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Area IV

Atlanta Peachtree Chapter partnered with

Sephora for their Classes for Confidence: Brave Beauty in the
Face of Cancer on Sunday, September 16, 2018 at the
Sephora Ponce City Market location in Atlanta, GA.
The class provided a makeup tutorial for cancer survi-
vors to assist in enhancing their beauty. The makeup
artists also encouraged the guests to be brave and try a
different look with the makeup. The guests expressed
how the class was extremely helpful and really did boost
their confidence. Sephora provided all attendees with
gift bags and expressed their appreciation to APC for
assisting in Sephora’s initiative to raise confidence
among cancer survivors.

Jackson Chapter hosted its second Status of
Women (SOW) “Back to Work” Seminar this year with
major focuses on “Dressing for Success and Entrepre-

neurship.” TLOD ladies visited the “Dream Center”,
which is a lighthouse and a beacon of hope to all wom-

en and women with children who have a strong desire
to change their way of life by implementing biblical

principles so that the cycle of chronic homelessness
shall be broken. During this seminar, residents reported

that there had been successes such as: finding employ-
ment; preparing to enroll in nursing school; finding em-

ployment and alternate housing. “Dress for Success”
clothing were donated to the women by members of

Guilford County Chapter brings awareness the Jackson Chapter. As a final part of the seminar,
Jackson Chapter Lady Yvonne Prescott (an independent
to breast cancer in the Triad Area on October 14, 2018 beauty consultant), gave pointers to the ladies on how
at the Griffin Recreation Center. The chapter distribut- to wear their makeup and distributed samples of foun-
ed literature on breast cancer to the public. The Top dation and eye shadow. The ladies of the Dream Cen-
Ladies gave an overview, insight, information and guid- ter were very candid about their experiences while look-
ance to help in wellness and longevity as well as healthy
living. A nurse was present, Lady Katetia Bennett, ing for a job and look forward to Jackson Chapter
who is a member of the chapter. The event was an ef- members hosting and visiting them again in the future.

fort to raise awareness and reduce the stigma of breast
cancer. At this event there were 19 Top Teens and 9

prospective Top Teens with their parents, and 7 Top
Ladies. The month of October was dedicated to spread-

ing awareness of breast cancer. The chapter Top Ladies
also setup a table at their churches to bring awareness to

breast cancer.