East Baton Rouge Parish School System: Tis The Season To Give Back, And Community Leaders And Business Owners Are Getting Into The Spiri ...

Press release from the East Baton Rouge Parish School System:

Dec. 9 2021

Progress Elementary School held a community event to provide male students with free haircuts courtesy of Ray J’s College of Hair. Students from the college visited Progress to cut the younger students’ hair. For fourth grader and running back Naheem Smith, getting a free haircut made a difference in his family’s household.

Fifth grader Malcolm Turner believes his new haircut will give him confidence for his upcoming birthday.

The owner of the college, Raymond Cosey, said it is another way to give back to the community.

Before the pandemic, Cosey and his students went to different schools — including McKinley High School — in East Baton Rouge Parish and cut the students’ hair.

“I want it to happen again next year,” he said. “Even though I’m leaving next year, I want other students to look good, too.”

This press release was produced by the East Baton Rouge Parish School System. The views expressed here are the author’s own.