Our friends at the Courtyard Marriott in Ahmedabad, India recently auctioned off a collector's edition cricket bat to help serve those affected by leprosy by donating proceeds to Rising Star Outreach. The following is an excerpt from the official Marketwired Press Release: The cricket bat, signed by the renowned international cricketers, including Rahul Dravid, Shane Watson, Steve Smith and James Faulkner, was won by...

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“Aunty, tell us a ‘scady stody’.” A dozen boys sitting and laying on the cool cement floor surrounded me, the moonlight casting its silvery glow through the window. Homework done. Bucket showers taken. Teeth brushed. It was bedtime, which offered one of the favorite rituals of a volunteer’s day—story time. “Oh I don’t like scary stories, I only like love stories.” I smiled....

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One of Rising Star Outreach's most staunch supporters, Hayley Greer, won second attendant in the 2015 Miss Inspirational Pageant, a pageant to “honor and celebrate the lives of women with disabilities.” We asked her mother, Susan Greer, to write a short piece on Hayley and her success. Enjoy! Hayley is 27. She's my 5th last child. She has a dog named Copper. She enjoys...

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“Quiet is peace. Tranquility. Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life. Silence is pushing the off button. Shutting it down. All of it.”                                                              ― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner In May the Rising Star Outreach campus is quieter than usual because the students, teachers, and some of the staff have returned to their homes for summer break. As the writing of...

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