GlamourGals Announces Online Registration and Beauty Blogger Luncheon for its 6th Annual Leadership
Online, October 21, 2009 (Newswire.com) - NEW YORK, OCT. 22-GlamourGals will host the 6th Annual GlamourGals Leadership Training Initiative at the Helen Mills Event Space and Theatre on Nov. 21, 2009. This year's GlamourGals Leadership Training Initiative will include the first-ever Beauty Blogger Luncheon, sponsored by Tossed, and an online broadcast hosted by Nadine Loren!
The Leadership Training Institute offers a day of special programming for GlamourGals registered volunteers. The purpose of the Institute is to foster collaboration, communication and confidence for its volunteers, all while providing them with guidance from some of the industry's leaders.
GlamourGals founder Rachel Doyle will host a panel with guests Achelle Dunaway, Creative Director of e.l.f. cosmetics, Melissa Meyers, founder and Editor in Chief of AskMelissa, and Caryn Zweig, Chief Operating Operator of Abner, Herrman & Brock and GlamourGals Advisory Board member. Each woman represents different fields: beauty, media and finance. They will share their unique perspectives in how they are creative in their positions. They will share this through anecdotal insights, career highlights and their own business acumen.
The event's keynote speaker is Lauren Ruotolo, the director of entertainment promotions for the Hearst Corporation. Lauren has lived and worked with McCune-Albright syndrome, a disease that requires her to walk with crutches since the age of five. She has worked in the entertainment industry for 10 years, and her story is an important and inspirational one for GlamourGals to hear.
Due to GlamourGals' expanded and diverse membership of nearly 40 chapters nationwide, online and virtual registration will be available to registered GlamourGals volunteers. LA-based singer-songwriter Nadine Loren will host an online broadcast for virtually registered members. The event will feature a hot pink carpet for attendees, sponsored by POSHGLAM, and a special Faces of GlamourGals photo shoot. During the Faces of GlamourGals shoot, volunteers will collaborate on a photo shoot led by Joe Lombardo of Artists and Creatives.
Another brand-new feature that will be added to this years event is the Beauty Blogger Luncheon, sponsored by Tossed. The Beauty Blogger Luncheon connects GlamourGals volunteers with mentors who will teach them about beauty blogging. Each beauty blogger will be paired with 7-10 volunteers during the luncheon, and will conduct a guided conversation about the industry.
The GlamourGals Leadership Training Institute will be held at the Helen Mills Event Space and Theater on November 21, 2009 from 11 AM-4 PM. Sponsors for the event incude Tossed, POSHGLAM, and Hint Water. To become a sponsor or to be included in the gift bag, call 631-404-0761.
ABOUT GLAMOURGALS
GlamourGals is a national not-for-profit organization with almost 40 chapters across the country that travel to local nursing homes to perform makeovers. GlamourGals' national chapter supplies all the makeup free of charge. Many volunteers continue their work beyond high school, starting chapters at their university. GlamourGals makeovers form a memorable connection and create positive feelings between both the younger and older women involved, making lasting memories.
GlamourGals was founded in 2000 by Rachel Doyle in Commack, N.Y., Rachel was 17 when, inspired by her grandmother Teeny, she founded GlamourGals. Since 2000, the GlamourGals team has expanded beyond the three volunteers to include Julia Porter, the Director of Program Expansion, as well as six GlamourGals national correspondents. They inspire and organize their volunteers through their Hot Pink Leadership programming. The program includes events, conference calls and their virtual community, GGChapters.org, which is a platform for aspiring volunteers to start their own local chapters, as well as an online meeting space for volunteers across the country, and a calendar of events.
Rachel collaborates with the GlamourGals Executive Board, Advisory Board, and Board of Directors in fundraising efforts. Among the members of the Boards are Andrew Tisch, Co-Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Loews Corporation, Susan Schulz, the Special Projects Editor for Hearst Magazines and Anne L. Fritz, founder of the JetSet Girls blog and former style director of Life & Style Magazine.
GlamourGals has attracted attention from national media outlets for its unique and exciting mission. The Oprah Winfrey Show, Seventeen, LA Confidential, CBS, CNN, my9 news, and NY1 have all featured Rachel and GlamourGals. Rachel has been frequently nominated on behalf of her charity outreach. Rachel was named the first ever CosmoGirl! of the Year, was featured in the American Eagle Outfitters Spring 2005 national ad campaign, and in 2006 was named on the four Fun Fearless Females by Cosmopolitan magazine. Rachel received the National Group Volunteer of the Year Award form the American Health Care Association.
To cover the event or for further information about the GlamourGals Leadership Training Initiative, contact:
Madeleine E. Desmond
Director of Medial Relations, UpSpring PR
914-500-3189
madeleine.desmond@upspringpr.com
