit:
www.gateway.kctcs.edu/share.
Gateway Community and Technical College (GCTC) is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Gateway Community and Technical College. Gateway is accredited by the
Council on Occupational Education, 41 Perimeter Center East NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30346. Phone: 800-917-2081. GCTC enrolls nearly 3,500 students and offers more than 200 associate degrees, diplomas and certificates in 30 subject areas. Classes are provided at GCTC locations in Boone County, Covington/Park Hills, and Edgewood. Through partnerships with more than 400 local businesses, GCTC provides customized, short-term training to more than 3,000 other people. Find out how to "start here and go anywhere" at
www.gateway.kctcs.edu. GCTC is one of 16 colleges that comprise the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. For most Kentuckians, higher education begins here. For more information, visit
www.kctcs.edu.
For most Kentuckians, higher education begins at KCTCS. Our statewide system of 16 colleges and 65 campuses provides citizens throughout the Commonwealth with a quality education that is both accessible and affordable.