John Paul DeJoria, co-founder and CEO of Paul Mitchell, grew up in an underserved Los Angeles community. During his youth, the local Boys & Girls Club provided a safe place to socialize, learn and grow. Paul Mitchell proudly supports Boys & Girls Clubs of America and their efforts to create great futures for young people.

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Paul Mitchell® is proud to partner with the American Cancer Society and support their efforts to fight breast cancer and save more lives.

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Paul Mitchell has an agreement with American Cancer Society for the use of its logo. The American Cancer Society does not endorse any specific product.

Paul Mitchell is proud to be an ongoing supporter of Food4Africa. In 2008, John Paul DeJoria traveled to sub-Saharan Africa to join Nelson Mandela in his efforts to help feed over 17,000 orphaned children through Food4Africa. In the same year, Paul Mitchell helped provide over 400,000 life-saving meals for the children. This year, the Paul Mitchell family made a generous donation that will provide 1,300,000 nutritious meals over a
12-month period.

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Paul Mitchell has long been a proud supporter of Chrysalis, a nonprofit group that helps homeless and low-income individuals get back on their feet and find the path to self-sufficiency. Recently, six Chrysalis clients were treated to head-to-toe transformations by the Paul Mitchell artistic team.

See the transformations.

In 2010, Paul Mitchell Co-founder and CEO John Paul DeJoria founded Grow Appalachia, a non-profit initiative that helps Appalachian families plant a healthy future.

• Providing skills and resources needed to grow sustainable, nutritious food
• Teaching healthy food preparation and preservation
• Creating programs that provide food to elderly and disabled residents
• Developing local farmer's markets

• Nearly 100 families have planted their own gardens
• Four community gardens have been planted in Eastern Kentucky
• An estimated 60,760 pounds of food have been harvested
• More than 1,000 people have received fresh, high-quality vegetables

Appalachia is a 205,000-square-mile region that follows the Appalachian Mountains from southern New York to northern Mississippi. It includes all of West Virginia and parts of 12 other states.

See the progress.

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Each year, our nationwide network of Paul Mitchell Schools spends several months “FUNraising” for incredible non-profit groups including Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, Andrew Gomez Dream Foundation, Food4Africa, Fran Drescher's Cancer Schmancer Foundation and Morris Animal Foundation, represented by Betty White. In 2012, the schools raised $2.5 million, bringing their nine-year total to more than $8.5 million.

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Paul Mitchell is always looking for ways to help make our world a better place. Since 1980, we've fed thousands of hungry children, campaigned for equal rights, helped preserve our natural resources and much more.

Explore our history of giving.