News & Updates
Meet the Board Candidates
On Tuesday, June 19th you will get an opportunity to meet our board candidates for the 2011-2012 fiscal year. With board member Sheila Evani and Julia Pon entering into the 2nd year of their 2 year term, we have several board members up for reelection and many new...
Beauty Night News Week of June 11th
What a fantastic week! There has been tons to celebrate! We've added some of the highlights in this newsletter. Thanks to our wonderful PR intern Adriana Ortega, you might want to check out our website. There have been tons of blog posts added - including several blog...
What lesson Beauty Night Society taught me
By Alexandra Zuur, 2nd place UBC Chapman Storytelling Award If I could talk about just one lesson that Beauty Night Society has taught me, it would be that community exists in the most surprising places. Joy, laughter, beauty… If I had to list down all the things that...
Thank you Empowered Heath
Our mission is to build self-esteem and change lives of women and youth living in poverty through 3 streams of programming: wellness, life skills development and makeovers. Check out Empowered Health piece on Beauty Night to learn more about how we started, the...
Volunteer wins UBC Chapman Story Telling Video Contest
We love our relationship with UBC Trek Program at the Learning Exchange. Our volunteer, Alexandra Zuur won the Chapman story telling video award for her video about her beauty night volunteer experience. She also won 2nd place for her story about Beauty Night. When we...
First Time, New Space
By Mira Thomas It was a cold Thursday night. I was on my way to Beauty Night at Raincity Housing in the Downtown Eastside formerly known as ‘Triage Emergency Services & Care Society’, a safe haven for many folks who need a place to go for basic supplies,...