To: Board of Supervisors
From: Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Report Title: Resolution Recognizing Be the Star You Are! As the 2024 Moraga NonProfit Business of the Year
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Recognize Be the Star You Are as the 2024 Moraga NonProfit Business of the Year
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal impact
BACKGROUND:
Program started for the positive encouragement for youth.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
None.
The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County, California
body
Resolution recognizing Be the star you are as the 2024 Moraga Non-Profit of the year
WHEREAS, Be the Star You Are! was founded in 1999 by Cynthia Brian, known as “The Renaissance Woman with Soul” whose list of achievements include author, producer, wife, mother, model, teacher, interior designer, gardener, artist, casting director, television, and radio host. Her daughter, Heather Brittany, was the young teen co-founder, and together they believe that we were not created equal, we each have special abilities. The Mother/Daughter dynamic duo are firm believers that every individual is unique and a star.
WHEREAS, Be the Star You Are is celebrating 25 years of empowering youth through literacy and communication among other things, Be the Star You Are manages a youth radio program and performs numerous community service activities; and
Whereas, Be the Star You Are is an all-volunteer, not-for-profit arts and culture corporation whose mission is to empower women, families, and youth through improved literacy, tools for living, and positive message media; and
Whereas, Be the Star You Are 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. This media ranges from education and advisement to inspiration and guidance covering every aspect of life, from abuse through money management, health, environmental stewardship, relationships, parenting, business skills, art, music and entertainment; and
Whereas, Believing that information infused with inspiration has the power to transform and change lives, Be The Star You Are is committed to providing positive role models for women, families, youth at risk. Drawing upon the life-stories of “everyday heroes” Be the Star You Are is spreading inspiring true stories of courage, wisdom, creativity and perseverance to people who are in need of hope and motivation for daily living; and
WHEREAS, Be the Star You Are supports all ethnicity’s and has no religious or political agendas or affiliations. Be the Star You Are is proud to have been serving the community, country, and world since 1999,
Now, therefore be it resolved that the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County does hereby honor Be the Star You Are! as the Moraga NonProfit of the Year.