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York House Students Support Beauty Night Society

December 31, 2012 by

We met our wonderful friends from York House School when Monica Regan grade 6 class were volunteering to decorate and fill xmas stockings. Caroline MacGillivray came to speak to the two classes about Beauty Night Society and the work we do. The girls wanted to help - and help they did. They created friendship bracelets and sold them. They raised $218 for our cause. On December, 18th they came to our 12 year anniversary holiday party to bring the cheque, share some delicious tiger bark with our ladies and paint nails. We are delighted that many of them will be attending our next volunteer orientation on January 8th, 2013 at 6pm at DTES Women’s Centre 302 Columbia to officially join Team Beauty Night.
If you would like to make a donation or join Team Beauty Night, please click on the donate now or volunteer button on the left hand side of the page. Beauty Night because dignity is beautiful. 12 Years, 26, 000 makeovers thanks to 500+ volunteers

We met our wonderful friends from York House School when Monica Regan grade 6 class were volunteering to decorate and fill xmas stockings. Caroline MacGillivray came to speak to the two classes about Beauty Night Society and the work we do. The girls wanted to help - and help they did. They created friendship bracelets and sold them. They raised $218 for our cause. On December, 18th they came to our 12 year anniversary holiday party to bring the cheque, share some delicious tiger bark with our ladies and paint nails. We are delighted that many of them will be attending our next volunteer orientation on January 8th, 2013 at 6pm at DTES Women’s Centre 302 Columbia to officially join Team Beauty Night — with Kash Arianpour and Caroline MacGillivray.

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Celebrate Dignity: 12 Years; 26, 000 makeovers Thanks to 500+ Volunteers

November 26, 2012 by

On December 15th, 2000 (12 years ago), the first Beauty Night was held at WISH Drop in Centre in Vancouver’s DTES. A local actress and writer, Caroline MacGillivray started volunteering at WISH in the summer of 2000. She was researching a role for an upcoming film. One night, a woman came in who had had a bad day. She did not want to eat, speak or assistance with housing, bad date sheet or shelter for the night - she wanted to “feel clean.” After having a shower, the woman picked up a curling iron that had been donated to the centre. She was unable to bring her arms up to curl her hair. Caroline offered to do this for her. With simple kindness, friendship was born. The woman left walking taller and seemed to have an extra bounce in her step. After repeated requests for makeovers from other women, Caroline proposed a “beauty night”.

The organization has grown from it’s first Beauty Night (14 volunteers and served 73 women) to offer programs 4 nights a week (serving 200 each week). Thanks to 500+ volunteers, Beauty Night has given over 26, 000 makeovers in 12 years. The three streams of programming focus on wellness, life skills development and makeovers. The joy, friendship and laughter connects the community together.

When MacGillivray asked the women how they would like to celebrate Beauty Night’s 12th anniversary, many said they would like to support the organization that has had a positive impact on their lives. They wanted to have a fashion show. When the Hive Vancouver contacted MacGillivray to support this cause, she was delighted. “The Hive Vancouver wanted to bring the community together by holding an event to support our cause. When the possibility of a fashion show was mentioned, I was thrilled. It seemed like a great fit.”

On Saturday December 15th, Beauty Night celebrates it’s 12 year anniversary at the Celebrate Dignity Gala at the Hive Vancouver. Hosted by Jessica Holmes Canadian motivational speaker and comedian (Royal Canadian Air Farce) this eco fashion show will feature 10 of our Beauty Night ladies. We are excited to have 2013 Miss World Canada Finalist Kristiana Banden will be one of our speakers. Sponsored by Hive Vancouver, Lonsdale Event Rentals, MCNG Marketing, Pizzazz Modeling (Dale), Coleseum Medi Spa, and PiDGin Restaurant.

Tickets are $99. Event includes entertainment, fashion show, comedy, desert, raffle, silent auction and much more. To purchase tickets, please visit here. * For Beauty Night Supporters, you can get 50% off with this promo code bnsbffs

 

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BC Ideas Finalist - Beauty Night Society

October 26, 2012 by

Finalist in BC Ideas Contest - Beauty Night Society

“We are thrilled to be one of the 11 finalists for the BC Ideas competition and need your help to be one of the top three finalists. If we are chosen, $15, 000 would be invested in our cause. This would help us in our mission to build self esteem and change lives for women and youth living in poverty. In the past twelve years, we have given 26, 000 makeovers thanks to 500 volunteers. Just imagine what we could do with additional support,” says Caroline MacGillivray, Beauty Night Founder and Executive Director.

BC Ideas is an online competition, which asks British Columbians like you to bring forward innovative ideas and programs that address the challenges facing our province.

Starting at 9am, please vote for your favorite finalist beginning October 26. The two-week voting period (Oct 26th-Nov 9th) is your chance to engage your network and community of innovators to cast their vote for your innovation! The top three vote getters after the voting period will each receive a $15,000 People’s Choice investment.

More than $250,000 in investments will be awarded to top entries. Entrants will also have the opportunity to access additional investments following the competition. Please vote and ask your friends to vote for our cause too. This can be done through facebook or the BC Ideas website.

Join the BC Ideas community, where you can connect with like-minded British Columbians, read the latest news on solutions working in BC, and share your thoughts with leaders, experts, and people just like you. Check out some of the solutions below. Welcome to a community of possibility, of problem solvers, of British Columbians

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Sewers Needed for 12 Days of Xmas Campaign

October 17, 2012 by

Fashion Designer, Nancy Perreault designs an Xmas Stocking. Community members and high school textile class students who want to volunteer, pick up the fabric and are given the stocking pattern.

The stockings need to be sewn and dropped off to Beauty Night before November 15th. At that stage, the stockings will be picked up by community groups and elementary school students who would like to decorate the stockings.

We (Team Beauty Night) go into the schools to engage students to have discussions about the cycle of poverty and how we can bring change and hope into the lives of people in the cycle of poverty. The stockings are decorated and dropped off by December 1.

Companies and individuals fill the stockings with self care and luxury products. There are several drop off locations in the Lower Mainland by December 1. By December 8th, stockings are filled. Volunteer Elves are able to pick up stockings and are on schedule for the next 12 days to drop off the stockings with Santa’s helpers.

By December 24th, we will have handed out 1500 Xmas stockings for women and youth living in poverty.

Here’s a video created by Bill Nevison capturing Team Beauty Night handing out the stockings during our annual Xmas party (included during our 12 days of Xmas Campaign) in 2008.

FAQ
Q. I sew and would love to help. How do I get involved?
A. Email Caroline at Beauty Night dot org with “Sewing Volunteer” in Subject Line.
She will email pattern to you and coordinate when you can come pick up a bolt of fabric to sew stockings. (Pick up location is around 13th and Granville area)

Q. Is it hand sewing?
A. It can be - but this project is geared towards sewing machine

Q. I have a group of students that would love to help decorate stockings
A. Email Caroline at Beauty Night dot org with “12 Days of Xmas Stocking Decorating Group” in Subject Line. She will coordinate pick up of stockings. Stockings will need to be dropped off by December 1.

Q. How do I decorate the stockings?
A. Many of the groups who have decorated stockings in the past have used glitter, paint, ribbon, buttons and additional craft supplies. Each stocking is unique and we are thrilled with the sheer volume of help we have had.

Q. What kind of sponsorship/items are you looking for to fill stockings?
A. All products must be new and unused. Tooth brushes, tooth paste, dental floss, nail files, nail polish, shampoo, conditioner, skin care products, socks, gloves, journals, pens, and much more.

Q. Why can’t I donate gently used product?
A. We try to follow the guidelines of Health & Safety Canada. Some of our participants have compromised immune systems we want to make sure that anything we give to them is safe and make them feel good.

Q. Do the product donations have to be the same?
A. No. We let the women know each stocking is individual. They are encouraged to share or trade items that them may not use.

Q. Where can I drop off product?
A. Product Drop off locations are to be confirmed. Drop offs will need to be dropped off by December 1.

Q. Are there other ways I can help?
A. We are looking for volunteers with cars who can help with transporting stockings and donations from drop off locations to the ladies.

Q. Any other ways I can help?
A.
Spread The Word
Follow us on Twitter
Join our conversation on Facebook

Donate
Every dollar counts. Last year we served 200 people each week during our programming 4 days each week on $44, 845.
You can:
make a one time donation
become a monthly donor
throw a fundraiser
create a giving page and ask friends to support our cause (great for birthdays, weddings, fitness goals)

Thank you for your on going support to our cause

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Get Cooking with Stars Launch - 20% Ticket Sales to Beauty Night

October 15, 2012 by

We are excited to be the charity of choice for Left Coast TV’s Get Cooking with Stars Launch party. They will be donating 20% of the sales from the tickets to our cause. The event’s on Saturday, October 20th.

Here are the details:
“Get Cooking with the Stars” television series launches fall season~Tickets here at www.leftcoasttv.com~ Oct 20 Red Carpet Gala Get Cooking with the Stars Launch Extravaganza at 555 Howe Street Gallery-Tickets include Appetizers, cocktails, giftbags, and entertainment. Celebrities, VIP, LEO Awards prestige and much MORE. 20% of Proceeds to Beauty Night Society.

You can CLICK BELOW to get your tickets. Secured paypal site via credit card or Call Zia Roshani 604 219-5181 to pick up your tickets and get on the guestlist. See you there!

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Beauty For a Cause - Fundraiser at Casbah Evolution

September 5, 2012 by
On Thursday, September 27th join Casbah Evolution and Beauty Night Society for a fun-filled beauty information night! Featuring how-to tips on applying makeup and false lashes at home, how to properly apply St. Tropez self tanning products, Dermalogica educators will be present assisting with tricks on how to amp up your skincare regime at home, Lippygirl Cosmeticswill be showcasing their products and much more! Half of all ticket purchases will be donated to Beauty Night Society as well as the other half will be redeemable in purchases that evening. Ticket prices are $30 and will include snacks and beverages. Bring friends and family for a girl’s night out benefiting a great cause! 604.542.4782



Order tickets via Eventbrite:
http://casbahevolution-efbevent.eventbrite.ca/

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Fundraiser Events for August

August 7, 2012 by

Upcoming Events:

Raise the Barre
On Sundays in August
10:45am class $10
Barre Fitness Yaletown is donating proceeds for their 10:45am Sunday Barre class to our cause
1038 Mainland St

Volunteer Orientation
On Tuesday, August 7th is our next volunteer orientation. 5pm at 1455 West 10th (Vancouver Public Library Fire Hall Branch)
Please invite friends who might be interested in being part of team beauty night. We are looking for volunteers to offer acupuncture, homeopathy, reiki, relaxation massage, hair cuts, and foot care.

Custom Blend Lip Gloss Party
Hold August 16th for the ultimate Girl’s night out at Prettier in Green spa. Create your own custom blended lip gloss at Prettier in Green ( 3633 Main Street). Tickets (including cost of lipgloss) $25. 50% of ticket price to Beauty Night.

DNA White Party on August 16th
Love to network, lawn bowl and raise money for our cause? The Downtown Networking Association is hosting their DNA White Party. Proceeds from silent auction to our cause. http://dnawhiteparty.eventbrite.com/

If you know someone who is throwing an event and might want to donate part of the proceeds to our cause, we would love a connection.

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Barefoot Wine & Bubbly’s #Pedi4Cause Raises $5000

June 29, 2012 by

Aaron Krombholz presents Beauty Night Founder, Caroline MacGillivray with $5000 from Barefoot Wine & Bubbly from #pedi4cause. Hosted by Urban Rush's Fiona Forbes, the celebration was incredible. Guests sampled Barefoot Wine & Bubbly in mojitos, bubbly, and wine. The refreshing taste complimented the vast array of appetizers that would satisfy any palate. Absolute Spa staffers offered purple pedicures and foot massages. Great conversation flowed on and off line. #pedi4cause trended on twitter. For each tweet, Barefoot Wine & Bubbly donated money for our cause.

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Events & More for Week of June 4th

June 4, 2012 by

Team Beauty Night Volunteers: Caroline MacGillivray, Kristin Guy, Annie Bennett, Tyla Flexman, Kim Pacquette, and Arline Trividic

Smell This and Feel Better With Smell This Aromatherapy Scent Bar
The room smelled amazing! Beauty Night participants got to create their own “pure” fume of essential oils. Nicole and Arline from Smell This Aromatherapy guided our participants to create their own scents. Names such as “Tyla” (after participant’s favourite volunteer), “My Own Creation”, and “hope” were some “pure” fume names.

Barefoot & Bubbly: #Pedis4cause
The Month of May wrapped with a splash. Barefoot Wines and Absolute Spa Group hosted a party at English Bay Boathouse. Those who attended the private event were treated to wine, pedicures and wonderful appetizers. Hosted by Urban Rush’s Fiona Forbes, attendees were encourages to tweet about the party using the hash tag #pedis4cause. For each tweet a donation from Barefoot Wine was given to our cause. It was an amazing night where we got to connect with so many people who support our cause. Compliments of Dianne Chow, here are some photos from the event. http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.387337544660106.84488.141445145916015&type=1
Queen Elizabeth Secondary Students Aim to Win $5000 for our Cause
Cross your fingers, our friends from Queen Elizabeth Secondary made phase 2 for the YPI Cares contest with their presentation of Beauty Night. If they win, YPI Cares will donate $5000 for our cause. YPI is an initiative where grade 10 students create a presentation about the charity of choice. If chosen, the charity of choice will be given $5000. Each school is able to chose a recipient.

Last year, students from Bal Moral Secondary School (Carson Graham) won the YPI Cares for their school. This the video they created last year. http://youtu.be/VtRzHEJq1jY

The support did not stop there. One of our Bal Moral supporters, Terry-Dayne Beasley donated his birthday money to our cause. His mother and sister now volunteer for us too.

Upcoming Events:
The next few weeks promise to be busy and exciting time. Although our AGM is June 19th, there are many many ways you can support our cause. Tell your friends. Please share events on facebook, twitter, linked in. Come to events - great way to connect with other volunteers and to support our cause.

* If you have an event that you would like to include our cause in, please contact Caroline ([email protected]).

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: http://www.beautynight.org/index.php/volunteer-form/
June 5th Health Care Site Visit
On Tuesday, June 5th a Ukrainian Health Care Team visits us. 7 out reach nurses from Ukraine are dropping by to see how we connect beauty with creating community. Thanks to our community relationship with the street nurses, the Ukraine Health care team wants to see how we connect our participants to wellness and health care through our programming.
June 6th AGM Package
Fresh off the presses, our AGM package will be available on our website.
There will also be an invitation to attend our AGM via event brite.
June 7th Beauty Night in the Media
Set your PVR, Empowered Health piece on Beauty Night will be airing at 7pm on Chek 6. The profile piece in the Vancouver Sun prints on Thursday too.
June 8 & 9th Massage by Donation.
Gastown Physio and Pilates’ RMTs will be offering relaxation massage by donation in front of Cafe Medina in Gastown on sunny days. Times & Dates TBD
June 14th - Living Extraordinary Want to be inspired? Conscious Diva’s presents a night of 12 luminaries to inspire you. Beauty Night Founder, Caroline MacGillivray is honoured to be one of the speakers. For tickets and additional information, please visit http://www.consciousdivas.com/living-extraordinary-live
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 20th Bring Your Heart and Soul To Work with Heather White
Love to network and connect with amazing people? Pink Tank Group is having the legendary business coach, Heather White speak about Bring Your Heart and Soul to Work. Event is from 6-8pm in downtown Vancouver. Tickets $10 and partial proceeds to our cause. To purchase tickets: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3501494063
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. http://beautynightscentbar.eventbrite.com/
June 22, 23, 24th Beauty Night Breakfast
Come by the 9th Avenue Grill for a Beauty Night Benny. Spearheaded by their manager, Stacy Cashin (also one of our wonderful volunteers), the staff of 9th Avenue Grill will be creating a Beauty Night Benny. Partial proceeds to our cause. Diners are able to make donations to Beauty Night through their server. Details to be finalized.

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Beauty Night News: Week of May 28th

May 28, 2012 by

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: http://www.beautynight.org/index.php/volunteer-form/
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.

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