Posted by Don on Mar 18, 2017

Disabled clients get the full salon experience

Disabled clients get the full salon experience One-of-a-kind basin accommodates those in wheelchairs By Melissa Simon melissa@theacorn.com SHAMPOO—Don Knypstra, left, founder of nonprofit Ridone Inc. and inventor of the mobile shampoo basin, watches as Hair Unlimited West owner Nina Myles washes Lisa Montoya’s hair March 10 in Simi Valley. Maria Brown, Montoya’s daughter, right, helps...

Posted by Don on Nov 8, 2016

Helping Seniors fight the holiday blues – Senior Center GLAM A THOM Thanksgiving 2016

Posted by Don on Apr 13, 2016

Senior CUT A THON 2016

I need volunteer cosmetology professionals, cosmo students, and manicurist to join Ridone to provide services to Seniors at Ashlee Manor Apt. in Simi Valley CA. on May 14th, 2016 from 9 am to 12:30 pm. Many of these low income seniors wait a year for our students and professionals to give them a day of free haircuts, styles, make-up and manicures. Please see flyer if you want to volunteer or contact Don at...

Posted by Don on Jul 25, 2014

Ridone Veterans CUT A THON November 2014

  Contact:Don Knypstra (818) 437-7746 ridoneorg@aol.com   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SIMI VALLEY MOOSE LODGE AND RIDONE INC. TO HOST ‘ROCK FOR VETERANS’ CUT-A-THON   The Simi Valley Moose Lodge will host a Rock for Veterans CUT-A-THON on Sunday November 2, 2014 from 9 am to 4 pm. Ridone Inc., a local 501c3 non-profit, has arranged live music, food, booths and activities for kids.  The...

Posted by Don on Feb 12, 2014

Familie in Need CUT A THON Feb. 23,2014

  Homelessness         FORECLOSURE, POVERTY, ERODING WORK OPPORTUNITIES, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, LACK OF AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE, MENTAL ILLNESS, ADDICTION DISORDERS. Homelessness results from a complex set of circumstances that require people to choose between food, shelter, and other basic needs. Only a concerted effort to ensure jobs that pay a living wage, adequate support for those who...

Posted by Don on Mar 3, 2012

Our volunteers video

  Our cosmetology volunteers for the disabled, homeless, and the disadvantaged, ...

Posted by Don on Feb 29, 2012

Salon Industry / Disabled

Our Industry With a 300 billion dollar a year Beauty Industry worldwide, you would think it would address the needs of millions of Americans with disabilities but sadly it does not. There are 1.4 million salons in the United States and the Cosmetology Industry does not have one specially equipped salon that caters to the needs of the persons in wheelchairs, deaf, developmentally disabled, hospice...