Connecting to make life richer for women in need
My office smells like a Body Shop outlet. I’m sitting here surrounded by nice smelling gift bags filled with goodies that our sphinxx members brought to last week’s Take the Lead focus group. You see I asked attendees to have a bit of a clean out and bring along any unused toiletries or cosmetics they no longer wanted so we could give them to Lou’s Place.
Lou’s Place is a daytime centre for women - women who need a hand in putting back together lives that have crumpled under the pressures of abuse and neglect. They are homeless, in crisis or in need of support.
I’m not surprised that many people used this as an opportunity to clean out those bathroom drawers that seem to multiply in contents quicker than guinea pigs! But is was touching to also see many of the ladies had also been shopping and brought along beautifully gift wrapped toiletries from almost every brand name cosmetics line. All to make another lady’s day just a little bit brighter.
I’m driving over to Lou’s Place this afternoon to take them all the goodies and I know they’ll be as surprised as I was with all the beautiful gifts our sphinxx ladies have put together. It’s times like this I’m really proud to be a woman and part of such a vibrant and caring community who really believe in connecting to make life richer for everyone.
Thanks ladies - you’ve made my day.
