An Evening with Angels: Where Wounded Girls Give Thanks for
Skills to Take on the World
San Diego, CA, September
10, 2012- Three adolescent girls, who suffered severe burns from a Halloween
accident, car crash, and kitchen incident, will share their stories during a
special fundraising dinner at a private residence in the San Diego area on
Saturday, October 6, 2012 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Katie, Adriana and
Larisa involved in separate horrific tragedies recently participated in the
extraordinary Angel Faces® program, a weeklong retreat
that helps teenage girls overcome the stigma of severe facial disfigurements.
They will speak passionately at the third annual Evening With Angels about their
journey and Angel Faces® during the evening's
inspiring program.
Angel
Faces® began out of Lesia Cartelli's own pain. Her
desire to heal from a serious burn injury over 50% of her face and body at the
age of nine in a natural gas explosion encouraged her to dedicate and create the
best possible program for girls who suffer similar disfiguring burns and other
traumatic injuries.
At the retreat the girls
work closely with experts and meet other girls facing similar struggles. They
learn to use new tools that will help them become more confident and able to
face what the world hands them.
Angel
Faces® is the only program of its kind in the United
States, and was recently featured on CNN and over 200 publications.
Angel
Faces® is a national non-profit organization,
headquartered in Encinitas, California, whose mission is to provide healing
retreats and ongoing support for adolescent girls with burn/trauma injuries to
achieve their optimum potential and develop meaningful relationships for
themselves, their families, and their communities. The unique retreats and
aftercare programs focus on the healing process within a holistic framework of
mind, heart, and spirit. In addition to art therapy and private,
corrective-cosmetic sessions, the program provides licensed therapists to help
the girls through their loss and trauma issues, and provides the girls with
strategies to handle staring and teasing. The goal of Angel
Faces® is to offer both a physical and emotional
transformation so each girl walks away with a new confidence and a hopeful
outlook.
This year's Evening With
Angels event is sponsored by Ranch and Coast Plastic Surgery, Lutronic, Stone
Brewery, Holiday Wine Cellar, Lumenis and Lizbeth Ecke and David
Meyer.
For more information,
please visit the Angel Faces website at www.angelfacesretreat.org.
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