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GRATITUDE WORKS
THANK YOU from Be the Star You Are! charity
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A Message from Founder, Cynthia Brian
Thank you for your patience and your generosity as it has taken me so many months to get this newsletter published. Last February our home flooded. It's been eight months of living with plastic and paper covering walls, floors, and doorways as a multitude of professionals worked tirelessly to help us become "whole". To be available to the crew, I worked by day from my home office with earplugs and a face mask to keep the noise and fumes at bay, and at night would go to the StarStyle and Be the Star You Are offices to finish. It was challenging, exhausting, and often disheartening as I struggled to juggle family, friends, clients, BTSYA, radio, writing, lecturing, gardening, and reconstruction responsibilities. This past week, volunteers and I began to pack boxes for our holiday donation give away. It felt great to be giving back.  Then Paris was attacked and my heart, prayers, and thoughts could only be with the French.
BTSYA is proud to have dedicated volunteers from different countries, ethnicities, cultures, and religions. BTSYA is inclusive. We believe in peace, the dignity of humankind, and the reality that each of us was born with a special gift. We are dedicated to empowering women, families, and youth through improved literacy and increased positive media messages. We volunteer because we want to make this world a better place for everyone. We believe that each of us has the ability to make an impact, create change, design a difference. Life is precious.
My home is now completed and I have my sanctuary once again. But the flood of emotions we all are experiencing over the recent terrorist attacks is a signal that we have much more work to do to help every individual understand his/her unique worth. We hold the fate of the world in our hands and it is up to us to forecast our futures.
Despite hardships, there are always blessings. This Thanksgiving I offer my gratitude to you for being part of our Be the Star You Are! family. Thank you for your continued support. Thank you for your donations. Thank you for your time. Thank you for caring for this beautiful world in which we live.
Be the Star You Are! is celebrating 17 years of daring to care. Keep up with what's happening with PRESS PASS. Please continue to contribute and support our grassroots efforts. Every dollar really counts and we have many ways you can donate without spending an extra penny. Check out below!
Wishing you and your family a healthy, happy, and safe Thanksgiving. When you go around the table to share what you are grateful for, remember that gratitude works. And the more you give, the more you get!
Cynthia Brian Founder/Executive Director Cynthia@BetheStarYouAre.org Be the Star You Are!
DON'T SPEND A DIME WITH THIS SUPPORT
 Help Be the Star You Are!® without spending a penny. If you’ve ever purchased a TV or computer screen, just 3 minutes of your time is needed to fill out the simple form and click submit. Every unit qualifies for a donation of about $20 to Be the Star You Are!®. You will receive a tax receipt once the donations have been dispersed. PLEASE do this today. Thanks from Be the Star You Are!®
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CONGRATULATIONS EXPRESS YOURSELF!
Give Books/T-Shirts to Inspire...
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HELP WITHOUT DONATING EXTRA If you love to shop online, you'll love the ways you can be donating to Be the Star You Are!® without spending a penny more, and sometimes saving a lot. The next time you want to buy ANYTHING, click on one of our links and you'll be supporting BTSYA while getting the best value for yourself!
SHOP ONLINE-IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE
1. AmazonSmile donates .5% of purchases when you click here. 2. Discounted books at Amazon 3. Buy or Sell on EBAY 4. Use GoodSearch to search the web & buy from your favorite stores,. Choose Be the Star You Are as your charity to support. You can log in with Facebook, too! GoodShop App 5. Shop at over 1300 stores on IGIVE 6. BTSYA Logo Store
A percentage of every purchase is given to Be the Star You Are! when you use these links. PLEASE SHOP & GIVE!
WANT TO JOIN OUR STAR TEAM?If you are interested in being part of the Be the Star You Are!® family, send an email to Cynthia@BetheStarYouAre.org. We have many virtual opportunities, offer community service credits, and work with court appointed mandates. A questionnaire will be sent to you with guidelines. Young people have the opportunity to become on-air reporters, book reviewers, podcasters, and more. BTSYA is only interested in honest, energetic, dedicated individuals as we want our volunteers to benefit from their experience with us. We GROW people! We help YOU SHINE!  
From all of us at Be the Star You Are!®, we thank you and wish you a most grateful, great, peaceful, compassionate Thanksgiving. |
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Miracle Moment
"The poor don't know that their function in life
is to exercise our generosity."
~ Jean-Paul Sartre
THANK YOU
Our sincerest gratitude to sponsors of events for 2015. Please support them as they support you! Dr. David Loveall Gary Gongwer
And thank you to everyone who has made a donation, large or small. We appreciate you. Join our Galaxy of Stars and DONATE.
HOW TO BE HAPPY
Recent studies show that the rich are more selfish, unhappy, and obsessed with money. How can you combat "AFFLUENZA"? Researchers recommend making donations to nonprofits. Read more!And yes, Be the Star You Are!® is a TOP RATED non profit for the 6th year in a row. Check BTSYA out and DONATE today! 
PEACE ON EARTH STARSTYLE RADIO
 Positive, upbeat, life-changing talk radio every Wednesday LIVE 4-5pm Pt with Cynthia Brian and Heather Brittany on the Voice America Empowerment Network. Broadcasting weekly LIVE since 1998. On December 16, a special show about spreading peace on the planet with Australian peace ambassador, Nola Hennessy. Tune in!
COLLABORATIONS
 Be the Star You Are!® has been donating books throughout the year to shelters, hospitals, charities, and through our program, Operation Disaster Relief. BTSYA has helped 95 organizations to date. BTSYA partnered with the Lion's Club to get books to the Valley Fire Victims and is working with the Junior League of the East Bay to get books to children, seniors, and teens as holiday gifts. Thank you to our collaborators. lCheck out ways you can help.
TALENT TALKS Our volunteers are talented. They live our creed of "To be a leader, you must be a reader! Read, Lead, Succeed!" Check out their reviews and published articles.
Check out our Be the Star You Are!® profile at moja.me/cynthiabrian. Be the Star You Are!®, a 501 c3 charity wants to collaborate with sponsors, benefactors, and donors to make a positive difference in the world.
GRACIAS, MERCI
 Be the Star You Are! charity PO Box 376 Moraga, Ca. 94556 925-377-STAR info@BetheStarYouAre.org
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