The American Cancer Society will hold its next Look Good....Feel Better volunteer training class for licensed beauty professionals on Oct. 22 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at your local American Cancer Society office in Augusta.

The four-hour class will train licensed cosmetologist to teach beauty and skin care techniques, as well as tips for disguising hair loss, to women who are undergoing cancer treatment. The Look Good...Feel Better program is a free, national public service program to help women undergoing cancer treatment learn to cope with the appearance-related side effects of treatment and regain a sense of self-confidence and control over their lives.

Look Good...Feel Better was founded by The Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Foundation, in partnership with the American Cancer Society and the National Cosmetology Association. These three partners support the program through funding, training of volunteers and free educational materials and cosmetics.

Look Good...Feel Better is currently offered once a month in the Augusta area. We are expanding our sessions to the Thomson area in order to accommodate surrounding counties such as Lincoln, Wilkes, Warren and Hancock Counties. We are looking for volunteers to facilitate Look Good...Feel Better (LGFB) sessions.

LGFB volunteers find volunteering for this program to be a life-affirming, uplifting experience. Kay Kendrick, who owns Cut & Style in Thomson, has been a LGFB volunteer for over twelve years. She says the feeling she gets from helping cancer patients is overwhelming. "It's a feeling you can't explain in words," she says. "They come mentally fragile and leave with such self confidence, just by adding a touch of make-up and learning how to position a wig 'just so.' It's heartwarming and very gratifying."

Please call your American Cancer Society for more information or to RSVP (706-731-9900) by Friday, October 19, 2007. Please bring your cosmetology license to the training. This program is not accredited for mandatory continuing education hours.