Beauty Night’s Wish List:

1) Storage space in Vancouver for donations of product
2) $100 each week to pay for honorariums ($20 per shift) to pay our participants who are developing job ready skills as they train to become faciliators.
3) $1000 to cover cost of running one week of programming including supplies, staffing, insurance, honorariums, photocopying, etc
4) $$$ for us expand programming to other areas & train additional facilitators to coordinating volunteers & supplies to run programs.
5) Hairdresser volunteers who are able to volunteer on a weekly basis
6) Opportunities for our Beauty Night Ambassadors and ED to speak about Beauty Night and hold discussions about the cycle of poverty and violence against youth and women.
7) Follow us on twitter @beautynight and share our news with your network.
Join the conversations on our facebook fan page www.facebook.com/beautynightsociety
9) Hold an event to raise money for our cause. Events can include bake sales, twoonie drives, fashion shows, garage sales, net working events, silent auctions and many many more.
10) Become a monthly donor by hitting the donate now button on the left hand side of the page.

Volunteer, donate, spread the word.

Thank you for your ongoing support!

We are collecting new products such as:

socks
Mittens
gloves
dental care: tooth brushes, dental floss, tooth paste
skin care products: cleanser, moisturizer, exfolient, face mask, toner
Body care products: body wash, soap, moisturizer, body scrubs, face cloths
Hair Care products: shampoo, conditioner, styling products
Journals
Pens
Jewelry
nail files
candy canes
mandarin oranges
chocolate

* All product donations must be new to meet the requirements of Health & Safety Canada.

** We are also collecting money to purchase some of the items we might not get enough of. We also welcome donations to continue offering the programming we are able to offer to the participants we love to serve. The money will also provide additional opportunities for the women to develop life skills and other programming opportunities.

Donations can be dropped off at various locations through out the city. Donations can be dropped off at:

Carrie Wheeler Talent Management 1737 East 6th Avenue on the porch
Tritech Fabric
Suite 106 611 Alexander
Monday through Friday until 5pm
*** Please call Craig 604-255-4242 ext 210 to make arrangements for drop offs.
We are thrilled with Tritech’s support. They also donated some of the fabric to create the Xmas stockings.
Huge thanks to Judith Latoski letting Barbara at Tritech Fabric know what we need. Barbara has been incredibly supportive too.

**** Donations must be dropped off before December 1st, 2011.

After that they will be moved to another location so we can coordinate stuffing the stockings. Lush Cosmetics has offered to let us use their space for stuffing stockings.

Xmas Stocking Volunteer Opportunities:

Students & classes – if you know of a group of students to decorate stockings we have about 1000 stockings to decorate still.
Drivers – Who are able to pick up product donations and drop them off at Tritech Fabrics
Stocking Team Leader – conducting a product & fund raising drive for Beauty Night within your office or friends. Please share the information in this email with people you think might be interested in getting involved.

Thank you to Nancy Perreault, Judith Latowski, Josanne Franklin, Gary Smith, Nicole Watson, Sharon Hong, Gabrielle Tambre, Margo Dalinghaus, Anne Whitmore, Kana, Heidi Hass Gable,  York House School, White Rock Elementary School, Blair Lockhart, Julianne Petersen and many more who have helped us with our 2011 12 Days of Xmas Campaign.

** If you would like to support our stocking drive with a monitary donation, donations can be made online at http://www.canadahelps.org/CharityProfilePage.aspx?CharityID=s92872. Every dollar counts.

Youth And Philanthropy initiative bursary winning video on Beauty night Society’s wonderful services, accomplishments and mission. Beauty Nights, is a Vancouver based volunteer ran program that is designed for to give “live makeovers” for the woman of the Downtown East side of Vancouver that live in poverty.

This is the original video. Stay tuned for the one used for the final presentation! Huge thanks to Mersedeh Sagafi, Jasmine Price, Ryder Coker, and Terry-Dayne Marshall.

Unclutter your life, hold a garage sale and donate proceeds to our cause. Photo by Chris Vergara

Change the World by Letting Go of Clutter

Who do you know who needs to unclutter their life and change the world? Since spring arrived late in Vancouver, it isn’t too late for spring cleaning. As you gather up clothes, books, house hold appliances to gear up for a garage sale, you can change your world and the world around you at the same time.

Rid yourself of clutter by selling it and donate the proceeds to Beauty Night. We will give you a tax receipt and use the money to build self esteem and change lives for women and youth living in poverty. Change you world & the world around you with one swoop. Don’t you just love win/win situations?

If you would like to have brochures about Beauty Night at your website, contact us at info@beautynight.org subject line garage sale. Donations can be made on this site or via cheque. Thank you for spreading the word about our cause.

They also created a video to highlight our work.

Greetings Generous Donator!

This is to request your support in the form of a Silent Auction Item (or tangible Welcome Bag gift) for the every WOMAN – Whistler 2011 Silent Auction which benefits Beauty Night Society and Dress For Success – Vancouver.  every WOMAN – Whistler 2011 will be held at The Fairmont Chateau Whistler and Lil’wat Cultural Centre.  We are expecting 250 participants.

every WOMAN^TM – Whistler ~ May 13 to 15, 2011 | Inspiring Through Physical Activity
Connecting, supporting and motivating women of all ages, shapes & sizes to be active.  Featuring:
Groove Method, Capoeira, Zumba, Nia, African Dance, Bar Method, Home Based Fitness,

Get off the Couch & Into Your Life, Capoeira, Thai Herbal Compress, Yoga & More (over 70 workshops)
No experience necessary.  Humour recommended.  Movement guaranteed. www.everywoman.ca

If you would like to donate a silent auction item, please:

1. Email us before April 30 with the following info:

- Company Name

- Email address

- Name of Item

- Location of service (if applicable)

- Value of item

2. Drop-off, mail or arrange* pick-up

Vancouver (before May

Drop-off/mail to:

Lynn Kanuka

14643 17th Ave.
Surrey, BC.
V4A 5M2
(778-891-7870)

Whistler (After May 10 and before May 12 @ 5pm)
Drop-off to:

Kerri Carlson/every WOMAN
c/o Yasmin Haufschild
Fairmont Chateau Whistler

*Pick-ups:  email info@everywoman.ca to arrrange pick-up on May 10 or May 11

Thank you so much!

Inspiring through physical activity,

every WOMAN^TM Events | www.everywoman.ca

Inspire yourself.  Inspire others.  Take time to…

Play. Dance. Walk.  Bike.  Climb. Jump. Stretch.  Think.  Laugh. Breathe.

“Last night’s event was incredible. I have never met so many amazing people in one room since I moved to Vancouver,” someone told me as we discussed how amazing the YVR Twestival was last night. Laughter, great conversation, food, drink and celebration filled the Lookout. Panoramic views of Vancouver’s lush beauty surrounded us.

An abundance of booths from different sponsors, silent auction items and much more were available. On a personal note, it was wonderful to meet twitter friends in person, connect with dear friends and celebrate together. Huge thanks to Rebecca Bollwitt and the YVR Twestival Organizing Committee. Through this incredibly event, we have raised over $8000 to invest in Beauty Night’s cause – to build self esteem and change lives of women and youth living in poverty through 3 streams of programming – wellness, life skills development and makeovers. Donations are still being accepted on the YVR Twestival site.

If you want to check out the photos, please check out Jeremy Lim’s photo stream on flickr. If you have photos to share, please post the link in the comment section so we can add them into this post. Huge thank you to everyone who supported YVR Twestival – we are thrilled that you did!

Bean Vancouver’s Vanessa Marshall recruited volunteers to help facilitate the event while Jiu recruited his staff and other salon owners to participate. Thanks to engaging more supporters, he multiplied his donation by 7. Yesterday’s efforts raised $705 for Beauty Night.

I Change, I Change The World (IC) is Beauty Night Society’s (BN) first fundraising initiative of 2011.  The IC campaign provides a platform for volunteers, participants, employees and other supporters of BN to create positive change in their lives while raising money for BN.

The campaign start date is March 8, 2011 and end date is April 19, 2011.  Participants in the IC campaign will have 6 weeks in which to affect a change of their choice (like quitting smoking or running 2km without stopping).  Participants utilize Canadahelps.org to create an online pledge page where people can pledge their support for the individual’ personal goal.  Money pledged/raised by each individual will go directly to BN.

Our campaign goal is to raise $100 000. The monies raised will support Beauty Night’s 3 streams of programs: wellness, life skill development and makeovers. Through this initiative we aim to raise money to continue building self esteem and changing lives of women and youth living in poverty. “In the past 10 years, we have given over 11, 000 life-makeovers,” Beauty Night Founder and Executive Director, Caroline MacGillivray explains, “By asking our supporters to make a positive change in their lives and raising money for a cause they believe in, we hope to make a positive impact in the lives of those who support and live in the community. I change, I change the world is a great way to do that.”

When asked if she was going to be participating in IC campaign, MacGillivray smiled and said,”Yes. I decided it was time to get over my fear of running. I stepped out of my heels and into a pair of running shoes. I started my IC goal several weeks ago as I am training for the Vancouver Sun Run. Thanks to my trainer, Laura Fairfield, I managed to run 5k without stopping. So I am half way there.”

Some of our Beauty Night Supporter’s goals include:

Going Vegan
Learning 200 words in sign language
Running the Sun Run