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12/ 2010

Dare to Dream: When you Wish Upon A Star
2011 Calendar Winners.

(L) Second grader, Joanne Reade surrounded in love from both her grandmothers who were beaming at her success as a winner this year.

(R) Principal Rhea J. Iver of Charlotte N. Werner Elementary and Vice Principal

(L) Beaming winners showing their signed autograph pictures of "That So Raven" Raven Symone.

(R) Teachers were also recognized for their work with students. Pictured are Billie Cox, Grace Vargas, Mayor, Joanne Gilbert, School Board Member and Yolette Doucet.

Pictures of the happy winners....

Below, one of the many thank you letters
"The Brightest Star" has received from Werner Elementary Students.

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Walmart's representatives Nona Sterwerf        Stephen Cashman received           Nona and Walmart's assistant
and Rebecca Bristow received Walmart's         Staples plague.                             store manager.
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10/16/2010

International company, Procomp Motorsport held an "Open House" and "Car Show" to celebrate the opening of their new 70,000 sq ft warehouse facility. Proceeds were donated to The Brightest Star, Inc.

We sincerely thank Procomp Motorsport and their staff for bestowing
a generous donation to our organization. We are very, very grateful, and the donation gifted to us will continue to help us in our work of serving the needs of children thriving in foster care.

(L to R) Peter Kencevski, Procomp Motorsport Owner, Mayor Grace Vargas, Board Member, The Brightest Star, Lea Michelle Cash, Executive Director, The Brightest Star, and Olivera Kencevski, Owner. The second picture is a group of young men with Mayor Vargas who volunteered as TBS security team for the expensive vintage cars. A special thank you to Bobby Tsigkounis from George's Burgers for feeding them, and to
Jack Jeffrey Greenwood from Nestles Water for their loving donation of water. We truly would like to thank
all of our volunteers and Mayor Grace Vargas for her continued love and unwavering support towards our organization's mission and vision.

5/2010

George's Burgers and Cuca's Mexican Restaurant held fundraisers during the month of May for Foster Youth Awareness Month. This was George's Burgers third year in donating to our organization and Cuca's first year. Pictured are managers: Bobby Tsigkounis (George's Burgers), and Roberto Caro (Cuca's) with their staff.

2/2010

Four years ago, Peter Lowe, Co-Founder of the world's largest "Get Motivated Business Seminars, met reporter, Lea Cash and motivated her to plant seeds of faith towards starting The Brightest Star, Inc.

(Left) Recently at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA she met up with the entrepreneurial genius, and told him that she listened to him and two years ago, planting those seeds of faith, she launched The Brightest Star, Inc.


                               2006

           "Those seeds that we plant in faith determine our destiny"
                                                                              Peter Lowe

(Left) Four young "Brightest Star" girls from Hugs Foster Family Agency/Terra Manor were invited to attend the 41st NAACP Image Awards.

The girls met and spoke with Ms. Sherri Shepherd, Actress, and "The View" co-host who promised to come visit them soon.

She wanted to send more time with the girls who chattered with her and took photos. The girls also met
LL Cool J too!

(Right) The world famous Harlem Globe Trotters as special guests invited a group of ten "Brightest Star" youth from various group homes to attend one of their games held at the Citizens Business Bank Arena.

The kids were also given a personal meet and greet with the players. The youth had a really great time.

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1/2010

Beautiful piece of artwork given to Ms. Cash as a gift, by a talented young
Hispanic artist, age 17 years old, who has the dream of becoming a tatto artist. The artist's name is not mentioned for privacy reasons.

So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.
Christopher Reeves/Superman

Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become.
James Allen