Tranquility holds raffle fundraiser

Tranquility Day Spa and Salon is raffling away three Ultimate Tranquility Baskets through Oct. 31 to raise money for disease research. Each raffle ticket costs $10 and 100 percent of the raffle money goes to the NBIA Disorders Association.

Tranquility baskets include one Tranquility gift card valued at $600 plus $600 worth of professional salon hair products and a complimentary hair party at your home.

Raffle tickets can be purchased at both Haymarket and Manassas salon locations, as well as at Quest Diagnostics in Chantilly, 14225 Newbrook Drive. One basket will be awarded to a winner at each location on Sat., Oct. 31.

Tranquility Day Spa and Salon is located in Manassas at 10360 Portsmouth Road and in Haymarket at 15125 Washington St., Suite 304. Call 703-257-7200 for more information.

Fourteen-year-old Brittany Leap of Haymarket suffers from Neurodegeneration Brain Iron Accumulation, a rare disease that affects mobility, speech and muscle coordination and currently has no cure. The NBIA research team in Oregon needs $250,000 for the NBIA research labs to stay open and local groups and businesses such as Tranquility have been helping to raise money.

For more information about NBIA, visit www.nbiadisorders.org or Brittany's Web site, www.queenbeeworld.com.

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