May 08, 2008

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LOCAL TEACHERS RECEIVE MORE THAN $30,000 in SALON SERVICES
Tranquility Day Spa & Salon Donate 1,011 Gift Certificates for Teacher Appreciation Week

MANASSAS, Va., -- Tranquility Day Spa & Salon of Manassas and Haymarket, Va. loves their teachers and has 1,011 ways to show it during this week's Teacher Appreciation Week at 11 schools in Prince William County. Owners Gloria and Wayne Harding personally distributed $30, 330 worth of salon/spa gift certificates (each valued at $30) to 1,011 teachers at schools surrounding their two salon locations, including Alvey Elementary, Battlefield High School and Mountain View Elementary in Haymarket, Va.; Bull Run Middle School in Gainesville, Va.; Cedar Point Elementary in Bristow, Va.; and Stonewall Jackson High School, Stonewall Jackson Middle School, Appletree Academy, Manassas Christian, Manassas Park High School and Manassas Park Middle School in Manassas, Va.

"The teachers are going to love this especially after a long year, this is awesome!" said Christine Morris, executive secretary at Bull Run Middle School in Gainesville, Va.

"I really need a massage! Thank you so much, this is really great," said Mrs. McWhorter, third-grade teacher at Manassas Christian School in Manassas, Va.

"Tranquility Day Spa & Salon has a mission of always giving back, and we're so grateful for all the work our teachers do in our community, which is why Teacher Appreciation Week is a perfect time to thank them," said Gloria Harding, owner of Tranquility Day Spa & Salon and Tranquility Design  Academy in Manassas, Va.

Tranquility Design Academy is noted for its creative 10-month teaching curriculum for future hair stylists by introducing students to a Fine Art Foundation Workshop that trains stylists to view clientele with the critical eye of an artist along with a creative edge. Not only does the academy focus on the basic foundations of cosmetology school, but more than 75 percent of its courses lead the trainees to harness their own positive energy, skills and talents to realize and maximize their full potential not only to be expert hair stylists, but as compassionate, caring human beings who have been taught to nurture their self-esteem and self-confidence. Harding is a firm believer in "paying it forward."

Tranquility Day Spa and Salon is located in Manassas, Va. at 10360 Portsmouth Rd. and in Haymarket, Va. at 15125 Washington Street, Suite 304. It has been listed as one of the top 200 salons in the United States by Salon Today magazine for seven consecutive years, top 50 salons by Washingtonian magazine, and Northern Virginia magazine’s top 20 salons; named “Best Female-Owned Business” in Prince William County by Manassas Journal Messenger and listed in Washington Spaces magazine, as well as a semi-finalist for the Global Salon Business, “Entrepreneur of the Year” award. Founded on the belief that the highest calling of leadership is the growth and development of people, owners Gloria and Wayne Harding are celebrating 10 years of successful and compassionate service. Gloria Harding is also artistic director for Grund International, working directly with world-renowned hair stylist expert, Wayne Grund. Manassas-based Tranquility Design Academy was established in 2007 and was created out of the vision to teach, lead and grow professional stylists to honor codes of professionalism, respect, integrity and compassion for their clientele through beauty. For more information on Tranquility Design Academy call 703.257.4911 or www.tranquilitydesignacademy.com or Tranquility Day Spa & Salon at 703.257.7200 or www.tranquilitydayspa.com.