Nichole Brugger gets her hair done Friday at this Belvidere salon.
And tonight, this cut won't cut into her pocketbook, thanks to a discount exclusively for local auto workers.
"It does make it like not so, Oh my God I need a hair cut, I can't afford it," Brugger said.
Brugger lost her job indefinitely last month at a parts supplier for the Chrysler plant. So money's tight for the single mom.
"I have a daughter at private school, she just got braces, lost of my health insurance with the layoff," Brugger said.
"You have to help your community and with the Chrysler people all being laid off, then there the ones who we need to help," said Darlene Faulkner, Owner of Ashley Day Spa.
Faulkner says local auto workers make up about 30 percent of her clients.
And she says Brugger's not the only one piled up with concerns.
"They're scared, they don't know whether or not they're going to lose their homes and all that," Faulkner said.
Workers at this Rockford Denny's hear similar worries from their Chrysler regulars.
The restaurant's also offering them a 20 percent discount.
"I called my boss and said we've got to do something. Chrysler's a huge part of the community here," General Manager Jim Ozee said.
Denny's started the offer as soon as Chrysler declared bankruptcy. And they've served dozens of discounted meals for far.
"They say it's a great idea, any little thing helps at this point," Ozee said.
Little things in life, taking on more value these days around the table and in the salon chair.
The discount at the Ashley Day Spa in Belvidere runs for the rest of this month and includes part supplier workers, like Brugger, and Chrysler plant employees.
Denny's will offer the deal indefinitely to Chrysler workers at all of its Rockford locations.
Chrysler announced last month that it's laying off 992 workers indefinitely by the end of July as a way to cut costs during bankruptcy.
Some workers have already left the company after taking buy-outs at the end of May.