Hair Cuttery at 615 Greenwich Ave. in Warwick will donate back-to-school haircuts to children who need it most this summer.

From Aug. 1 through Aug. 15, for every child up to age 18 who purchases a haircut at a Hair Cuttery salon in New England, a free haircut certificate will be donated to a disadvantaged child in the community.

“A new haircut for a special occasion is something we all take for granted,” said Dennis Ratner, founder and CEO of Hair Cuttery. “Our Share-A-Haircut program ensures that children in our communities aren’t deprived of that simple, but essential, service. If we can send those students back to school with added confidence and a smile on their faces, then we’ve done our job.”

This summer, Hair Cuttery aims to donate tens of thousands of free haircut certificates ahead of the new school year. Certificates will be distributed with the help of local government and non-profit organizations in communities across New England.

Since 1999, the Share-A-Haircut program has donated more than 1.89 million free haircut certificates throughout the country. For more information, visit haircuttery.com.