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✨ Lash Freak ➕Illuminate Gala: Supporting Mental Health 2025 ✨

This November, Lash Freak is proud to partner with the Illuminate Gala for Mental Health 2025 to give back to our community.

We’re offering Classic Lash Sets at a special rate — $100 (regularly $120) — and $20 from every set will be donated to Ridge Meadows Foundry to support local mental health initiatives.

Together, we can help make a difference for those who are struggling. 💚

“Be gentle with yourself. You’re doing the best you can, and that’s enough. Every small act of kindness—toward yourself or others—can help light the way forward.”

Ridge Meadows Foundry
📍 22932 Lougheed Hwy, Maple Ridge, BC
📞 604-380-3133
🌐 foundrybc.ca/ridgemeadows

This is our chosen, not for profit to donate to year after year. If you’re looking to donate this year, please consider Alisa‘s wish. 🦋

📍Did you know that Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Community Services has a Child & Youth Advocacy Centre?

Alisa's Wish Child & Youth Advocacy Centre helps children and youth who have experienced abuse or trauma get the support they need — all in one safe, child-friendly place.

At Alisa’s Wish, young people and their families meet with trained professionals including police, social workers, child & youth advocates and counselors — all working together to help them feel heard, protected, and supported.

✨ A child's healing journey starts with being believed.
✨ Advocacy starts with community awareness.

Help spread the word and support a future where every child feels safe and supported.

🔗 Learn more, donate, or get involved at: mrpmcs.ca
T 604-467-6911
22768 119th Ave, Maple Ridge

https://www.comservice.bc.ca/programs-services/alisas-wish-child-youth-advocacy-centre/

In Canada, the Indian residential school system was a network of boarding schools for Indigenous peoples. The network was funded by the Canadian government's Department of Indian Affairs and administered by Christian churches. The school system was created for the purpose of removing children from the influence of their own culture and assimilating them into the dominant Canadian culture. Over the course of the system's more than hundred-year existence, about 30% of Indigenous children (around 150,000) were placed in residential schools nationally. The number of school related deaths remains unknown due to an incomplete historical record, though estimates range from 3,200 upwards of 6,000.
The residential school system harmed Indigenous children significantly by removing them from their families, depriving them of their ancestral languages, exposing many of them to physical and sexual abuse, and forcibly enfranchising them. Disconnected from their families and culture and forced to speak English or French. Students who attended the residential school system often graduated unable to fit into either their communities or Canadian society. It ultimately proved successful in disrupting the transmission of Indigenous practices and beliefs across generations. The legacy of the system has been linked to an increased prevalence of post-traumatic stress, alcoholism, substance abuse, and su***de, which persist within Indigenous communities today.

Orange Shirt Day Is Inspired By A Girl Who Couldn't Wear Hers.
Phyllis Webstad was six-years-old when the new orange shirt she excitedly chose for her first day of school was stripped off her back. She never saw it again.
“The colour orange has always reminded me of that and how my feelings didn’t matter, how no one cared and how I felt like I was worth nothing,” she said in a statement. “All of us little children were crying and no one cared.”
From the 1880s until the last school shut down in 1996, Canada's residential school system forced about 150,000 First Nations, Inuit and Metis children to attend church-run facilities that aimed to "take the Indian out of the child."
The students faced widespread neglect and abuse in the schools, which was examined by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that released a report with 94 recommendations earlier this year.
It took Webstad 40 years to find a way to re-frame her experience to fight racism and bullying under the motto “every child matters” — and by using orange.
On Sept. 30, 2013, Webstad organized the first Orange Shirt Day in Williams Lake to acknowledge the harm that Canada’s residential school system has left in generations of indigenous families and their communities.
And every year on Sept. 30, Canadians are asked to wear orange as a sign of support.


📚 Learn & Reflect
• National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (Government of Canada):
https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/national-day-truth-reconciliation.html
• Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation):
https://nctr.ca/records/reports/
• Orange Shirt Day (Every Child Matters):
https://orangeshirtday.org

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💛 Support & Survivors
• Indian Residential Schools Survivors Society (IRSSS):
https://www.irsss.ca
• Legacy of Hope Foundation (education & awareness):
https://legacyofhope.ca
• First Nations Child & Family Caring Society:
https://fncaringsociety.com
• National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation:
https://nctr.ca

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⚠️ Support Line:
If you or someone you know is a residential school Survivor in distress, you can call the 24-Hour Crisis Line:
📞 1-866-925-4419

Taylor Swift wore a $320 dress, and it sold out in hours.
No one balked at the price.
No one questioned the value.
They just bought it.

Why? Because a celebrity wore it.
And honestly, it was stunning. Probably worth every penny.

But when a friend launches a boutique, suddenly it’s “too expensive.”
When a friend represents a company, suddenly “their opinion can’t be trusted.”
When a friend starts building something, suddenly “it couldn’t possibly succeed.”

Here’s the reality:
Every purchase from a friend’s business isn’t just about the product.
It’s a vote for their dream.
It’s validation for their courage.
It’s saying, I believe in you.

If we’re willing to trust a celebrity we’ll never meet,
let’s start believing in the people we actually know and love.

Support your friends’ businesses the way strangers support celebrities.

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Maple Ridge A List 2024

I have been asked about UV lash extensions before . My response has always been , we don’t know the side effects for client or technician of UV this close to your eyes . So it was not something I was interested in looking into . - Doug Schoon is a leading scientific expert in the nail and eyelash industry. This is what he had to say on the topic . We thank him for all the education he shares , I have been asking him to look into this for a while .

In Canada, the Indian residential school system was a network of boarding schools for Indigenous peoples. The network was funded by the Canadian government's Department of Indian Affairs and administered by Christian churches. The school system was created for the purpose of removing children from the influence of their own culture and assimilating them into the dominant Canadian culture. Over the course of the system's more than hundred-year existence, about 30% of Indigenous children (around 150,000) were placed in residential schools nationally. The number of school related deaths remains unknown due to an incomplete historical record, though estimates range from 3,200 upwards of 6,000.
The residential school system harmed Indigenous children significantly by removing them from their families, depriving them of their ancestral languages, exposing many of them to physical and sexual abuse, and forcibly enfranchising them. Disconnected from their families and culture and forced to speak English or French. Students who attended the residential school system often graduated unable to fit into either their communities or Canadian society. It ultimately proved successful in disrupting the transmission of Indigenous practices and beliefs across generations. The legacy of the system has been linked to an increased prevalence of post-traumatic stress, alcoholism, substance abuse, and su***de, which persist within Indigenous communities today.

Orange Shirt Day Is Inspired By A Girl Who Couldn't Wear Hers.
Phyllis Webstad was six-years-old when the new orange shirt she excitedly chose for her first day of school was stripped off her back. She never saw it again.
“The colour orange has always reminded me of that and how my feelings didn’t matter, how no one cared and how I felt like I was worth nothing,” she said in a statement. “All of us little children were crying and no one cared.”
From the 1880s until the last school shut down in 1996, Canada's residential school system forced about 150,000 First Nations, Inuit and Metis children to attend church-run facilities that aimed to "take the Indian out of the child."
The students faced widespread neglect and abuse in the schools, which was examined by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that released a report with 94 recommendations earlier this year.
It took Webstad 40 years to find a way to re-frame her experience to fight racism and bullying under the motto “every child matters” — and by using orange.
On Sept. 30, 2013, Webstad organized the first Orange Shirt Day in Williams Lake to acknowledge the harm that Canada’s residential school system has left in generations of indigenous families and their communities.
And every year on Sept. 30, Canadians are asked to wear orange as a sign of support.

Maliyah is the talented girl who makes the bracelets we have for sale in my shop. 100% of the proceeds go directly to her. As do any of the local pop up businesses I carry in my shop we do not take a percentage . Her business inspires me ! She is not only beautiful and strong but she works her butt off creating jewelry. Read her story below ❤️

💜SMA Awareness Month Spotlight: Maliyah Chung🧡

“Hi! My name is Maliyah Chung, and I’m 15 years old with SMA type 2. I was diagnosed at 14 months old and currently live in Vancouver, British Columbia with my mom, dad, brother, grandma, and dog. SMA has introduced me to many incredible people through camps and activities, offering experiences I might not have had otherwise. Although I do things differently and have adapt to various situations, these experiences have taught me a lot and given me new perspectives that I hope to share with others in the future. I’m grateful for the equipment I have and the support from the people in my life. I’m currently going for Spinraza treatments every four months and continue with physiotherapy, which helps me maintain my strength. Looking ahead, I aim to advocate for and raise awareness about SMA, both for myself and others.”

As August is SMA Awareness Month, we will be spotlighting members within our SMA community. If you or someone you know would like to be featured, email a short bio and photo to [email protected]