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Beauty Night News & Calendar May 7…

May 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Connect Health Raises $1500+
Huge thank you to Dr. Melissa Carr who spearheading Wellness Day at Connect Health. 100% of the proceeds was contributed to our cause. We had a great write up in the Sing Tao paper. I haven’t been able to read it although a friend put it through google translation to see what it says. Great photo of Dr. Carr, DJ and myself.
http://news.singtao.ca/vancouver/2012-05-01/community1335867528d3840900.html

WOW Event
On May 12th, Beauty Night Founder, Caroline MacGillivray is a Women of Worth Awards Finalist. The WOW event is an opportunity for women to be inspired and connect. There are some great speakers and much more. For more information please visit The Wow Event.

Volunteer Orientation May 15th
DEWC 302 Columbia
6-8pm
Do you know someone who wants to volunteer? Our next orientation is Tuesday, May 15th. Please have them fill in our volunteer application form on our website www.beautynight.org.

Stiletto Fit - May 19th
Luv&Grace Entertainment present Stiletto Fit. A celebration of fashion, dance and music at Fortune Club.  Partial proceeds to our cause. To purchase tickets, please click here.

Living Extraordinary on June 14th
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

Beauty Night AGM on Wednesday, June 20th
A chance to meet celebrate what we have achieved this year and join the on going conversation about our plans for next year! Details for AGM will be finalized by week.

Call For Board Members:
Beauty Night is looking for volunteers who wish to run for a seat on our board.

Preference is for:

  • People who are active volunteers
  • Board Experience
  • Completed Board Chair Academy or Board training program at Vantage Point – in other words familiar with putting Mission Based Management into practice.
  • Understand our cause

Requirements:

  • 20 -25 hours a month
  • 12 board meetings
  • Serving on 1 committee
  • coming to our annual planning session
  • 2 year term (can be voted in for 3 terms, 6 years)

If you are interested, please submit your resume (for my board), short bio, and a letter or email explaining why you would like to serve on the board. I will be scheduling interviews within the next few weeks. Please send to carolinem@beautynight.org. Subject line: Board Application.

 

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Great Recap of Beauty Council’s Show Off

April 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Thank you to Jaegar Mah for recapturing Beauty Council’s Show Off a celebration of the talent of the beauty industry in BC. 12 Salons shared the stage at the Vogue Theatre. This fantastic event emceed by Breakfast TV’s Dawn Chubei raised over $6000 for our cause.

SHOWOFF 2012 – Hair + Fashion PARTY! from Punchline Video Productions on Vimeo.

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An opportunity to help and be helped!

April 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment

An opportunity to help and be helped!

 

Practitioners at Connect Health Centre for Integrative Medicine are donating their services on behalf of Beauty Night. All proceeds will be given to Beauty Night Society.

 

If you have a health issue you would like to resolve; have health questions you would like answered; wonder about the various therapies available; or simply want to stay healthy, all while helping a great cause – this is your opportunity.

 

When:                  Monday April 30th, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Where:                  Connect Health, #205-2786 West 16th Avenue

 

BONUS!

Win prizes—including free yoga, supplements, health services, and more—donated by our generous sponsors! Also, enjoy the delicious snacks we are offering that day.

 

What services are available?

-       Traditional Chinese Medicine consultations

-       Acupuncture

-       Biopuncture injections for allergies or immune boosting

-       Nutrition consultations

-       Grocery store nutrition tours

-       Acutonics sound therapy treatments

-       Integrative MD consultations

-       Counseling sessions

-       Life coaching, emotional nurturing, yoga therapy and mind-body therapy sessions

-       Fitness assessments

 

How can you participate?

  1. Discover which session(s) you would like to attend
  2. Book your appointment in advance by calling or emailing the clinic

[T]  604-733-4400  [E]  info@connecthealthcare.ca

  1. Fees are listed below, but feel free to donate more to Beauty Night if you wish
  2. Come early or stay after your session if you would like to get to know more about Connect Health and/or Beauty Night
  3. You can also choose just to drop by to donate funds to Beauty Night even if there is no service from our practitioners that you require that day

What is Beauty Night?

Beauty Night builds self esteem and changes lives of women and youth living in poverty through 3 streams of programming: wellness, life skills development and makeovers. For more information, see www.beautynight.org.

What is Connect Health?
Connect Health is a team of medical doctors and alternative healthcare professionals who collaborate in a truly integrative fashion to offer effective and safe treatments customized to each individual. For more information, visit www.connecthealthcare.ca.

Details of Services that will be offered on behalf of Beauty Night:

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):  
*15 minute mini consult—Tongue and Pulse diagnosis or quick Q&A $20 (regular $30)
*30 minute mini consult—Tongue and Pulse diagnosis and quick Q&A $40 (regular $50)
60 minute full consult—TCM diagnosis and treatment plan $95
*15 minute biopuncture for allergies or immune boosting (stand alone) $25 (regular $40)
*Add-on biopuncture for allergies or immune boosting (with TCM session) $10 (regular $40)
60 minute acupuncture—New patient $95
60 minute acupuncture—Follow up/return patient $75
Nutrition  
60 minute initial nutrition consult (includes written nutrition plan) $125
*50 minute nutrition consult with a mini nutrition recommendation plan $85
30 minute follow up nutrition consult $50
1 hour grocery store tour (at Choices) for one person $150
1 hour grocery store tour (at Choices) for up to 4 people at one time $75 per person
*20 minute mini initial consult sessions (no written report) $50
MD Services:
45 minute acutonic sound therapy treatment $60
30 minute consult–Integrative MD consult $60
Counseling
1 hour counseling session $100
*30 minute first meeting introduction to counselor and counseling $50 (regular $60)
*15 minute first meeting introduction to counselor and counseling $20 (regular $30)
Mind-Body Sessions  
60 minute Life Coaching, Emotional Nurturing, Yoga Therapy or Mind-Body Therapy $150
120 minute group session (2-4 people) of Life Coaching, Emotional Nurturing, Yoga Therapy or Mind-Body Therapy $120 per person
*30 minute mini session of Mind-Body connection/Consult $50
*15 minute session of Initial Consult/Total Relaxation $25
Fitness and Movement Training
*Postural assessment, functional movement screening, basic strength analysis and corrective exercises $60 (regular $85)

* Special offerings for Beauty Night fundraiser only

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Wellness Day on April 30th Benefits Beauty Night

April 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Vancouver, B.C. – April 16, 2012 – Connect Health, an integrative medicine clinic that combines conventional medicine and complementary approaches, is hosting a fundraiser to help bring awareness to women and youth living in poverty. On Monday, April 30, 2012 all the practitioners will donate 100 percent of the proceeds of their services to Beauty Night Society. Beauty Night is a non-profit society that provides makeovers, life skills programming, and wellness services to marginalized women.

Beauty Night is the brainchild of Caroline MacGillivray, who began the organization after an experience she had volunteering at a women’s shelter. Since 2000, Beauty Night has given over 16,000 life-makeovers thanks to 500 volunteers.  “We believe that everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. Regardless of socio-economic status, no one deserves to be invisible and isolated from community. We are thrilled to be the charity of choice for Connect Health’s wellness day. The monies raised will allow us to continue to meet the growing need of women and youth living in poverty,” noted Caroline.  Dr. Melissa Carr, a Traditional Chinese Medicine doctor who works at Connect Health, has been looking forward to collaborating with Caroline. Dr. Carr stated, “Caroline is extremely dedicated to this project and our clinic is very pleased to be a part of such an important cause.”

Services being donated for the event include acupuncture, biopuncture, MD integrative consultations, nutrition consultations, counseling sessions, mind-body therapy sessions, fitness assessments, and more. Several local businesses have also donated prizes for attendees.

For additional information about the upcoming event, please visit: www.connecthealthcare.ca.

Connect Health’s aim is to provide effective whole person care by offering a collaborative and personalized combination of conventional medicine and complementary approaches. They are working to evolve the healthcare system by becoming leaders in clinical care, education, community outreach and research in the field of integrative medicine.

 

 

Name: Connect Health

Attention: Dr. Melissa Carr

Tel: 604-733-4400

Email: drcarr@activetcm.com

Web: www.connecthealthcare.ca

Name: Beauty Night

Attention: Caroline MacGillivray

Tel: 778-885-4526

Email: caroline@beautynight.org

Web: www.beautynight.org

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Growing a Cause

April 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment

“How can I help?” is one of the questions we hear.
Contributing time, energy, money and skills to further our mission (to build self esteem and change lives of women and youth living in poverty) are ways many of our supporters help us. We have over 500 volunteers that help us serve over 200 women each week.

This morning one of my friends, Cyndi Cassidy sent me a video that inspired me to revisit how I see fund raising and helping grow a cause.

After watching the video, it made me wonder how I can continue to grow the cause. There are so many ways we can inspire people to take action in the community. How are you an ambassador for a cause? Would love to know how to inspire others to continue building community and raising the resources to achieve our mission. Suggestions?

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