If you want to become a volunteer, our next orientation is Tuesday, September 4th. 5pm at 1455 West 10th Avenue. We would love to see you there. Here is past volunteer Lauren Kiljur’s thank you letter to us before she left to go traveling.

Lauren Kiljur:

“I am just writing to thank you for my experience at Beauty Night these last seven months. The evolution from a more ‘standard’ yoga practice to more of a movement dance flow was a wonderful adaptation and gave me the opportunity to connect with the ladies in a fun and very special way. It has been absolutely amazing, this past Monday especially! While sometimes I struggle with being as naturally outgoing as you undoubtedly are, I have a fun spirit inside of me who also thrives on human connection. I can see the dancing has been hugely therapeutic (for myself included) and I see many similarities with yoga. It allows us to connect with our bodies and express ourselves without words or even thoughts. The dancing has the added benefit of laughter and allowing our inner “goof-balls” to come forward, which lightens the spirit and heals the wounded child in all of us.

What She Learned

I have also learned that above all BN offers a wonderful safe community space for women to simply be together, and for privileged people like myself to connect with people from very different backgrounds on a basic human level. I realize now that it is not really about the services, but about connecting with familiar faces in a warm and inviting environment that allows the women to come as true equals, by their own initiative, on their own terms and with dignity, rather than as slightly ‘less than’ people as many services in the DTES can unintentionally convey.”