Hi everyone,

I am the intern for GlamourGals this summer and hope to continue working for GlamourGals until I graduate from college in 2010. I had such a great time this summer as so many exciting things happened!

My first experience was at the May 2007 Glamour in the City event - I was more than impressed by what I saw. It was held in the beautiful ballroom at the Loews Regency Hotel in NYC. The evening featured host Tracy Smith, news correspondent for Katie Couric of the CBS “Evening News,” and appearances by Andrew Tisch, co-chairman of the Loew's Corporation, and his wife Ann Tisch. Susan Schulz, Editor-in-Chief of CosmoGIRL! magazine and chairwoman of the GlamourGals Advisory Board, attended as well. Inspiration Glammy! winner Nikki Blonsky, star of the hit movie Hairspray, gave our keynote speech. Maybelline New York sponsored the event and offered mini-makeovers with their celebrity makeup artist Melissa Silver, and Sweet Street Desserts featured a 12-foot dessert table. 300 people were in attendance and massive goody bags and prizes ranging from a 2 night stay at the Loews to designer shoes and handbags were given to the guests. GlamourGals was also able to raise our goal of $50,000! The event and volunteers were featured on the CBS “Saturday Early Show,” Cosmogirl.com, Future Leaders in Philanthropy, and many other news sources! I had no idea just how prolific GlamourGals was and could not wait to get started for the summer!

Later on during the summer, Rachel was featured on the headline news for CNN and on their online program "Young People Who Rock," was awarded the "Women of Spirit" award at Morton's Steakhouse, the world's largest owner and operator of company-owned upscale steakhouse restaurants, and appeared on The Prayer Channel as a guest in mid-June.

Rachel and I also traveled to Washington DC in July for HOBY’s annual World Leadership Congress (WLC), an event which brings together more than 400 young men and women from around the world for a week-long, intensive educational program. We participated in two MegaMakeovers at the Old Soldier's Home and St. Mary's Court with about 50 students during the Community Service Day. It was a huge success, as both the students and elderly people expressed their appreciation for such an activity.

Although the summer is coming to an end, GlamourGals has plenty of exciting things coming up for the fall. There will be a new interactive online community for all of the volunteers to peruse, a community where they can post pictures of makeovers, talk about their volunteering and philanthropic activities, and make new friends. We will also be launching our exclusive new black lace bracelet, after completely selling out the pink lace bracelets after their initial debut.

To learn more about GlamourGals, check out www.glamourgals.org.