by Elizabeth Cook | Nov 9, 2021 | Education, Newsletter, school, Sponsor A Child, Sponsorship, Students, Testimonial
It is almost that time of the year again! When the Holiday season brings us together, we remember how important the small things are in life. From sitting across the dinner table to wrapping gifts to sharing a conversation with a friend: these small moments spark...
by Lexie Stallings | Jul 1, 2021 | My 100 Daughters, Rising Star Outreach, Service Projects, Sponsor A Child, Sponsorship, Students, Testimonial, Uncategorized, Volunteer
This blog post was written by artist and long-time friend of Rising Star Outreach, Laura Lofgreen. When I started the project of drawing 100 girls from India for the coloring book My 100 Daughters with Rising Star Outreach, I was overcome with the beauty and presence...
by Lexie Stallings | Oct 27, 2020 | Advocacy, Leprosy, service, Service Projects, Stigma, Testimonial, Volunteer
“Passion” is defined as a strong and barely controllable emotion. Have you felt that before about a cause? Whether you were marching in a rally, volunteering for an organization, working on a project or studying something you felt strongly about in school,...
by Lexie Stallings | Sep 14, 2017 | service, Testimonial, Volunteer
Following our daily colony visits, RSO’s mobile medical clinic returned every afternoon to the Rising Star campus where their main medical office is located. The visits to the campus allowed me to experience (and fall head-over-heels for) another aspect of Rising...
by Lexie Stallings | Sep 14, 2017 | My 100 Daughters, Testimonial, Volunteer
These last six months as I’ve been working on the coloring book My 100 Daughters, I’ve looked through many photographs of the girls of India. Eden is at the bottom there because she’s donating her dresses to the girls of India. The girls I’m drawing are growing...
by Lexie Stallings | Feb 22, 2017 | Medical, Stigma, Testimonial, Volunteer
We are excited to repost a recent blog entry from Julia Sawatzky. Julia is currently in the midst of an incredible adventure. She is five months into a year-long expedition, exploring and serving in various cities across Asia and Africa before she begins...