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Dear friends,

Beauty Night Society is an award-winning registered charity that builds hope, trust and self-esteem in vulnerable women through life makeovers that include wellness, fitness, literacy, personal and leadership development. We would like to build a mutually beneficial partnership with your company to celebrate the beauty of all women.

On Christmas Eve 2009, thirty volunteers handed out 500 Christmas stockings to women living in poverty residing in shelters, health care facilities, transition homes in Vancouver, Toronto, and Prince George.

Hundreds of volunteers throughout the community make this event possible. Vancouver fashion designer Nancy Perreault designed the stocking. With 40 metres of donated fabric, high school textiles classes, fashion design students and Girl Guides sewed 500 Christmas stockings. Beauty Night Society volunteers filled them with donated hair, skin, dental and body care products.

This year we will more than double the number of recipients of Christmas stockings. On Christmas Eve 2010, 1,200 stockings created and decorated by children and youth will be handed out by Ms. Claus to women in shelters and transition homes.

You can be a part of this worthwhile program by donating new dental, nail, hair, skin and body care products to fill the 1200 stockings. Please refer to our website for information on this.

If you have any questions or would like additional information, I can be contacted at any time at [email protected] or 778-885-4526. More information on Beauty Night’s history and programs can be found at www.beautynight.org.

Sincerely,
Caroline MacGillivray, National Executive Director & Founder, Beauty Night Society

10th Anniversary Christmas Stocking Drive Wish List
New, unopened self-care products including:
Socks & gloves;
Oral care products: toothbrushes, toothpaste, dental floss;
Skin care products: cleanser, moisturizer, face masque, etc.;
Hair care products: shampoo, conditioner, styling products;
Nail care products: nail files, polish, etc.;
Makeup & cometics samples.

Financial donations to be used to fund the following:
Life makeover supplies;
Child minding for participants;
Creation station program supplies;
Beauty Night’s Legacy fund.

Product donations for Christmas stockings must be dropped off by Dec 1st.
Please contact [email protected] for drop-off information.
Tax receipts will be issued for monetary donations over $10.

You can access a Google doc with all this information here.

Change starts with creating awareness. Paige 18′s production of In the Boom Boom Room brings the vicious cycle of the sex trade front and centre. “Our main goal was to produce a thought provoking piece of theater that gets people talking,” explains In the Boom Boom Room director, Jennifer Copping. It may start with talking. This provocative play will definitely get the buzz going.

Paige 18 Productions talking about it. They are putting their money where their mouth is. $1 from each ticket will be donated to Beauty Night Society. Donations for for the Beauty Night Christmas Stockings can be dropped off in the lobby. “By including your charity we have a perfect and direct relevance that is benefiting the women of the downtown eastside and getting awareness out there in a positive way, that these problems still exist but people like you are doing something about it,” says Copping. The show opens November 19th and runs until the 29th.