Frugal Families: Best Deals Around Town

Check out our deal picks for the week.

Looking to stretch your family's budget? Check out our deal picks in and around Bethesda. This week, we've uncovered bargains on a scuba diving class, local eats, haircuts, framing services, and car service or repair. Be sure to check with your local merchant for additional terms and conditions, and if you know of more great deals around town, let us know in the comments section. This week's deals: 1. SPE Dive School Deal: Save 75 percent on a 3-hour Discover Scuba class. Professional instructors provide participants an excellent introduction to scuba diving. If you enjoy the class, receive $50 of credit towards PADI certification. See full details here. 4600 North Park Ave., Suite 111, Chevy Chase, MD. 2. Don Pollo Deal: Buy 1 whole …

Hair Fashion Show Raises Awareness and Funds for Homeless Shelter

Bella Bethesda Salon hosted a hair show on Thursday night that generated funds and awareness for a D.C.-based nonprofit that helps low-income and homeless women. It also offered a glimpse into hairstyles over the decades.

A stylish crowd gathered in Bethesda on Thursday night to see a century of hair fads brought to life, and to help a nonprofit that provides shelter for women. The Bella Bethesda Salon hosted the event, a runway hair show, at The Ballroom just off River Road. Proceeds from the party went to help N Street Village, a nonprofit shelter and multi-service center for low-income and homeless women in Washington, D.C. "Being a women-owned business" was motivation for the salon's two co-owners deciding to host an event showcasing their stylists' talents while benefiting a local nonprofit, said Stacy Dabney Ramirez. The salon had been preparing since June for the event and meeting every Wednesday since September to perfect all the details, she said. …

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