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Sometimes it’s hard to find the right words to write and express how you feel. Sometimes, someone has said it better. Here are some wise words to ponder while thinking about what it is, at the core, that Beauty Night does for our clients.

Confucius – “Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it”

Sophia Loren – “Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical.”

What do you think? What is beautiful to you?

Beauty Night Board Member Dave Dickson’s article about Cut off Supply of Kids is in today’s Province Newspaper. For those of you who wonder what we can do to help in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side, Dave shares his highly informed opinion.

Beauty Night Society is very pleased to announce the election of its new Board of Directors.
Co-Chair is Sheryl Williamson.  Sheryl has been a Vancouver resident for 15 years now. With a strong belief in building community, Sheryl and her family give many hours of volunteer time. She holds key positions in several community organizations and has participated in many initiatives such as:  She is currently a Vancouver Police Board Member, On the West End Citizens’ Action Network (WECAN), Chair (since 2003), Family Services of Greater Vancouver (1134 Burrard Project), Community Advisory Committee Member, Our House Recovery Society, Board Member Four Pillars Coalition. She has previously been on West End Integrated Neighbourhood Network (WEINN), Steering Committee Member and Working Group Lead , Immediate Past Chair Safe Streets Coalition, Member Justice Review Task Force (Street Crime Working Group), Past Participant  Sheryl is the Chief Operations Officer and a founding partner of a privately owned business in Vancouver and holds several industry designations. She is a Certified Marketing Executive with a
Diploma in Sales and Marketing from the Sauder School of Business at UBC. Sheryl’s passion is in building potential ~ both that of individuals and organizations. She is married with one child.
Also Co-Chairing is Gwen Webster. Gwen Webster brings her expertise of Marketing and Special Events to Beauty Night Society Board. She has been serving on the board since 2006. She also became an active volunteer in 2009 as she strongly believes in the society and they work they do. Gwen has been a marketing professional in Vancouver for the last 10 years. Her career highlights have been: Launching a new high-end Real Estate Company, launching a high-end magazine, successfully saving a Victorian Pub and establishing her own mining company. She is currently working for a publicly traded Company called EACOM Timber Corporation. There she has worked on an acquisition, complete new set of branding, investor relations, and presentations.
Secretary-Treasurer is Christie Gray. Christie offers over 10 years experience in administrative roles in various industries including: Internet publishing, government, automotive, Geo-technical and HVAC. Christie offers excellent organization skills, quickness and efficiency, experience taking meeting minutes in various committees, and very strong computer skills. Christie also has a strong background in web design and marketing (both traditional and web based), roles she is currently both involved with her Mother’s store, Thyme to Cook based out of Ontario, as well as being a legal assistant at a mining company here in Vancouver.  Christie is also a Registered Natural Health Care practitioner. Christie has volunteered in the past with other agencies such as Humane Society, Animal Love, Kids Help Phone, Heart and Stroke Foundation among others.
Bill Nevison: Writer/producer Citytv Creative Services, promotion & commercial production. Previously worked as a writer/producer at Global TV. Won various broadcast awards, including gold medals from Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) Promax/BDA, and InternationalCrimeStoppers. Has been on the Beauty Night board of directors for 3 years. His role on the Beauty Night Media Committee includes writing and editing Beauty Night press releases, media packages, and media guidelines. Has been involved with the annual Beauty Night stocking drive and has also documented the event.
Darren Reiter is the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the Board of eMedia Networks International Corporation, a sonic branding company listed publicly on the Canadian Venture Exchange (TSX.EMM) Darren has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia (1992), a Masters in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh (1995) and a Certificate in Journalism from Langara College (1997) In partnership with award winning producers and directors including Braemar Court Productions and Bowen Arrow Productions, Darren has produced several short movies including “The River of Jordan” which screened at the Atlantic Film Festival in 2007 and “Amazon Falls,” a feature length drama currently in post production. Darren resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Dave Dickson Born and raised in Vancouver area, joined the Vancouver Police Department in May,1980 and ended up becoming an Advocate for Street workers and youth, spent his entire career working in the Downtown Eastside, over the last 6 years has received a number of awards listed below:
· 2003-Recognition Award from Native Health Society
· 2004-Police Officer of the Year
· 2004-Federal Justice Dept. Award for working with Youth
· 2004-International Safety Award for working to keep High Risk Women safe
· 2005-City of Vancouver”Youth Ally Award”
· 2005-Solicitor General’s Community Policing Award
· 2006-B.C.Civil Liberties Award
· 2006-Queen’s Jubilee Medal for Community Policing
· 2006-Premier’s B.C.Community Achievement Award

Dave left the Vancouver Police Department in August 2008 and is currently working with another organization as an outreach worker still in the Downtown Eastside so he may continue his work with the Street Youth and Women.
Eileen McDougallCurrently the Manager of Human Resources for 2 television stations, Citytv Vancouver and Omni BC. She hasworked at the Citytv Vancouver location for 16+ years. During that time, the station has undergone 4 changes of ownership. Each new owner brought with them their own brand ofmanagement, structure and organization which provided Eileen with the opportunity to acquire awealth of transferable skills and experience – i.e. policy management, recruitment, training,employee relations, etc. Prior to working with Citytv Vancouver, she worked as the Classified Advertising Manager for The Vancouver Courier newspaper and the Business In Vancouver newspaper and as a claims adjuster for ICBC. Eileen is the mother of 2 adult children, the grandmother of 2 granddaughters and former foster parent of 3 children.
Fergus McCann: Currently Manager-Media & Community Relations for BC Housing. Prior to joining BC Housing, Fergus worked for 5 years at CTV BC and nearly 20 years at CKVU (Channel 13 – now Citytv) on programs as diverse as The Vancouver Show, the Laurier La Pierre talk show and in the newsroom on the assignment desk. His early years in broadcasting included working in radio in Salmon Arm and Kelowna. Born and raised in South Vancouver, Fergus and family have been living in Burnaby since 1984. His community service has included time on boards such as the BC Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils, the Family Support Institute and most recently, the Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion. He was recognized as a City of Burnaby Local Hero in 2005.
Kevin Day is a social entrepreneur with experience running both private and public companies. In 1998, Kevin founded Riskebiz Internet Services Inc., a company which helps entrepreneurs in the developing world establish and grow local businesses by connecting them with microfinance services through the mobile web. In 2002 Kevin helped establish Feed Me Sports Inc., a company which published sports related content for mobile phones. Under Kevin’s leadership, Feed Me Sports acquired Mobilized Entertainment in 2008, a public company that trades on the over the counter market in the United States. Mr. Day has experience raising money for startups and he is also an experienced computer programmer developing many of his company’s mobile applications. Kevin was a Director of the British Columbia Captive Insurance Association for 10 years and is currently a Committee Member of the Canadian Captive Insurance Association. Kevin obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia in 1994. After university and prior to starting his first business, Kevin worked for several years in the insurance industry as a property and casualty insurance broker. Kevin is an avid runner and enjoys movies, documentaries, and reading biographies of business icons.
Sarah Mah is a fifth year UBC student graduating next year with a bachelors degree in genetics with honours. She was introduced to Beauty Night when she accompanied my mother to some of the events. With her mother’s background in dentistry, she was working on educating Beauty Night clients about proper dental hygiene, while handing out toothbrush/toothpaste donations. She became very interested in Ms. Caroline McGillivray’s cause, and began to understand the value of both physical and social health for these women. It was not until after she had completed my accelerated high school education, and most of my undergraduate degree that she found more time to devote to the program.She started out with doing nails, which emphasized to her the huge social impact that such a simple service could provide. She then looked towards how she could improve the lives of women in other situations as well, and simultaneously took a volunteer job working for childcare at the Vancouver Rape Relief & Women’s Shelter.

Beauty Night is entering an exciting period of growth which will be guided by the amazing board that has been elected.

Our first Girl Talk Session produced by Leila Pejman and Caroline MacGillivray was a huge success. Dave Dickson, Beauty Night Board Member and former Sex Trade Liasson for the Vancouver Police Department held the audience captive. His talk about the survival sex work, addiction, and addiction prompted questions from volunteers.

Dave Dickson talks to Beauty Night Volunteers about Survival Sex Workers Photo by Aaron Chung 2009

Dave Dickson explains that survival sex workers in Vancouver as young as 10 years old have been seen in Vancouver. Photo by Aaron Chung

Volunteers listen intently as Dave describes the cyle of addiction, violence and survival sex work. Photo by Aaron Chung 2009

Audience feed back has been incredibly positive. Our next talk will be held this Thursday, June 25th, 2009.

What is Beauty Night?

Beauty Night Society is a volunteer based organization that offers marginalized women and youth makeovers and other wellness programs that will help them build their self-esteem and feelings of self worth.

Who are Beauty Night’s Clients?

Beauty Night Society serves hundreds of women and youth including those living on the streets, drug users, survival sex-trade workers and women with criminal records.  Many of our clients may have AIDS or Hep C. 

Most of Beauty Night’s clients have deal with physical or sexual abuse from an early age.  In fact 90% of women in the survival sex trade and/or in correctional facilities have experienced sexual abuse.

Many Beauty Night clients deal with homelessness, poverty, and isolation.  Other Beauty Night clients include young mothers, those living with mental illness, and the elderly.

What do you offer your clients?

We offer our clients support, friendship and programs to learn skills such as self-care and nutrition, fitness, goal setting, stress management, literacy, and interview preparation.  One of our most popular programs is Beauty Night where volunteer professionals offer women free hair cuts, manicures, massages and makeovers.  We also donate clothing and beauty products such as shampoo, skincare, and makeup.

Aren’t your clients more in need of essentials like health care, housing and jobs?

Beauty Night incorporates health care into our program. For example many of our volunteers who offer pedicures to our clients are nursing students who are checking for diabetes symptoms while applying nail polish.  Beauty Night partners with many agencies that offer more extensive health care, housing, job training, and shelter.

Of course makeup and clothes are not as important as necessities like a place to live or finding a job.  But they are still important contributors to helping women get off the street.

We at Beauty Night recognize that self-esteem is an important part of regaining control over one’s life.  A nice haircut and professional outfit can make a woman much more confident about applying for a job or starting a new class at school.  We also teach women how to look after their health through fitness and nutrition.

In addition, for many women on the street, human touch is associated with physical or sexual abuse.  Having their shoulders massaged or hair brushed by a caring volunteer are wonderful reminders of how healing touch can be.  Beauty Night strives to give its clients a rare moment of pleasure and pampering. 

Besides Makeovers, What else does Beauty Night Do?

Other Beauty Night programs include:

Literacy

Creative Endeavours

Fitness and Nutrition

Personal Development

Can I get a tax receipt?

Yes.  Beauty Night Society is a registered Canadian Charity.  We give tax receipts for  monietary donations over $10.

Where can I drop off donations of product?

Please contact info@beautynight.org.

What products does Beauty Night need?

• New make up
• Cotton pads
• New mascara wands
• Makeup applicators
• Nail files
• Yoga mats
• New Skin care products
• Small mirrors
• Brush cleaner
• Makeup remover
• Organic fruit and vegetables
• Herbal tea
• Nail polish remover

Where do Beauty Night events take place?

In Vancouver

Mon through Thursday we are at 412 E Cordova from 6:30 to 9pm. 

Toronto: Pending

Prince George: Pending

Victoria: Pending

 What does Beauty Night Need?

 $$$ for programming

New Product/ supplies

Volunteers

 Who is on Beauty Night’s Board?

 Caroline MacGillivray – Founder and President

Julia Saunders – Vice President

Rebecca Kerbel – Secretary

Bethany Tapp – Treasurer

Directors at Large:

Dave Dickson

Courtey Smith

 Gwen Webster

Bill Nevison

Beauty Night Society is happy to welcome Julia Saunders as Vice President of its board. “Julia has been a director at large for several years and we are excited to have her serve as vice president,” says Beauty Night Founder and President, Caroline MacGillivray.

Beauty Night Society welcomes Julia Saunders, Vice President.

“Julia has wonderful leadership skills. I have enjoyed working with her on various projects. ”