Social Contribution
Look Good...Feel Better - 20 years helping Australia's cancer patients
"Participating in a Look Good...Feel Better workshop is honestly the best medicine one could get. The volunteers made you feel special, happy and normal. When you feel so different through the cancer treatment process, it's fabulous to feel normal again." Recent workshop participant.
The Australian cosmetics industry makes a substantial contribution to supporting cancer patients throughout the nation via our Look Good...Feel Better program.
Since its Australian launch 20 years ago, Look Good...Feel Better has helped more than 80,000 people, mainly women, deal with the appearance-related side effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
 | This program is an industry-run community initiative offering free two-hour workshops in more than 150 locations throughout Australia. Workshops are offered in every Australian state and territory. Each year the industry provides over $2m worth of free products, supports the involvement of 100 volunteers, and raises money through donations and other fundraising activities, primarily the Look Good...Feel Better Dream Ball. |
| The 2008 Dream Ball at Sydney's Hordern Pavilion on 5 September attracted 800 people and raised a record $425,000 for the program. We are indebted to the generous contributions of industry partners in the beauty and lifestyle media and Australian retailing who support this event. |  |
Dream Week commenced Monday, 14 September and featured a range of exciting industry, media and retail events. The culmination of the week was Dream Ball 2009 at Sydney's Hilton Hotel.
***2009 Fundraising from Dream Ball and Dream Week broke the record again - $525,000 was raised for Look Good...Feel Better!
With more than 80,000 Australians helped by the program since it was created in 1990, Look Good...Feel Better is a program of which our industry can be proud.
To find out more about Look Good...Feel Better and your nearest workshops go to the program's website: www.lgfb.org.au
For more information about Dream Week 2010, please contact ACCORD's Executive Director Bronwyn Capanna on 02 9281 2322.
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