Ultra Music Festival, in collaboration with Just Right Barbershop and Beauty Salon and with the support of Miami Commissioner Keon Hardemon and the Miami Police Department, recently hosted a community event to get students ready for school by providing free haircuts and hair stylings before the new school year began.
Just Right Barbershop and Beauty Salon, which has served the Overtown community for more than 60 years, is owned and operated by Pastor Willie Williams Senior, along with his wife and children. As a community leader, Pastor Williams has actively been involved in improving the lives of children living in Overtown.
This year, Just Right Barbershop was able to provide those services to students for free thanks to Ultra Music Festival sponsoring the event. The event, which took place Saturday, Aug. 18, provided haircuts and hair stylings to more than 150 students returning to school in the Overtown community. Food, drinks and gifts provided by staff from Ultra Music Festival kept the students happily entertained as they awaited their haircuts.
“We wanted to do something involving kids and school, so we reached out to the community to ask what was needed,” said Ray Martinez, Ultra Music Festival’s chief of security. “This was a great event for the community. The Ultra Music Festival family is thankful to have the opportunity to give something back and help the residents of Overtown.”
Ultra Music Festival is the world’s premier Electronic Dance Music Festival which was founded in Miami 20 years ago.
