Healthy is Beautiful
The flu season is upon us, and everyone everywhere is being more aware of their health and staying healthy.
Beauty Night realizes that healthy eating is not about strict nutrition philosophies, staying unrealistically thin, or depriving yourself of the foods you love. Rather, it’s about feeling great, having more energy, and keeping yourself as healthy as possible. Which is one reason we are starting a course for moms and tots teaching healthy recipes that they can prepare with the tools that they have (often only hot plates) and the food that they have avaliable to them. We would love to hear your suggestion of recipes!
Eating poorly conributes to stress and many other side effects, such as:
- Blood Sugar Imbalances: When we don’t eat enough food, or don’t eat healthy enough food (too little protein and healthy carbohydrates, too much sugar, etc.) we can experience blood sugar fluctuations. These fluctuations can lead to mood swings, fatigue, poor concentration and other negative consequences in the short term, and greater health problems like hyperglycemia in the long run.
- Caffeine Side Effects: Too much caffeine can lead to poor concentration and decreasef effectiveness, sleep disturbances, and increased levels of cortisol in the blood.
- Poor Health Outcomes: Poor nutrition can also lead to lowered immunity so you’re more susceptible to illnesses, both minor and major. As you can imagine, this can lead to other problems, including increased stress levels.
We feel that helping our clients make great food choices, they will start to feel amazing and make great life choices as well.
If you can help, please email [email protected], leave a comment or donate!
Exciting Beauty Night Events
There are a lot of things going on with Beauty Night over the next week.
Tomorrow is the Models of Inspiration Filmathon you can read about here. We are very excited to be education and empowering some of our participants through this Filmathon.
Sunday we have a Knit Fit event at Brittania from 1-3pm. There is also a stocking cutting session at Nancy Black’s house in the afternoon, and a volunteer orientation from 4:30-6:30 as well. Please email [email protected] for more information.
Monday is the Beautilicous Halloween Event, with face painting, halloween make up, manicures and a photoshoot!
(art work by the very talented Tiffany Telford)Tuesday we have the Mom and Tot Halloween Festivities, with pumpkin seed roasting, pumpkin carving, face painting and the start of our Mom and Tot cooking series.
The next 4 days are filled with fun and exciting programming. If you want to help, email [email protected] and we will find a fit for you!
Have a great weekend everyone
We’ve come a long way!
It’s hard to believe that Beauty Night Society is almost 9! A lot has changed as we have grown, and a lot more will change as we continue to grow.
The Vancouver Sun wrote this story about our 8 year anniversary.
Since then, our programming has continued to expand, with thanks to our generous volunteers and supporters. We really couldn’t do this without you!
We’re at the start of our busiest season. If you’re interested in volunteering, please email [email protected] to see about opportunities. If you would like to donate yarn or knitting needles for Knit Fit, that would also be wonderful.
We are trying to raise funds to buy products to put into our Christmas Stockings as well. Having funds allows us to buy in bulk, which is beneficial to the women. We love product as well, but it does have to be unused and unopened to ensure our clients feel dignified. Just think, would you like to receive a half used bottle of shampoo in your stocking?
We are also gearing up a Mom and Tot nutrition program, where we will be teaching Moms how to cook simple, healthy recipes under the constraint of it having to be prepared on a hotplate since that is the tools they have available. If you would like to donate crockpots or other kitchen supplies (such as tupperware), we would love that too!
I’m excited about what the future holds for Beauty Night, and I can’t thank you enough for making all of this possible.
Beauty?
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?
Giving Thanks
It’s that time of year for Canadians where we gather with our family and friends and reflect upon what we are thankful for. This is the time to acknowledge the positive aspects and influences in your life.
Beauty Night Society has many wonderful people to thank, for honestly without your support we wouldn’t be here. I am also going to give a huge thank you to Caroline for all of her very hard work, dedication and the love she puts into the organization. Iam thankful for being able to work with our wonderful clients and see just how thankful someone can be for something as simple as a hair cut. It reminds me of just how lucky I really am, and that everyone can make a difference.
What it is that you are thankful for?
Upcoming Programming Additions
We’ve started up Womyn’s Gym programming. The program is very engaging and promises to help our clients achieve some great goals.
Next week we will be starting yoga classes as well.
We are still looking for more fabric and yarn, sewers and knitters for our stocking drive. Please email [email protected] if you are able to help!
Thank you everyone for your continued support
Beauty Night Stocking Drive 2008
Shot by the wonderful Bill Nevison.
We’re having another stocking cutting session this Sunday for all those interested, please email [email protected] for more information.
Hope
Hope is such a powerful word. One definition reads “To look forward to with confidence or expectation.”
Hope is something many of our clients seem to lack. Hope is something that we at Beauty Night try and inspire, in our clients, our volunteers, and other people in the world. We love to tell the story of how we have helped other people be inspired and create their own cause, as is the case in Womyn’s Gym and Jen’s Kitchen.
Something that has me hopeful is seeing the youth in our community working towards making the world a better place. As is the case with Knit Fit, or some of the people I met who are involved with The Third World, it re-instills my faith in a powerful way.
No one is too young, or too old, to make a difference. Beauty Night appreciates your support, and we hope to bring some help in the lives of those who need it most.
