Just in time for Beauty Night’s 10-year Anniversary week, we’ve had lots of great media coverage! You can check out the many articles here, and we’ll be posting links to TV clips as we get them.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Beauty Night!
Beauty Night in Prince George
December 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
On December 2, 2010, the Women’s Representative for the Students Union at the College of New Caledonia teamed up with Caroline and Beauty Night for an event. I help organize Beauty Night last year at Elizabeth Fry Society so I was familiar. This year I decided to integrate the college and the shelters together.
We had a great turn out of students and women from the community. The stations we had were nails, hair, and massage, make up, belly dancing and some crafts. At the hair station they we had cuts and styles. The ladies really enjoyed the belly dancing and the massages.
Big thanks to all the volunteers that came out to support this event. The ladies left happy and excited that they were able to attend his evening. It felt like a girl’s night where you meet new people and get pampered.
Megan Wu
Women’s Representative
CNC Students Union
Stocking Drive on KVOS
December 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
KVOS featured Beauty Night’s stocking drive in their ‘On Scene’ segment - you’ll find it at the 30 second mark. Thanks to KVOS!
2010 Stocking Drive
November 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Dear friends,
Beauty Night Society is an award-winning registered charity that builds hope, trust and self-esteem in vulnerable women through life makeovers that include wellness, fitness, literacy, personal and leadership development. We would like to build a mutually beneficial partnership with your company to celebrate the beauty of all women.
On Christmas Eve 2009, thirty volunteers handed out 500 Christmas stockings to women living in poverty residing in shelters, health care facilities, transition homes in Vancouver, Toronto, and Prince George.
Hundreds of volunteers throughout the community make this event possible. Vancouver fashion designer Nancy Perreault designed the stocking. With 40 metres of donated fabric, high school textiles classes, fashion design students and Girl Guides sewed 500 Christmas stockings. Beauty Night Society volunteers filled them with donated hair, skin, dental and body care products.
This year we will more than double the number of recipients of Christmas stockings. On Christmas Eve 2010, 1,200 stockings created and decorated by children and youth will be handed out by Ms. Claus to women in shelters and transition homes.
You can be a part of this worthwhile program by donating new dental, nail, hair, skin and body care products to fill the 1200 stockings. Please refer to our website for information on this.
If you have any questions or would like additional information, I can be contacted at any time at [email protected] or 778-885-4526. More information on Beauty Night’s history and programs can be found at www.beautynight.org.
Sincerely,
Caroline MacGillivray, National Executive Director & Founder, Beauty Night Society
10th Anniversary Christmas Stocking Drive Wish List
New, unopened self-care products including:
Socks & gloves;
Oral care products: toothbrushes, toothpaste, dental floss;
Skin care products: cleanser, moisturizer, face masque, etc.;
Hair care products: shampoo, conditioner, styling products;
Nail care products: nail files, polish, etc.;
Makeup & cometics samples.
Financial donations to be used to fund the following:
Life makeover supplies;
Child minding for participants;
Creation station program supplies;
Beauty Night’s Legacy fund.
Product donations for Christmas stockings must be dropped off by Dec 1st.
Please contact [email protected] for drop-off information.
Tax receipts will be issued for monetary donations over $10.
You can access a Google doc with all this information here.
Beauty Night featured in Vancouver Foundation Magazine
November 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
This morning, more than 80,000 copies of Vancouver Foundation’s Magazine were distributed through the Vancouver Sun. On pages 16 and 17 is an article about Beauty Night Society. We are thrilled with the article and wanted to share the link with you in case you haven’t seen it yet.
From the article: “[Beauty Night founder Caroline] MacGillivray has seen many women walk out of the program with an improved attitude and become motivated to take better care of their health at home. “Being able to create an environment where the women feel safe, where they feel good about who they are, I think that’s really empowering,” she says. “And when you feel good about yourself, you start believing anything is possible. To see people taking care of themselves, where they felt hat they’re worth taking care of, it’s really exciting and beautiful.”
Vancouver Foundation also created a video that is airing at Vancouver Fashion Week between the shows. We have a booth there this week if you would like to come by and say hello! Thank you for all of your support! Here is a sneak peek.
Volunteer form and database
October 31, 2010 By Leave a Comment
New Volunteer Database - please fill out our volunteer form!
Beauty Night Society is examining what we can do to streamline many of our operations. Volunteer management. currently takes up a lot of Caroline’s time, and presently everything is a paper copy - which means it’s time to update our system! To help us out with this, Stephanie Michelle from Wild Fire Effects has created a Google form that we’re asking all current volunteers to fill out. This will populate a database so that we can more easily keep track of who’s available when.
Although many of you have been volunteering for quite some time, can we nevertheless ask you to fill in our volunteer application form to update your name and contact information. In the ‘How did you hear about us’ section, we’d love a recap as to how you originally found out about us, as well as how long you’ve been volunteering. Please also tell us your current availability.
As you know, we would not exist without you! Volunteers are what keeps Beauty Night achieving its mission to build self esteem and change lives.
You can find the volunteer form here. Thank you!
Papalooza - Pap Awareness Week
October 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Beauty Night Society & DAMS present…
LACE Campaign’s Papalooza
Beauty night society is partnering with DAMS (Drug and Alchohol Meeting Support for Women), street nurses, PHS Life Skills Centre and LACE Campaign for Pap awareness week. According to LACE Campaign, women should get their Pap tests once a year to screen for cervical cancer. Seven out of ten cases of cervical cancer can be treated if caught early enough. Street nurses will be offering Beauty Night participants Pap screenings. Beauty Night volunteers and participants will talk about Pap awareness and cervical health.
Come in on Monday, October 25 from 5-7:30pm at PHS Life Skills Centre, 412 East Cordova.
- Get tested
- Get a gift
- Have fun – snacks, prizes, and entertainment
If you know any women who have been reluctant to go for Pap screens, please tell them about this event!
Vancouver Foundation’s Beauty Night Video
October 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Vancouver Foundation’s video portrait of Beauty Night Society is now live on YouTube!
Caroline MacGillivray, Executive Director of Beauty Night Society, narrates the video. Photographs by Aaron Chung.
Vancouver Foundation Presentation
October 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Vancouver Foundation previewed its Beauty Night video at its Vital Signs presentation on October 6th at the Roundhouse Community. We will share the video as soon as it is available. Many thanks to the Vancouver Foundation for producing the video, and for its support of Beauty Night Society.
One of the main themes of the Vital Signs evening was belonging: “People have an innate need to belong. We need a sense of connection to others and to our community in order to thrive. How our region fosters a sense of belonging, inclusion and participation is key to our vitality.”
The evening featured presentations from, and stories about, organizations that are involved in improving people’s lives, particularly through building community and creating support networks for people. Beauty Night is one such organization; by creating a safe space for women, and fostering trust and friendship, our volunteers and participants have been able to build a truly supportive community.
You can read more about belonging, as part of the Vancouver Foundation’s Vital Signs report, here.
Persons Day Conference – Women’s Leadership Forum
October 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Beauty Night’s founder and Executive Director, Caroline MacGillivray,will be facilitating at the
Persons Day Conference – Women’s Leadership Forum. Come celebrate, share and learn with women from all walks of life on this special day where women were declared ‘persons’ under the law. The speakers and interactive sessions will focus on women’s leadership, our strengths and the challenges, including the intersections of race, class and gender and aim to be transformative calls for action to improve the lives of women locally and globally. For more information, visit womenvoters.ca
Workshops:
1) Women Ushering In the Future with Isabelle St-Jean
2) Speak Up: Speak Out with Erica Pinsky
Full descriptions of the workshops can be found here.
Afternoon Panel:
- Caroline MacGillivray , National Executive Director and Founder of Beauty Night Society
- Shirley Chan, CEO of Building Opportunities with Business
- Liz Evans, Executive Director and Founder of the Portland Hotel Society
- Kelly MacDonald, Senior Adjudicator for Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat
- Eileen Mohan, mother of Christopher Mohan and 2009 Surrey Leader Daily’s “Leader of the Year”
Biographies of the panelists can be found here.
A schedule for the day can be found here.
When: Saturday, October 16, 2010 from 9:00-4:00
Where: SFU at Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC
Theme: Women as Leaders: Challenges and Strengths
Registration Fees: (Lunch included): $75 ($65 for members)
