Program Schedules

The American Cancer Society 2011 Look Good…Feel Better programs are part of a nationwide network of free sessions teaching female cancer patients beauty techniques to help restore their appearance and self-image during chemotherapy and radiation treatments.

Offered locally in comprehensive cancer centers, hospitals and other community settings, the Look Good Feel…Better Program is available to Newtown residents, or anyone they know who might benefit from these services.

During each two-hour session, cosmetologists teach women how to cope with skin care changes and hair loss using cosmetics and skin care products donated by the cosmetics industry. Each Look Good…Feel Better participant receives a free kit of cosmetics, valued at $200, for use during or after the workshop.

Look Good…Feel Better was founded and developed in 1989 by the Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association (CTFA) Foundation, a charitable organization supported by the cosmetic industry. Sessions are presented in cooperation with the American Cancer Society and the National Cosmetology Association (NCA), a national organization that represents hairstylists, wig experts, estheticians, markup artists, and other professionals in the cosmetic industry.

All cosmetology volunteers attend a certification class to become a Look Good…Feel Better volunteer. Local hospitals offering the program include:

Danbury Hospital’s Praxair Cancer Center, the second Monday of every month, beginning at 10 am;

New Milford Hospital, New Milford, beginning at 6 pm the following Mondays: February 21, May 16, August 15, and November 21;

Bridgeport Hospital, Mondays, January 10, at 10 am; March 14, at 5 pm; May 16, at 10 am; July 11, at 5 pm (this session will run just 90 minutes, ending at 6:30); September 19, at 10 am; and November 7, at 5 pm (also ending at 6:30).

Norma Pfriem Breast Cancer Center, Bridgeport, beginning at 2:30 pm the following Tuesdays: March 29, June 28, September 27 and December 13;

St Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, beginning at 1 on the following Thursdays: February 10, April 14, June 9, August 11, October 13 and December 8; and

The Harold Leever Regional Cancer Center, Waterbury, the first Monday of each month, except July 11 and September 12, each starting at 2 pm.

Call 800-ACS-2345 (800-227-2345) to confirm date, time, location, and registration. Other dates may be announced. To learn more about the ACS, or to get help, call any time, day or night, at 800-227-2345 or visit cancer.org.