News Archives
October 2010
Beauty Night on Global News
Beauty Night Society will be featured on GlobalTV’s lunch time segment on Friday, October 8th! We are thrilled as they will talk about the Xmas stocking drive and some other ways people can get involved.
July 2010
Out Reach
Since the closure of Vancouver Health’s Health Contact Centre in May, we have partnered with many community groups and service providers to offer our life makeover program to their participants. Participants of WISH, Atira’s EWMA (Emerging Women Making Art), YMCA’s Nanook, BC Women’s Hospital’s Fir Square, and Atira’s Serena’s Place have had or are scheduled to able to participate in our Life Makeover Program on their own premises. In July 2010, we stretch our programming to different parts of the lower mainland starting with the Front Room in Surrey.
Survey and Impact Evaluation
An Minh Vu, one of long time volunteers will be conducting a survey for our Beauty Night participants, as well as an impact evaluation. Our last survey was conducted in 2006 to establish demographics. Our updated survey will collect demographics as well as focus groups to find out what our participants want; the evaluation will tell us whether we are meeting our goals. We are aiming to conduct the survey and evaluation in Fall 2010. Thanks to the Benefic Foundation to contributing $3000 to Beauty Night to conduct the suvey.
June 2010
Every Woman & Womyns Gym Inspire Women who Move
Huge thanks to Every Woman in the World for raising over $2000 for Beauty Night through their annual silent auction & raffle. Every Woman founders Kerri Carleson and Lynn Kanuka have made a huge impact on the lives of women through Every Woman in the World, and continue to support Beauty Night monetarily through sponsorship, and through volunary efforts. Kanuka, the walk/run coach for Sport Med BC, made it possible for 7 of our Womyns Gym participants to run the Sun Run. Thanks to the online coaching and the entry fees sponsored by the Sun, 4 of our participants completed the run. Womyn’s Gym Program Coordinator, Tyla Flexman & Kanuka might have a walk/run clinic geared up for Sept 2010 for our participants who wish to participate in the 2011 Sun Run.
Until then, Womyn’s Gym programming will focus on group fitness classes. We asked the women what types of fitness classes they would like to enjoy. Dance classes are at the top of the list. Thanks to Vivian Dang, Lina Martin-Chen, and Franny Varty, our participants are able to drop their children off with our child minders as they enjoy a dance class or our makeover program.
