Salon Antoine and Spa, Fairfax, VA and Arlington Diocese of Catholic Charities report 2011 holiday food drive a HUGE success!

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Fairfax, Virginia, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) January 9, 2012 -- For immediate release Contact: Ed Fulginiti
January 9, 2012 efulginitipr@gmail.com


Salon Antoine Exceeds Goals for Holiday Food Drive
Salon’s Community Service Stocks Area Food Pantries

Fairfax and Clifton, VA – On the heels of a successful Thanksgiving food drive in conjunction with the Knights of Columbus and St. Andrew the Apostle of Clifton, Salon Antoine and Spa of Fairfax decided to continue and extend their charitable ways to the Christmas-New Year Holidays and the results “exceeded my wildest expectations,” said salon owner, Antoine ‘Tony’ Chahine.
“Between our Salon and the food gathering bins outside my home where our festive evening light shows draw such an appreciative crowd every night, we were able to gather 40 boxes of food expressly for the benefit of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington. That represents 1,635 pounds of can and non-perishable foodstuffs and hair products --- more than 1,840 items in all --- all for the 63 food pantries across the 21 Northern Virginia counties served by Catholic Charities. I am so happy with the results!”

Chahine continued, “We are a stand-alone salon and spa. We are not a multi-point hamburger or pizza or coffee/donut chain where these sorts of helping-hand challenges are better met. Nonetheless, as our past foods drives have proven, the patrons of Salon Antoine are some of the nicest, kindest, caring

people you could ever hope to know. Add to that the scores of area families that drop off food donations at my home while taking-in our holiday light and sound show* and it reinforces how lucky I am to be living and working among some of the most compassionate people anywhere. We’re blessed and Catholic Charities is blessed by the generosity of so many and on behalf of my family and everyone at Salon Antoine, I want to express my appreciation to all who helped make this possible. And I’d be remiss if I didn’t give a special tip of my hat to iHomeIntegration (Executive 411) of Burke, VA whose stunning production of lights and sounds displayed at my home make for oohs and aahs and happy holiday faces among children and adults alike.
On behalf of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington, Sally O’Dwyer, V.P. of Community Services said, “I’d like to thank Tony Chahine, his family and all the great folks at Salon Antoine for their wonderful gesture of compassion. Collecting food for those in need is such a noble and heartfelt thing to do and helps us at Catholic Charities directly confront the growing problem of hunger. We are truly fortunate to have businesses like Salon Antoine and Spa to collaborate with in our community.”

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For more information about Salon Antoine, go to www.salonantoine.com
For more information about Catholic Charities, go to www.ccda.net
For more information about iHomeIntegration, go to http://executive411.com

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