between days of beauty

thanks to all on a tremendous day of beauty....
...we are already planning for next year!

Between days of beauty the shelter takes donations all year long
if you have questions about what they need,
give them a call....213-482-1834

new parking info

there is a lot on the corner of belmont and beverly.....
this is where to park...its a fire station
enter from belmont....if you have stuff to drop off
you can park in front and repark in this lot....OK!

what to bring

****first of all bring good vibes and a posative attitude...!

makeup artists...and hair stylists
treat this like any job ...bring your kit and be prepared to work on all types of women...

we have many donations to leave with the women so they can re-create their new looks...
you can help them pick out makeup and skin care to keep

wardrobe...we have a seamstress comming to make small alterations but bring
a kit to sew on buttons etc...if you can.......

we will have lunch and drinks and snacks throuout the day...!

I am looking forward to meeting all you and seeing all the beauty we create!!!!!

here is a map...

click to enlarge********




please park in the back...

Each one of you brings your enthusiasm and good efforts to this project.
I have been impressed with your support and help during the preparations for this big day.....
Thank you for everything so far, please know your efforts are appreciated....
now let's go make some beauty

the Schedule is in !!!!!!!

here is the schedule for this Sunday...

the address is 1650 Rockwood st. Los Angeles, CA 90026


*if you don't see your name...come at either 10:00am or 1:00 pm

MAKEUP AND HAIR STYLISTS... bring your kits...smocks...hot tools etc.....

Lunch is being catered by M cafe and Chaya !!! so good and good for you!

we will have breakfast pasteries and bagles and coffee in the morning...!

we have plenty of water and IZZy soda!!!

********as you can see we have a severe lack of hairdressers...
if you know any hair people PLEASE bring them**********!

***Parking is in back in the alley***...

Thanks everyone!!!!! can't wait for Sunday it is going to be really fun and rewarding...we couldn't do it without all of you and your support...so thanks so much you are all awsome



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any questions just call me....213 804 4066.........

have patience......please

As I try and make sense of this schedule ...please bear with me...
it will be posted here by 6pm.........
Ron and Petra are in the garage right now hanging and sorting all the clothes!

So Many great donations.....Whole Foods is donating soap and lotions!

Sunday is in 2 days....somehow it is all comming together...thanks to the many
and the brave who are so helpful and awsome!!!

a peek at last year...

Schedule...get it Friday**

All systems are GO right now as we try to pull it together...

This is how the schedule works...

makeovers from 10 - 5.......Party from 4:30 - 6:30

I will publish the schedule here on FRIDAY... so look for it then...

Also****if you can't do all day please let me know...

Still looking for people to help hang clothes on Friday.......

thanks everyone!!!! lookin' good!

The donations poured in!

Well Thank you to all who made this donation drive incredibly sucessful!!!
All the people who donated!!!*****
Bory! and Frank!
Suzanne!
Leslie!
Jeannie!
Ernae and friends!
Suzy and Alexander and Brian at Smuggler !!!! you are so awsome

Here it all is in the garage...look next week for a progress report.........

Lunch is the best

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M Cafe and Chaya are donating lunch And snacks

I couldn't possibly be more thrilled.........

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You can still be a part of this event!

I'm just saying...you can still sign up for this and many other events!

go to bigsunday.org

They have info on other donations going on too...

this just added...Treat Street is donating ALL the desserts for the party...wow!

Good Things are pouring in!

We have some very good news! the excitement builds as the countdown begins.

10 DAYS TO GO

Donations are pouring in!
Again Big Brad is letting us use his generator, What a guy!

FIJI water is donating cases of water!!!
204 is donating tables and racks...!

Roddy is going to DJ the party...!!!
Village Pizza is donating pies !

Brooklyn Bagel is giving us bagels AND cream cheese...
does it get any better than that?

PLEASE donate your clothes this weekend...we need ALL sizes
last year was a raging sucess...we had racks and racks of clothes...it was incredible...! Let's do it again.

..donations at Smuggler from 9-6 Saturday and Sunday ONLY..
if you can't do that ...drop them at the Temple...all details are on the last blog...Thanks to everyone!! Bory, Jeannie, Janois etc.

clothing drop off info

Hi All....we are kicking off the clothing donation and here is how it works

donations of gently used and new clothes will be taken April 26 and 27
Saturday and Sunday in the parking lot of Smuggler

1715 North Gower ...90028 (just north of Hollywood blvd on the west
side of the street) It is a brick building with an ivy covered gate

all day from 9am to 6pm

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ANY other time ... please leave donations at Temple Israel
7300 Hollywood Bl ...90046

if you are dropping at the temple...make very sure that each bag or
box has the name ROZ on it...


Everyday these items will be picked up and taken to the
storage/sorting garage in Silverlake.......
to be sorted and hung up............

It's all happening!!!!!!

Thanks for all the excellent work so far!
Roz

Big Sunday 2008 is here!

Hello everyone...welcome to this years blog *****May 4th is this years event and we are all very excited. Again we are teaming up with stylists, hair and makeup artists to give a day of beauty to some very deserving women at the Good Shepherd shelter...in addition to the wardrobe, makeovers and photos... this year we are introducing a tea party to celebrate the day!!!!!

the clothing drive for gently used and new clothes is about to begin........check in for details soon.

we need plenty of help on the day and also BEFORE the event to pick up clothes organize and deliver things
and generally be of assistance so please send this blog to your friends that may want to help before the event too!!!

Thanks to everyone working so hard already to make it excellent.....

My cell is 213-804-4066.............or email...rozmusic@gmail.com

Roz

well...we did it!

All I can say is it was a big sucess...and many thanks to all the inspired people who made it happen.

So many good emotions !...we worked, we horsed around, we created, we listened and we shared.

The photography department was so deep, we are going to have a show of some of the breathtaking portraits.

Hair, makeup, wardrobe...really treated everyone with respect, and made it fun for everyone. and turned out some BEAUTY!
doing the staff!..above the call of duty!

The volenteers, standing ovation. I want to give a shout out to the kids and students who
jumped right in...and worked so hard. You know who you are!

It was a true team effort and I count our clients as part of the team...THANK YOU EVERYONE.

more later ...........

and another thing

Today the clothing hang up at Nancy's was a huge sucess!! we have sorted 6 excellent racks of clothes
and 3 racks more got sent to the general donation for Big Sunday...so Thanks to all the great people who made that possible..annonymous donators...hard workers...

April Napier, Dina, Jenifer Johnson, Christina Blackaller, that girl from New Orleans, Helen Verhoeven..Sammy Music........
It was so great to see...a huge amount of work went into that.
WOW is all I have to say.

all the DETAILS for Sunday!

Hopefully everyone got this info...if not here it is!

OK ...this is so exciting! here is the schedule...copy and paste the following link into your browser to view the schedule...

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pEgt04qoqUleB2_g8rikfZA



please contact me if
you don't see your name here or if you have any questions...please
read this email carefully...there are instructions and maps you will
need.

First off, thanks for coming together in such a beautiful, generous
way, I'm so excited to see our creativity come together! The following
is all the info you need to know to prepare for THIS SUNDAY. Please do
bring what you'd normally bring to any gig, however the following are
essentials to pamper our 60 guests:

MAkeUp Artists:
Your personal makeup kit
Your personal brushes
smocks (if you have any!)
* if you happen to have small containers to sample products, that
would be amazing!
We have sponges, kleenex, cotton swabs, etc.


Remember we are working on women of all races, colors and backgrounds...


HAIR STyLIsts:
Your hair kit (Hair products, gel, hairspray, finishing products etc...)
Your tools (Brushes, blowdryers, curling irons, straighteners, etc)
accessories
smocks (if you have any!)
We have bobby pins and hair pins.

Wardrobe Stylists....
Bring your kit...just in case...
we have a seamstress to sew on buttons etc! Yay!


HELPERS!!
GLaM sQuAD!!!:
You all will be assisting everywhere your awesome hearts are needed.
- brooms/ dustpans (you will get them back!)

EVERYBODY...
When you all first get there you will check in and get a t-shirt to
distinguish between volunteers and clients. Then you will be shown
where to go and either set up your
station or start a task. We will bring you clients as you finish...

Each woman will go through hair, makeup, wardrobe, and finally a
photo shoot. She will get some products and at least one outfit and a
photo to keep. And a hand massage :)


Location: The Good Shepherd womens shelter
1650 Rockwood St ..Los Angeles, CA 90026
Directions from Hollywood...
take the 101 south exit Glendale/Union...go straight
continue straight you are on Bellmont
continue straight you are on Union

...DO NOT park on the street!!! we must respect the neighbors...
Parking instructions:
Parking is accessed through the alley directly behind our Center. The
lot can be accessed from Belmont or Union just north of Beverly.

see attatched MAP

MY CELL IS 213-804-4066
if you are lost or need help on the day........

THANK YOU EVERYONE IN ADVANCE : we are going to have a great time and
like they say at Big Sunday..everybody gives...everybody wins.

and Finally... we are having a celebration of Big Sunday at 5:00 PM in
Griffith Park, at the southeast corner of Los Feliz Blvd. and
Riverside Dr., near the tennis courts. You are all welcome and
encouraged to join us for free pizza, salad, dessert and maybe even a
few surprises! Parking is free!!

clothing hang up tomorrow!

volenteers needed to sort and hang up clothing at Nancy Steiners garage tomorrow starting at 11:00 am...
If you want to be a part of this on Thursday april 26...call me ! 213-804-4066
or email me rozmusic@gmail.com

It might be fun!

update on the schedule + many thanks!

...I'm saying that today our official countdown begins...!
5 days till the BIG DAY.

The schedule is being sorted out and we will have it for the volenteers soon...Thanks for your patience it is crazy over here...

Super important for the weekend is respecting our neighbors’ parking...... Parking is accessed through the alley directly behind our Center. The lot can be accessed from Belmont or Union just north of Beverly.

We have so many generous people and companies to thank...

Thanks.........

*Nancy Steiner who let us fill her whole garage and back yard with clothing donations
and who is leading a team of sorters and hangers tomorrow .

*to Samantha and Andrea at Cover Girl for sending loads of great products..

*Juana and Christine from Fred Segal Santa Monica...who sent over dozens of shirts!

*Jill and Kristen at Delux for letting me pick out anything I wanted....

**Steve at Village Pizza on Larchmont......! we are getting some Pies for our guests on Sunday.....

**Whole foods came through with a generous donation too so hoorrayy.

That's it for now......more later.

clothing donation update...! new locations

WOW! we have had so many donations....Thanks to everyone who donated...

Now...please keep donating simple basic womens clothing in small quantities to NONI on Larchmont...or to the Good Shepherd.....*and if you have other things you want to donate...please take it to any of the following locations....they still need clothing for men, women and children, toys & books......so here is where you can take that stuff...

Dropoff Locations

All clothes, books, and stuffed animals can be dropped off at the following places, starting on April 20:

The First United Methodist Church of Santa Monica, 1008 Eleventh St., Santa Monica, 90403

IKAR, at the Westside Jewish Community Center, 5870 W. Olympic Ave.,
Los Angeles, 90036

Los Angeles Housing Department North Regional Office, 6640 Van Nuys Boulevard, Van Nuys 91405 (9:00 am – 4:00 pm, weekdays)

Los Angeles Housing Department West Regional Office, 3415 S. Sepulveda Boulevard #150, Los Angeles 90034 (9:00 am – 4:00 pm, weekdays)

Los Angeles Housing Department East Regional Office, 2215 Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90031 (9:00 am – 4:00 pm, weekdays)

Los Angeles Housing Department Main Office, 1200 West 7th Street, Public Counter - 1st Floor, Los Angeles 90017 (9:00 am – 4:00 pm, weekdays)

The Precious Blood School, 307 S. Occidental Ave., Los Angeles, 90059

Temple Beth Haverim, 29900 Ladyface Court, Agoura Hills, 91301

Temple Isaiah, 10345 West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, 90064

Temple Israel of Hollywood, 7300 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, 90046