The INDEPENDENT, May 6, 2004
Page 5
Business Notes
All About Me is
designed to let
you feel good
Vernonia is no longer under-
served in the nails and mani-
cures area. In March of this
year, Kathy Wolfe opened All
About Me Nail Salon to provide
acrylic and gel nails, facial
waxing, deep spa manicures
and has now added deep spa
pedicures to her list of servic-
es.
Wolfe, who previously had a
beautician’s license, had been
working the last seven years in
jewelry sales instead. Then, af-
ter taking a look around, she
decided the community need-
ed nail services. So she re-
turned to school, updated and
retrained, renewed her license
and opened up shop.
She relates being chastised
by her instructor for being “too
gentle” and was told that she
would have to toughen up, be-
cause some procedures hurt.
Well, maybe, but most of us
will appreciate a gentle ap-
proach to having nails replaced
when necessary, not to men-
tion during waxing.
Her goal in operating the sa-
lon is “to make the ladies feel
good about themselves and to
help them feel pretty,” said
Wolfe. She likes meeting new
clients, visiting and laughing
with clients. Stated Wolfe, “It’s
not a job you hate to go to, it’s
been so much fun so far.”
A close-knit family, Wolfe
has now been joined by her
daughter, Carrie Dass, who re-
cently received her nail li-
cense. Wolfe enjoys having her
daughter at the salon and says
she has also received nothing
but support from her husband,
Jake, who owns and operates
another family business, Wolfe
& Son Trucking.
All About Me Nail Salon has
a relaxing, fun environment. If
you’ve been thinking you de-
serve some pampering, or
want to give some pampering
as a gift, here’s your opportuni-
ty. The Salon is located at 1800
State Ave., Vernonia, and is
open Monday through Satur-
day from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00
p.m. Call 503-429-4650 for ap-
pointments or for that gift cer-
tificate.
Fred Meyer grant helps Vernonia Cares feed families
Vernonia Cares Food Bank
has received a grant of
$1,782.12 from the Fred Meyer
Foundation. The presentation
was made April 23 by Fred
Meyer Ambassador Deb Giber-
son to the Vernonia Cares
President Bill Yeo and Director
Sandy Welch. All of the money
will be used to purchase food
toward the goal of supplying
three days worth of emergency
groceries, once a month, to eli-
gible households.
“This is a timely donation,”
said Director Sandy Welch.
“Our funds were dropping low
while the need for groceries
continues and escalates. We
serve over 100 families per
month (about 300 people). As
you can imagine, that’s a lot of
groceries and expense. Every
month more new people utilize
Care’s services, too,” she
added.
“The Fred Meyer Foundation
was particularly impressed by
the successful track record of
Vernonia Cares Food Bank and
its programs,“ said Mary Loftin,
vice president of community re-
lations for Fred Meyer and ex-
ecutive director of The Fred
Meyer Foundation. “We hope
this community grant will help
Vernonia Cares continue the
important work it is doing. We
are proud to be part of the Ver-
nonia community and are com-
mitted to helping where we can.
Social responsibility and com-
munity involvement are compa-
ny priorities established by our
founder, Fred G. Meyer, who
said, ‘To be a good neighbor,
you must strive to be a good
neighbor in all ways.’ Financial
support of nonprofit organiza-
tions is one of the ways Fred
Meyer upholds this tradition.”
The Foundation’s communi-
ty grant program is driven by 32
local Advisory Committees
made up of local Fred Meyer
employees who research non-
profit organizations in their
communities and then award
community grants. Deb Giber-
son, one of Fred Meyer’s am-
bassadors, resides in the
Clatskanie area. She worked in
the Scappoose Fred Meyer and
transferred to the Fred Meyer
Corporate Center in Portland.
“These grants are the result
of true community efforts. It in-
volves
both
employees,
through Employee Giving Cam-
paigns, and customers through
the contributions they make to
the Make Change Count coin
boxes and scan cards at the
checkstands. The dollars col-
Bill Yeo and Sandy Welch happily accept a donation for Ver-
nonia Cares from Fred Meyer Ambassador Deb Giberson,
center.
lected through these efforts are
combined, then allocated by
the Advisory Committees as
community grants in the five
western states where we have
stores, “ Loftin said.
The Fred Meyer Foundation
assists nonprofit organizations
dedicated to helping children
and reducing hunger in the
communities served by 134
Fred Meyer stores in Oregon,
Washington, Alaska, Idaho,
and Utah. The Fred Meyer
Foundation
has
awarded
grants totaling approximately
$3.2 million since it began in
December 1998.
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