Archive for May, 2009
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Beauty Night?
Beauty Night Society is a volunteer based organization that offers marginalized women and youth makeovers and other wellness programs that will help them build their self-esteem and feelings of self worth.
Who are Beauty Night’s Clients?
Beauty Night Society serves hundreds of women and youth including those living on the streets, drug users, survival sex-trade workers and women with criminal records. Many of our clients may have AIDS or Hep C.
Most of Beauty Night’s clients have deal with physical or sexual abuse from an early age. In fact 90% of women in the survival sex trade and/or in correctional facilities have experienced sexual abuse.
Many Beauty Night clients deal with homelessness, poverty, and isolation. Other Beauty Night clients include young mothers, those living with mental illness, and the elderly.
What do you offer your clients?
We offer our clients support, friendship and programs to learn skills such as self-care and nutrition, fitness, goal setting, stress management, literacy, and interview preparation. One of our most popular programs is Beauty Night where volunteer professionals offer women free hair cuts, manicures, massages and makeovers. We also donate clothing and beauty products such as shampoo, skincare, and makeup.
Aren’t your clients more in need of essentials like health care, housing and jobs?
Beauty Night incorporates health care into our program. For example many of our volunteers who offer pedicures to our clients are nursing students who are checking for diabetes symptoms while applying nail polish. Beauty Night partners with many agencies that offer more extensive health care, housing, job training, and shelter.
Of course makeup and clothes are not as important as necessities like a place to live or finding a job. But they are still important contributors to helping women get off the street.
We at Beauty Night recognize that self-esteem is an important part of regaining control over one’s life. A nice haircut and professional outfit can make a woman much more confident about applying for a job or starting a new class at school. We also teach women how to look after their health through fitness and nutrition.
In addition, for many women on the street, human touch is associated with physical or sexual abuse. Having their shoulders massaged or hair brushed by a caring volunteer are wonderful reminders of how healing touch can be. Beauty Night strives to give its clients a rare moment of pleasure and pampering.
Besides Makeovers, What else does Beauty Night Do?
Other Beauty Night programs include:
Literacy
Creative Endeavours
Fitness and Nutrition
Personal Development
Can I get a tax receipt?
Yes. Beauty Night Society is a registered Canadian Charity. We give tax receipts for monietary donations over $10.
Where can I drop off donations of product?
Please contact [email protected].
What products does Beauty Night need?
- New make up
- Cotton pads
- New mascara wands
- Makeup applicators
- Nail files
- Yoga mats
- New Skin care products
- Small mirrors
- Brush cleaner
- Makeup remover
- Organic fruit and vegetables
- Herbal tea
- Nail polish remover
Where do Beauty Night events take place?
In Vancouver
Mon through Thursday we are at 412 E Cordova from 6:30 to 9pm.
Toronto: Pending
Prince George: Pending
Victoria: Pending
What does Beauty Night Need?
$$$ for programming
New Product/ supplies
Volunteers
Who is on Beauty Night’s Board?
Caroline MacGillivray – Founder and President
Julia Saunders – Vice President
Rebecca Kerbel – Secretary
Bethany Tapp – Treasurer
Directors at Large:
Dave Dickson
Courtey Smith
Gwen Webster
Bill Nevison
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This is what I saw on my twitter feed:
monicahamburg@beautynight Just created some cool word clouds from tags on your blog (using wordle) http://twurl.nl/u43m3e & http://twurl.nl/6vudjc
Monica nominated me for the Canadian Living “MetoWe” Award. If you haven’t voted yet, please do. If I win, they will donate $5000 to Beauty Night Society.
Using Facebook, she contacted our mutual friends and encouraged them to vote. She has launched a twitter campaign to encourage people to vote for this award. If you are on Twitter and would like to spread the word, that would be fantastic. Here is something you can tweet:
Please Vote & RT - Help @beautynight win the “MetoWe” Award! (”In The Community” Category) http://twurl.nl/zwepmy.
Monica will be presenting tips on how not for profits can benefit from social media. The conference will be run through www.canadahelps.org. If you wish to make an online donation to a charity (including Beauty Night, our donate now button is just at the left hand corner of the page, please do so.)
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