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 | Dec 8, 2020 | Donate, Leprosy, Rising Star Outreach, service, Volunteer
Believe it or not, the year 2020 is finally drawing close to its end! As the holiday season is among us, you may be looking for ways to help someone in need or give back. What better way to make this year brighter than to serve? Did you know there are millions of...
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 | Oct 27, 2017 | Board Member, service, Volunteer
This post first appeared in an article for BYU Alumni In 1997 Steve Jobs was back at Apple, and big things were on the horizon for the company. When BYU grad Amy Antonelli (BA ’03) began working as a spokesperson for Apple in 2001 she saw firsthand how Jobs...
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 | Volunteer
I stepped off the bus and ran up to Saleema to say hello – what a wonderful moment – like seeing an old friend, even though I’d only met her once before. Before I knew it, several of my younger students came running up to me, giggling and calling my...