 | | | Photo provided | | | | | | Children gathered at the Be the Star You Are booth to create decorative masks Sept. 25 during the Moraga Pear & Wine Festival at Moraga Commons Park. Be the Star You Are is an all-volunteer, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) arts and culture corporation whose mission is to empower women, families, and youth through improved literacy, tools for living, and positive message media. The local nonprofit, which celebrated 23 years this year, collects, distributes, and promotes books as well as produces positive message radio programs with a mission of increasing literacy, decreasing violence, raising life skills, self-worth, and self-esteem. The BTSYA teen radio show, Express Yourself! started with six local teens and has now completed 10 years of international broadcasting and has done 600 shows. |
Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA