Milwaukee-area Mary Kay Unit Offers the Chance to Do Good, While Looking Good

BROOKFIELD, Wis. - Nov. 9, 2015 - PRLog -- A local Mary Kay unit of nearly 100 beauty consultants is offering the chance to help a women’s shelter on Milwaukee’s south side by sponsoring care packages for its residents. Donors will be “thanked” with a Mary Kay gift certificate of equal value to the sponsorship cost.

The Nancy Jo Baratti Unit, led by longtime Brookfield resident Nancy Jo Baratti, will donate a care package to Daystar Inc. for each $30 sponsorship received. Daystar is a long-term transitional home for domestic violence victims without children. The packages contain personal care items, an ongoing need for the 18 to 25 women typically living at Daystar.

Package sponsors will receive a $30 Mary Kay credit that can be used in the next 12 months. Sponsors do not have to be Mary Kay customers.

“Our unit is thrilled to partner with our clients and the public to support the women at Daystar who are rebuilding their lives,” said Baratti, a Mary Kay representative for 36 years. “We hope these care packages will brighten their holidays, as well as those of the sponsors.”

Daystar, opened in 1986, allows domestic violence victims to stay up to two years. Its services focus on helping women heal from the trauma of abuse, and gain skills and education to find employment and independence.

“Nancy Jo and her team have been incredibly supportive of Daystar,” said Vicki Lipinski, the shelter’s Executive Director. “Their efforts provide our residents with luxuries they normally would not have. The makeup and skin care products we receive from Nancy Jo and her team help our residents feel good and build self-esteem, which is itself an immeasurable gift.”

Donors interested in sponsoring a Daystar care package can reach Baratti at (262) 993-4849, or send her a message through www.marykay.com/nbaratti.

Mary Kay has taken the lead against domestic violence with its “Don’t Look Away” program, a nationwide initiative spotlighting the alarming fact that one in four women in the U.S. will experience abuse in her lifetime. The effort includes the first texting service to help women recognize and break away from abusive relationships, and a sorority partnership to prevent abuse on college campuses.

More information about Daystar Inc., including details of other needed donations, is available at www.daystarinc.org. Information about Mary Kay’s “Don’t Look Away” program is at www.marykay.com/dontlookaway.