‘Brightens their whole day;’ Local barbershop offers free hair cuts to Mad River students

RIVERSIDE — A local barbershop partnered with Mad River Local Schools to provide free haircuts to students ahead of the new school year.

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As reported on on News Center 7 at 5:30 p.m., more than 200 students showed up to get their haircut at the free event yesterday.

Mad River Local Schools doesn’t go back until next month, but Alumni Dylan Hudson is already helping students get ready for the first day.

“I’ve always seen stuff like this in movies. I’ve just never seen it in my community before, so I just wanted to be the one to bring it to life,” Hudson said.

Hudson, the owner of 937 Barbershop, provided free haircuts for any student attending Mad River Local Schools during a six-hour event at the Mad River Board of Education Gym.

He had been planning the event for a couple of weeks.

“I was super nervous with, all the promotion and advertising I put into this that no one would show up,” Hudson said.

Hudson opened the doors to a line of people anxiously waiting.

He told News Center 7′s Mason Fletcher that some kids are nervous when transitioning back to school, and something as small as a haircut can make them feel so much better.

“I’ve seen someone come in with the worst attitude ever and then get a haircut and it brightens their whole day. So it’s cool to just be able to kind of start the school year on a positive note,” Hudson said.

Hudson had no problems recruiting local barbers to help with the event, and added that it was one of his busiest says as a barber.

“The most I’ve done in a day is around like 20 to 25 [haircuts],” Hudson said.

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