The Look Good Feel Higher BeautyCares DreamBall made its return to Recent York’s Gotham Hall on Oct. 11, drawing 350 attendees and raising $1.2 million in support.

“Everyone here is working together to make a difference within the lives of others,” said honoree Debi Chirichella, president of Hearst Magazines, who sat in on a Look Good Feel Higher virtual workshop and said of the experience: “To see the ladies who were participants, to see their joy and increase in self-confidence; their courage and their vulnerability — it’s something I’ll always remember.”

The evening’s other honorees were Amazon’s Melis del Rey; P&G Beauty‘s Alex Keith; OPI cofounder and Aloxxi chief executive officer George Schaeffer, and survivor advocate and NBC News correspondent Kristen Dahlgren.

“Look Good Feel Higher is in the material of what makes beauty, beauty,” said Keith, who joined Procter & Gamble as a fresh college graduate in 1989, one 12 months after Look Good Feel Higher’s founding. “Moments like tonight are special, however the work you do day-after-day is what makes the true difference.”

Del Rey, too, praised the organization’s beauty workshops, developed to support cancer patients through the unwanted effects of treatment. “The experience is way over just makeup or hair tutorials — it’s about beauty’s commitment to compassion and care.”

Schaeffer, who received the Legacy Award, spoke of the facility to remodel lives through this very compassion. “They are saying a legend is the story of what you do, but a legacy is who you’re and what you allow behind; getting involved, helping communities and creating one-on-one moments that directly impact people’s lives — that’s the legacy I need to depart behind.”

Dahlgren, who received a stage two breast cancer diagnosis just months after undergoing a mammogram that was negative, emphasized the importance of driving awareness, and cultivating joy for patients and survivors. “What [Look Good Feel Better] is giving women is so far more than a makeover — you’re giving them the strength to fight this battle and beyond.”