{"id":29444,"date":"2013-01-22T18:10:36","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T02:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=29444"},"modified":"2013-01-22T18:30:41","modified_gmt":"2013-01-23T02:30:41","slug":"mlk-day-of-service-hospice-patients-get-beauty-makeovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2013\/01\/22\/mlk-day-of-service-hospice-patients-get-beauty-makeovers\/","title":{"rendered":"MLK Day of Service: Hospice patients get beauty makeovers"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Florence<\/a>
Florence Fowler admires her beauty makeover, while Brandi Wheeler of ProCare Hospice holds the mirror.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LANCASTER \u2013 Florence Fowler smiled from ear to ear as she peered at her reflection in a handheld mirror.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a miracle!\u201d the senior exclaimed.<\/p>\n

\"Selena<\/a>
Selena Sapolsky also received a complimentary makeover Tuesday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fowler was one of two terminally ill patients who received a beauty makeover Tuesday as part of Lancaster\u2019s 6th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.<\/p>\n

The city of Lancaster partnered with ProCare Hospice to provide complimentary makeovers for patients, as well as caregivers, at the Casa Amore Residential Care Facility in east Lancaster.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause caregivers are so often neglected and they work so very very hard, we decided to do two hospice patients and two caregivers,\u201d said Brandi Wheeler, director of marketing for ProCare Hospice.<\/p>\n

Each makeover included a haircut, hairstyling, make-up and glamour photograph.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone needs love, especially in their golden years,\u201d said Marsha Goins, who cut and curled the hair of the two hospice patients. Goins has donated her services to the project for the past four years.<\/p>\n

Mobile hairstylist Sara Ochoa provided complimentary hairstyling for the two caregivers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s very important to give back to the community,\u201d Ochoa said.<\/p>\n

\"Tiffany<\/a>
Tiffany Derosier applies make-up to caregiver Jennifer Nazario.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once the women were groomed and pretty, they each sat for a glamour shot, taken by professional photographer Phillip Kocurek.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to take these portraits back to my studio, retouch them a little bit to make them look like magazine covers, and then they get a complimentary 5X7 portrait,\u201d\u00a0 said Kocurek, who has volunteered his services on the project since its inception.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a good cause and it\u2019s fun,\u201d Kocurek continued. \u201cIt\u2019s really nice just to see the expression on their faces once they see the finished product, the beautiful portrait of themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Once<\/a>
Once the women were groomed and pretty, they each sat for a glamour shot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The beautiful portrait is an invaluable keepsake for family members, organizers said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe frame the photos and present it to hospice patients and their families, who just absolutely love it,\u201d said Wheeler, adding that most hospice patients have a life expectancy of six months or less.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re about dignity, quality of life and trying to make people\u2019s dreams come true, because it\u2019s very hard when you\u2019re faced with a terminal illness,\u201d Wheeler said. \u201cWe want to make it beautiful for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Makeover services for Tuesday\u2019s service project were donated by Marsha Goins of Marsha\u2019s Chair Salon, Sara Ochoa of @Sara\u2019s beauty salon, local make-up artist Tiffany Derosier, and Phillip Kocurek of Phillip\u2019s Photography.<\/p>\n

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