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BBYF - ABOUT US
The mission of BBYF is to preserve the dignity and self respect of
senior adults through the provision of personal aesthetic care solutions
that maintain and improve appearance while lifting self-esteem, building
self-confidence and ensuring a strong sense of personal pride.
“We’re changing the way society looks at seniors.”
BBYF was founded in 2005 by Alison O’Neil Andrew in an effort to provide
a positive experience for older adults and their families by fulfilling
common everyday grooming needs of seniors with limited access,
opportunity, and means to aesthetic health programs. Aesthetic
healthcare services including basic hair, skin, and nail care will be
provided by volunteer licensed cosmetology and healthcare professionals
(aesthetic health professionals) in safe, convenient locations for
seniors.
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The
Inspiration:
 "I have struggled to feel beautiful my whole life. I have seen
it in others and wondered how I could achieve it myself. It
wasn’t until recently when taking care of my father in his final
days that I understood the true meaning of beauty."
"One afternoon after taking Gracie and Gillie, my two yellow
labs, for a walk I sat down with my Dad. With my hair disheveled
and dreadfully lacking makeup we enjoyed some quiet time on his
porch. From his wheelchair he was enjoying tending his plants
and flowerpots. I was fixing a loose hinge on his birdfeeder on
the other end of the porch when he broke our comfortable silence
and said with such loving honesty “Ali, beauty becomes you”. I
paused and realized that at that moment I have never felt
lovelier in my whole life. I finally understood the meaning of
beauty, the inner strength, the perseverance and the
unconditional love we shared those final days was the beauty
that is grace."
"Whether you are providing or receiving the gifts, the way I
felt at that moment, and continue to feel today, is what I want
you to realize in yourself as you grow from participating in
Beauty Becomes You Foundation."
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- Alison
O'Neil Andrew
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BBYF Objectives
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Establish three sites
that will accommodate seniors during the first year of
service. |
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Provide aesthetic
health services to 150 seniors during the first year. |
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Raise funds to support
the organization and its initiatives. |
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Develop and provide a
specialized training program in geriatric aesthetic™
care to cosmetology and ancillary professionals |
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Develop a volunteer
program for aesthetic health professionals to dedicate
their time, knowledge and skills in an effort to raise
the level of aesthetic health & well-being in seniors. |
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Develop and implement
study protocols. |
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Provide aesthetic
health professionals with a continuing education
opportunity. |
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Involve retired
“Rising Seniors” as site and program managers. |
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Include teenagers in
the maintenance of the facility and hosting of the
senior guests. |
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Achieve a new respect
for the value of seniors by recognizing them as one of
our great “National Treasures”. |
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Keys To Success
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Twenty plus year background in
aesthetic health through the founder, Alison O’Neil Andrew. |
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Long-standing relationship
with the cosmetics and beauty industry. |
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Long-standing relationship
with the dermatology and plastic surgery professions. |
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A thorough background
specializing in counseling of the psychology of appearance and
cosmetic treatments. |
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Providing services that are
not currently or readily available to this under-served
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BBYF - Programs
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BBYF provides a variety of basic hygiene programs to the senior
community to ensure their health and wellbeing. Often seniors have skin,
hair and nail concerns which are easily compromised through denial of
their presence and can be exacerbated by medical conditions and lack of
proper care.
Services range from hair and skin cleansing to more therapeutic
interventions such as foot care for Diabetics. BBYF also provides
clinicians with expert training in geriatric aesthetic™ health and
wellbeing while engaging these professionals in a volunteer capacity.
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The Client
  The client age
demographics served will be from 60 years of age and older.
The income levels range from those without any disposable income to
very low disposable incomes.
Service locations will include community senior centers, senior day
care facilities, and low-income retirement communities.
Client populations will include those with specific illnesses such as
Alzheimer’s and Dementia that make aesthetic care difficult.
Support to caregivers who are the primary aesthetic care providers
will be included in the client demographics.
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