GlamourGals Volunteers Walk the Hot Pink Carpet at the 6th Annual Leadership Training Institute

Online, November 24, 2009 (Newswire.com) - At Saturday's 6th Annual GlamourGals Leadership Training Institute, 74 volunteers from the tristate area gathered at the Helen Mills Event Space to celebrate their achievements throughout the year, participate in a professional photo shoot, and hear from leaders in the fields of media, beauty, and finance.

"We are embarking on an adventure today, an adventure that started 10 years ago," GlamourGals founder Rachel Doyle told the group of girls in her introductory remarks. "A lot of creativity brought us here today. Creativity keeps us together from California to Scotland."

Singer-songwriter Nadine Loren conducted interviews on the PoshGlam Hot Pink Carpet as each GlamourGals high school chapter arrived, while being photographed, paparazzi-style, by representatives from the Artists and Creatives Agency.

The Institute's keynote speaker, Lauren Ruotolo, is the director of entertainment promotions for the Hearst Corporation. Lauren has lived and worked with McCune-Albright syndrome, which has required her to use crutches from the age of five. "This is not just an organization but a community of women." Referring to the elderly women, Ms. Ruotolo told the girls, "You are truly their angels."

Ms. Ruotolo stressed the necessity of the volunteers participating in the GlamorurGals chapter community boards. "Remember to communicate and never stop striving," she stressed.

Speaking at the event were 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.

After the panel, the volunteers split into groups for the Beauty Blogger Luncheon, sponsored by Tossed and Hint Water. Each group spent an hour asking the fourteen beauty bloggers and writers about their industry, how they got started writing, and what it's like writing about beauty. After the luncheon, Artists and Creatives Agency staged a full-scale fashion photo shoot. Eight girls were professionally made up and photographed, while the other volunteers collaborated on the shoot's art direction.

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
[email protected]