Photo: Beauty Night Volunteers Kathleen Nosek, Courtney
Emerslund, Hikaru Hirabayashi and Mira Thomas at
Rice Block last Thursday.
I wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who made last Tuesday run smoothly. By 4:30pm we had 50+ women signed up for dinner. By the time we opened the doors, we had over 63 women in for dinner. We recruited one of our participants Corina to give us a hand. She told the ladies that we knew that everyone was hungry and that we did not want to turn anyone away. She let them know we were splitting the portions in half so we would be able to serve more women. She called out the first 10 women on the list to come up. As she went through the list of 50 women, Adrianna greeted new comers at the door and explained the situation. After Corina made sure the first 50 women had been fed, Adrianna gave her the new list which had an additional 13 women on it. It was a busy busy night. By the end of the night, we had well over 110 people come through the doors.
With cheque issue the following day, it was busy and at times stressful. I want to thank everyone for being such an incredible team. You bring so much joy into the fabric of our community – thank you!
Empowered Health (airs on Chek 6 at 7pm on June 7th) came in to do a story. Tonight, the Vancouver Sun will be by to do a profile piece about our cause. The story will go to print on June 7th in conjunction with the Empowered Health piece.
Thursday night at Rice Block was the exact opposite of Tuesday evening. Due to staff changes, they did not know we were coming. It was a quiet evening but the ladies who did come had a fantastic time. The follow up emails we’ve had from their management team show they are in agreement that we should continue to offer our programming on the Thursday after cheque issue at their location. To quote one of the women: “If you weren’t here, I would be lying around my room trying not to go to the alley. Thank you for being here.”
Upcoming Events:
June 5th Volunteer Orientation
On Tuesday, June 5th we will be holding our monthly volunteer orientation at 5pm at the VPL Firehall Branch 1455 West 10th Avenue. It will run from 5pm until 7:30pm. Board member, Julia Pon will be facilitating this orientation session. If you know people who are interested in joining Team Beauty Night, please let them know the details about our orientation. Please ask them to fill in our volunteer application form too: https://beautynight.org/
June 19th AGM
On Tuesday, June 19th, we will be holding our AGM at DEWC 302 Columbia at 6pm. Our regular programming will be cancelled due to our Annual General Meeting. It will be an opportunity to celebrate what we have achieved this year, board election and plans for our upcoming year. * We prefer to hold it where the women are able to attend.
June 21st Beauty Night Scent Bar at Lord’s Shoes
On Thursday, June 21st, Lord’s Shoes and Kirk Group are hosting Smell This Aromatherapy’s Scent Bar. From 6-8pm, you will be able to create your own “pure fume” from essential oils; enjoy a glass of wine and shop for shoes. ** Lords is donating a percentage of sales for the evening to our cause. $25 for tickets. I will have details to purchase tickets 50% of ticket price will go to our cause. ** If you want to book a Scent Bar, 10% of the proceeds are going to our cause.
