Our friend and past board member, Bill Nevison interviews some of our volunteers and participants about what Beauty Night means to them.
Why Beauty Night? Our Volunteers & Participants Speak
September 1, 2013 by
$10 000 For Our Cause!
July 24, 2013 by
Huge thank you to team beauty night member, Lily Mignault for being one of the top ten recipients of Telus’ Give Wherewe Live Contest. She submitted a photo of her volunteering at Beauty Night! We are thrilled to be her charity of choice. Every $24 makes it possible to help one of our ladies. The $10 000 Lily won will make a huge impact in our quest to serve 250 participants each week. Check out the contest’s video here.
“I am so grateful to have inspired and to be able to give $10,000 to an amazing charity Beauty Night Society . This organization helps build self-esteem and empower mothers, children, street youth, former sex-workers and women living in poverty. Mental illness, sexual violence, hunger and homelessness are a reality of many women living in Vancouver’s downtown east side. This organization brings women together to laugh, become friends, and feel connected to their community. By building their community and empowering these women, they can start believing that change is possible. Thank you so very much TELUS for your generous donation ! I am truly blessed and honored to be able to pass it on to Beauty Night Society. #givewhereyoulive ” - Lily Mignault
Beauty Night Makes Front Page of Burnaby Newsleader
February 26, 2013 by
Beauty Night Featured in Megaphone Magazine
February 26, 2013 by
Beauty Night Featured on My Vancouver
January 14, 2013 by
After being the recipient of BC Ideas National Impact Award, we are thrilled to be featured on My Vancouver.
Beauty Night Makes Top 7 For Social Media Awards
January 14, 2013 by
We are thrilled to be one of the top 7 finalists for Social Media Awards 2013 in the Best Not for Profit Campaign. “Social media made it possible to help spread the word for our 12 Days of Xmas Campaign,” says Caroline MacGillivray, Beauty Night Society Founder, “Our campaign helps us spread a little more joy during the holiday season thanks to hundreds of volunteer elves who sew, decorate, fill and deliver 1500 stockings. This year we over shot our goal and did 1600 stockings.”
If you would like to vote for our cause, you can do so every day!
If you want to find out more about our 12 Days of Xmas campaign, here are a few moments captured on camera.
Beauty Night Wins BC Ideas National Impact Investment Award
November 29, 2012 by
On behalf of Beauty Night, thanks to all of you that voted for us in the BC Ideas Competition. Over 466 ideas were submitted. There are 33 BC Ideas winners and recipients of $270, 000. We are pleased to report that we are the recipient of their National Impact Investment award of $15,000 provided by J.W. McConnell Family Foundation. This money will be put towards expanding our current programs and activities to better serve women living in poverty in the Downtown Eastside and beyond. For more information about Beauty Night’s award, as well as the other award recipients please visit BC Ideas.
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
Beauty For a Cause - Fundraiser!
October 17, 2012 by
On Thursday, November 8th Pink Tank Group is hosting Beauty For A Cause.
In other words, a Fundraising Beauty Night for our those who want to support our cause. Sukis Salon, Dermalogica, and Blanche MacDonald will be on hand offering beauty treatments to make you feel good.
Join us for a unique night of mingling and networking combined with all your favourite beauty services. Drink wine and connect while getting a blow out, a Dermalogica MicroZone Skin Treatment, an RMT back massage, a make-up touch up and a manicure. Find out first hand how it feels to help the women of the Downtown East Side through the magic of Beauty Night. 100% of the proceeds will go towards Beauty Night embracing the concept of “women helping women”.
To give you an idea of what our last beauty fundraiser was like, Natalie Langston covered the event for Novus’ City Lights.
To buy tickets, please click here.
