Event Description: The Community Health & Wellness Fair is open to everyone. There will be food, prizes, giveaways, drawings and a host of information. Invite your family and friends out. There will also be free HIV testing, Diabetes testing, and Blood pressure monitoring. So mark the date, come out and invite your loved ones too! When: Saturday, April 4, 2009, 9:00am - 1:00 pm |  |
ESBC Student Takes First Place Trophy in State-Wide Competition
Two ESBC students made us proud by traveling to Jeff City to compete. Senior Student Tiffany McAllister entered her model in the Ladies Total Evening Look category, and Junior student Kemeko Black entered her model in the Men's Hair Shaping category.
In the Ladies Total Evening Look category, the total presentation of the model's hair style, make-up, and fashion was judged. Tiffany competed against 14 other student stylists from across the state of Missouri, performed a beautiful and elegant updo style on her model, and walked away with the first place trophy! Tiffany is currently a student of Dr McGee's.
Although Kemeko didn't win a trophy, her teacher Ms Sheppard commented that Kemeko was the only contestant she observed to trim the facial hair and perfect the lining of the hairline, sideburns and total grooming of her male model to pull the whole style together. Great going Kemeko, that kind of attention to detail will take you far in your professional career.
  ESBC Student Stylist Tiffany McAllister, and her winning entry on model Vanessa Walker. |
Elaine Steven Students Give "Back To School" Haircuts and Hairstyles at Herbert Hoover Boys Club
Students and staff of Elaine Steven Beauty College got a chance to assist about 100 boys and girls with a new look and image to start their school year with, when they participated in the Herbert Hoover Boys Club "Back To School" Community Cuts charity event, sponsored by radio station 100.3 The Beat, Saturday, August 18th, 2007. Manager Dorothy Sheppard, and Instructor Trainee Zenotha Gardner, organized the school's participation, and report that the children who received the free haircuts and styles were excited and appreciative, and the ESBC student stylists who took part in the event did a tremendous job.
Our thanks to the following students who volunteered their time and efforts.
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Great Style, Lifesaving Advice for Baby:
March of Dimes
Grant to Teach Stylists How to Give Prenatal Guidance
The $13,140 Pat Mulcahy Grant will fund an innovative educational initiative at Elaine Steven Beauty College that draws awareness to the actions a woman can take during pregnancy to increase the likelihood that her baby will be full-term and healthy.
The Saint Louis University Department of Community and Family Medicine and Nurses for Newborns, a nurse home visiting agency, are partners in the project.
"Stylists have many clients who they see regularly for years and years, and they often talk about health," said Jean Lake, manager of Elaine Steven. "A good stylist is a counselor to her clients, helping them with all kinds of situations. Giving our students these tools will help them serve their clients better, and will hopefully help them make a big difference in the community."
Between 1996 and 2002, the infant mortality rate in St. Louis City increased by more than 23%. Today, African American infants in St. Louis City and County are three times more likely to die before the age of one than white children, and about twice as likely to be born prematurely (22.2% of all African American births compared to 12.4% of all white births). Smoking, drinking alcohol, and not getting adequate prenatal care are all risk factors for preterm birth.
“Stylists are in a great position to improve health in the community,” says Daniel Morris, a collaborator on the project from Saint Louis University’s Department of Community and Family Medicine. “When these topics come up in the salon, we want stylists to be prepared and able to get people to local resources that can help them have a healthy baby.”
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In addition to monthly classroom instruction for student stylists from Nurses for Newborns, the March of Dimes grant will fund four health fairs at the beauty college to reach women in the community directly. Local groups working to improve birth outcomes and maternal and child health will be on hand to talk about their services to salon clients.
The Elaine Steven Beauty College, an accredited school of cosmetology, is located on West Florissant Road in North St. Louis County and has served the area since 1962. Nurses for Newborns provides a safety net for families most at risk; their nurses help prevent infant mortality, child abuse and neglect through home based programs that provide education, healthcare and positive parenting skills. |
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Established in 1836, Saint Louis University School of Medicine has the distinction of awarding the first M.D. degree west of the Mississippi River. Saint Louis University School of Medicine is a pioneer in geriatric medicine, organ transplantation, chronic disease prevention, cardiovascular disease, neurosciences and vaccine research, among others. The School of Medicine trains physicians and biomedical scientists, conducts medical research, and provides health services on a local, national and international level.
The mission of the March of Dimes is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. The Missouri Chapter of the March of Dimes is a leader in our community for saving babies through research, advocacy, community services and education.
