Longtime partners, Sport Clips Haircuts and the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW), announce the return of the VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200 Nationwide Series event at Darlington Raceway on Friday, May 10, 2013. It is the second consecutive year the two organizations have partnered to sponsor the Nationwide Series event at Darlington. Sport Clips and the VFW will continue to use their NASCAR partnership to raise awareness about the struggles many military families are facing and the VFWs mission to support active-duty military, veterans and their families. As the ‘Official Haircutter” of the VFW, Sport Clips has donated almost $2 million to the organizations Operation Uplink free call days program through its annual ‘Help a Hero” campaign. Since the first contribution of more than $80,000 was made in 2007, Sport Clips donations have increased annually. The companys most recent donation of a record-breaking $500,000 was presented to the VFW at the national headquarters on December 10, 2012.(Darlington Raceway)(3-29-2013) News from March 28, 2013
