Thanks to over 400 volunteers, we are able to offer programming for over 100 participants each week. Many of our volunteers volunteer once a month or off site.

We have many volunteer opportunities.

We have three streams of programming:

Makeovers (hair, makeup, manicures, relaxation massage)

Wellness (footcare, walk/run clinic/womyn gym)

Life Skills (literacy, goal setting, mentorship opportunities)

When these are combined together, they create opportunities for our participants to build self esteem and change their lives. Thanks to over 400 volunteers we have given over 11 000 life-makeovers in the past 10 years! If you are interested in getting volunteering for frontline work, we are holding our first volunteer orientation of 2011 on Wednesday, January 5th from 5:30pm to 8:30pm.

Volunteer requirements:

- Enthusiastic and excited about the opportunity to volunteer on a weekly basis on a Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday shift

- Great team player

- Innovative and eager to participate in program development

- Adaptable and comfortable working with women from different walks of life

- Possess appropriate certifications or enrolled in school for specialized volunteer opportunities (yoga, group fitness certification, food safe, health care diploma, enrolled in specific skill development programs)

- Interested in becoming serving on a committee or getting involved behind the scenes

For more information please fill in our volunteer form. * Julia, our volunteer coordinator will contact you.

We have three streams of programming:

Makeovers (hair, makeup, manicures, relaxation massage)

Wellness (footcare, walk/run clinic/womyn gym)

Life Skills (literacy, goal setting, mentorship opportunities)

When these are combined together, they create opportunities for our participants to build self esteem and change their lives. Thanks to over 400 volunteers we have given over 11 000 life-makeovers in the past 10 years! If you are interested in getting volunteering for frontline work, we are holding our first volunteer orientation of 2011 on Wednesday, January 5th from 5:30pm to 8:30pm.

Volunteer requirements:

- Enthusiastic and excited about the opportunity to volunteer on a weekly basis on a Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday shift

- Great team player

- Innovative and eager to participate in program development

- Adaptable and comfortable working with women from different walks of life

- Possess appropriate certifications or enrolled in school  for specialized volunteer opportunities (yoga, group fitness certification, food safe,  health care diploma, enrolled in specific skill development programs)

- Interested in becoming serving on a committee or getting involved behind the scenes

For more information please fill in our volunteer form.

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If you are unable to go, please continue to forward the message.

We need hairdressers, makeup artists, aestheticians, RMTs, volunteers to pick up contributions and much more. We are hoping that if we get enough volunteers and supplies, we might be able to increase the events to run 4 times per year!

Eventually if we develop the resources, it would be wonderful to be able to offer programming four nights per week. Based on what the women want, that would include womyn’s gym (one on one personal training), yoga classes, mom & tot nutrition classes, journaling, Kids club, personal development & inner beauty boot camp. Next year, it would be wonderful to be able to have the xmas stocking initiative & Knit Fit community building programs included with our Prince George activities.

In light of the 20 year anniversary of the Montreal Massacre on Sunday (December 6th, 2009) has prompted discussion around the country about what we can do to help women living with violence. Our makeover program is a great way to:

Reintroduce touch to victims of violence
Integrate women who are isolated into communities
Create opportunities for the participants to get involved
with the program.
Build community.

In BC alone, the Highway of Tears and the DTES Missing Women are a call for action. By working together, we can make a difference in the lives of many. When we make someone feel good, we give them hope. When you have hope you can do anything.

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Typically, Beauty Night Society’s Monday makeover night at the PHS Life Skills Centre in Vancouver unites an impressive roster of Lower Mainland volunteers. Hairdressers, makeup artists, estheticians, massage therapists, plus many more volunteers join forces to offer services for the women.

Carrie Wheeler Talent Management, BC Hydro, and TD Canada Trust have been collecting donations of skin care, makeup, nail, dental, body, and hair care products to fill the stockings with. Other donations include gloves and toques. Beauty Night Knit Fit founder and program coordinator, Laura Mah have been offering knitting clinics to children in our communities. By knitting the community together, Beauty Night Knit Fit volunteers have knitted hundreds of scarves to hand out with the stockings.

Beauty Night Society Birthday party will also be making spirits bright for both volunteers and their makeover subjects with Christmas movies and other Xmas goodies. “This event is a tremendous community effort! Hundreds of volunteers have contributed thousands of hours to make this event special,”says MacGillivray, “Since the summer months, we have been cutting stockings and knitting scarves.”

The community has kicked in to help. Spearheaded by Beauty Night’s Stocking Coordinator, Blair Lockhart, designer, Nancy Black, Beauty Night Knit Fit’s Laura Mah and Product Coordinator, Revel Kunz, many more volunteers throughout the community have helped make this event a reality. Students at Chief Maquinna Elementary School, York House School, Churchill Secondary, Prince of Wales Secondary, Van Tech Secondary, Little Flower Academy,  and many more helped sew the stockings and knit scarves. Canada Trust, Carrie Wheeler Talent Management, and BC Hydro have been collecting donations of skin care, makeup, nail, dental, body, and hair care products to fill the stockings with. Other donations include gloves and toques.

For more information about donating product, snacks or money, please contact Caroline MacGillivray at info@beautynight.org. Media welcome. Beauty Night’s 7th annual stocking drive will be collecting new hair, nail, skincare, dental care, gloves and socks before December 1st.

Beauty Night Society has many wonderful people to thank, for honestly without your support we wouldn’t be here.  I am also going to give a huge thank you to Caroline for all of her very hard work, dedication and the love she puts into the organization.  Iam thankful for being able to work with our wonderful clients and see just how thankful someone can be for something as simple as a hair cut. It reminds me of just how lucky I really am, and that everyone can make a difference.

What it is that you are thankful for?

Caroline and Dawn

We have another week full of great activities.

• Tonight, September 28, we have our regular Beauty Night makeover session at the Lifeskills Centre. We are in need of hairdressers, if you are a hairdresser and have been wanting to come out, tonight is the perfect night!
  We are also having a volunteer orientation session tonight at 5:30 for those who are interested. If you’ve always wanted to know more about Beauty Night, and to see how you can help, we would love for you to come see what we’re about. The orientation will also be at the Life Skills Centre (412 E Cordova).
  Children’s Programming will also be occuring so that the mommies can fully relax while being pampered. Spread the word!
• Tuesday, September 29 – Stroller Disco! This is a super fun way for moms to get fit while bonding with their child.
• Wednesday, September 30 - Closed Board Meeting
• Thursday, October 1 - Womyn’s Gym Training
• Sunday, October 4 – Stocking Cutting Session – we are in need of people to help sew, cut stockings and knit scarves and more. If you’re interested in coming out, please email info@beautynight.org. If you click on this button, it will add the event into your google calendar for you!

We are still in need of fabric and wool for our stockign drive. If you are not able to help in that way, perhaps consider donating some funds to help our programming. Or your valuable time!

We love to hear feedback, what you would like to see featured on the blog, ideas you have for programs…even if you would like to suggest areas we could improve on, we always love to hear from you!

Happy Monday everyone!

Beauty Night Stocking 2009 Pattern

I’m was trying to go a an elegant foot in a panty hose idea but that may have gotten lost when the size was made much bigger than the average ladies leg. hahaha

We’ve had 2 cutting sessions with fabrics donated by local Vancouver residence. We started by transfering the original pattern onto manila and made 6 patterns. It was great having everyone busy at their own section tracing and cutting away. We had a couple of people take turns ironing the material as well. We decided to bundle them in sets of 10 making it easier to keep track of how many and to give them out to sew. I sewed up a few at the end of the day so that we could have samples for the students to see.

Beauty Night Stocking 2009 before they are sewn

The following cutting session we didn’t have as much fabric but somehow managed to get about 80 stocking cut from what we had. There were lots ladies helping which made the day go by much quicker. We’re at around 300 stockings already cut, just waiting to be sewn.

With new fabric donations coming in this week we are all getting together again this weekend to have an other cutting session. Stay tuned for some photos of all of us at work so you can keep track of the whole process!

Beauty Night Stocking 2009