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excellent!
Hello
I work as an Outreach Worker @ our local women’s shelter. I just saw your video clip on OWN mailing.
I don’t know if you do presentations in Canada? I think this would be a great idea to spread around our community, but think it would be awesome to have a presentation at high schools and possible evening for adults.
Could you let me know if this is a possiblity and how much would you charge for your presentation.
If you have any questions, please feel free to call or email me.
Thanks in advance,
Debra Chouinard
Mountain Rose Women’s Shelter
Phone: 403-845-5339
email: debrachouinard@telus.ent
Hi Debra:
If you are interested in hosting an Operation Beautiful speaking event, please contact Kevin MacRae,Vice President of Lordly & Dame at kmacrae@lordly.com or 617-482-3593.
Thanks for your interest!
I appreciate it.
Caitlin
Hello,
I just found out about this program, and am very interested in having you come and talk at my school, Southern Connecticut State University. How much does this program cost?
Hi Brinna:
If you’d like to email my speaking agent, Megan at Megan.Halpern@us.penguingroup.com, she can provide you with more information.
Hi. I would like to know if you could possibly do a presentation at my high school in Corpus Christi. We have recently been named the fattest city in the U.S. and I would like to show the students here that we shouldn’t judge people based on looks but by what’s inside. Also, that there IS other ways to loose weight besides unhealthy diets and eating disorders.
Thanks, Tiffany
Tiffany:
Sure! Have someone at your school (like a principal or guidance counselor) contact: Kevin MacRae,Vice President of Lordly & Dame at kmacrae@lordly.com or 617-482-3593.
Thank YOU
hey i am a youth leader in Corpus Christi and i totally agree with Tiffany. We need to show our girls that real beauty come from within, coems from God.
mandobarrera@gmail.com is my email. hope we can help.
Thank you for being an inspiration
Hey, Come to Colorado sometime. We would love to have you here.
Hey Caitlin,
Just wanted to say that YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL! <3
So are you!!!
so is every one else
Especially you, Kassidy
Hey Caitlin,
I just wanted to thank you for starting Operation Beautiful. I’m an 18 year old college student who weights 210 pounds, and I feel like I should diet and exercise to be thin so I am more accepted. I’m always editing my photos for Facebook or Myspace to make it look like I am thinner. But thanks to Operation Beautiful, I can now see that beauty is not on the outside, but it’s what’s on the inside that truly matters. So thank you for being such an inspiration! It’s really helped me. Keep smiling that beautiful smile.
YOU keep smiling that beautiful smile.
You should present at my school, it’s private and has a uniform that makes many of the girls feel unattractive. We are also very judgmental and I think all the middle school girls deserve to know they and everyone else are beautiful, it’s not enough for just one of us posting Operation Beautiful notes around the building of 3rd grade through 8th graders, not to mention all the boys that can find them and get rid of them, because they think it doesn’t matter. But you, me, and all the girls, women at my school are amazing and beautiful
feel free to tell your guidance counselor or principal about OB!
My school’s pretty much the same way, except it’s Pre K thru 8th grade. I put a few notes in the girls room, and in my friend’s backpack. Start small where the boys can’t tear them down, like library books or girls rooms!
Amanda
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im someone whose really been through a lot in my life, from self injury to eating sidorders and back again. i really just felt like i was untouchable, unlovable, and unbeautiful. i know there are so many people out there that feel like i did, and i think what youve done is really incredible and will make a huge difference. thank you so much for helping myself and others as well see that we really are beautiful.
I know exactly how you feel. Operation beautiful had the same effect on me.
A group of anonymous kids at my middle school posted sticky notes all down the halls and on the lockers. They called themselves the OB Ninjas.
Everyone was amazed and I feel so inspired. I am a Girl Scout about to begin my Gold Award and I would love to do something like this. Does anyone have any ideas?
I love the idea of OB ninjas!!
Sometimes, we’ve had groups make poster boards and stand at traffic corners waving huge Operation Beautiful signs!
I am starting my Gold too, and you know, thats a great idea. i might be able to get my service unit involved and a group of pioneer girlz that our outcast leader started (dont ask, long story) hmmm…
hi i just finished my gold award but i saw this in glamour magazine and loved the idea….let me know what you end up doing because i would love to start a project with this idea
i love the idear of this it makes me think that im not ugly im really beautiful and inside as well i lov loads of people
hello, i was just wondering if Jenna Lucado have ever spoken at one of these
presentations. She is the author of redefining beautiful. It is sucha great book. Also, if there would be a presentation in NY. Thank you! This operation beautiful that you have started has helped and inspired so many girls out there, including me. how we shouldnt let doubt and fear get in the way of our goals and the things we want to do. We are beautiful in our own ways. No
matter what, we have to stay true to ourselves.
Hi Ira:
The presentations are given by the creator of OB and the writer of the book, Caitlin (me!). Jenna Lucado sounds awesome though! At this time, I don’t have any events in NYC scheduled. Sorry
I’m glad to hear it’s helped you so much!
Caitlin
It would be AMAZING if you came to my high school in Illinois!! If you are willing/able to come to Illinois, I think I might talk to my principal about it
of course i would come to your school! thank you for talking to your principal about it!
I was Just thinking insecure before I came across this site, it made me feel a lot better! And now i’m thinking of going around and putting sticky notes up xD
Truly amazing, creative, and BE–U-tiful idea! I’d luv to spread the positives notes to other woman! I’m off to Office Depot to stock up on post-notes…& start spreading the word to all the wonderful beautiful women out there!! This is an awesome idea…I always did make positive verbal comments to women I’d meet in public bathrooms ..@ movies or theater,etc. BUT this makes it more permanent in that it reaches a lot MORE WOMEN!!
at my school our rules are so strict that if you put anything up they start looking for the causer of the vadalism… and we’ve had kids expelled
would they really expell kids if the message was so positive? maybe think about talking to one of your female teachers about making it work. she might be able to make sure you dont get in trouble, and she might even help you put them up!
I am the same Sam as before. They are totally paranoid. Its really weird what they do sometimes. I can talk to maybe two of the teachers, and I know one of them would help me. hm… i have a note to use, and I went to a Superchick concert last night with a postit on my shirt. Everyone was asking me about it, and after the concert Melissa saw it and went nuts. I had at least 20 people wearing postit notes, including a pair of security gaurds who looked hilarious.
good for you! way to turn it around!! if they spaz out about “vandalism” sticky notes on the walls and mirrors.. just ask everyone to wear them on their clothes at school!!
You’re beautiful! i <3 you!
I just wanted to say, i love this site!
Everytime i start thinking negative about myself, i turn to this site and i feel a lot better. (:
~God Bless.?
8th graders have body image issues too. at my school, i know a lot of girls who are very self concious of their body image, and even some guys. ive been posting little notes in the bathroom mirrors, and in some classes, but i dont think my efforts are getting anywhere. what im trying to get at is i think it would be really great if my middle school could have a presentation. i live in connecticut, so if u ever come around, i hope u stop in! i would love to start a club or give my own presentation at my school, but since operation beautiful is trademarked, i think i need permission. feel free to email me with thoughts!
thank you so much! <3
Yes! Lots of girls have done this at their schools. Talk to a teacher or guidance counselor about what you need to do to form the club and where you can put the notes (you must have to promise to post them off campus or at a designated spot so the school can make sure everything is nice in the notes, not mean.
Hey Caitlin,
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I’m from England. This site has inspired me and I will definitely start doing this. I was wondering if you could possibly come to England some time, to give one of your talks at my school? It will make some people feel better about themselves.
Thanks, Rosie
Hi, I’ve been called a fat kid my entire life. When i was 14 i developed a eating disorder but still i couldn’t lose enough weight to be happy. Right now I’m 18 and weigh 220. I’ve learned to love myself no matter who tells me i look fat.
Sometime people don’t understand but i think you get that my happiness doesn’t depend on if i fit into the 10 of my best friend or if i eat 2 pieces of cake on birthday, what matters is the happiness i have with my friends and the fact i can except myself.
I just LOVE the idea of posting sicky notes everywere that tell people that they are beautiful and that they don’t need to change them selfs just to make everyone else happy.
Starting in september when I go back to school I
Going to make it my goal to post at least three notes a day for the hole year 365 days because if I can make even just one person smile it will make my day a hole lot better
hey i have never seen these notes but i think it is a great idea im 15 im gonna do this at my school in Alabama to spread the word and i was wondering if it would be ok with you if i started a club at my school about operation beautiful and i think you have a really great cause and that its time to stock up on stickies !!!
Hey, I was just randomly told about this website and I find what you’re doing so inspiring. And I’d love to do something like this at my school since I’m graduating next year. I was just wondering how I’d go about this. There are so many girls out there who need something like this.
Here is a link that I think is PERFECT for this kind of thing! It is by Johnny Diaz, who is a Christian writer. This changed my prespectives after I watched and heard this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8NvU9Ah-uY
Hello Caitlin, Im from Florida. I am a 10th grader, and I was in the restroom at school today and I saw one of these signs. It inspired me to look into this website and start doing this. I believe that you should target high school’s, like mine, more often. It’s teenagers that I believe have the biggest problem with this. I would have esimate that about 80% of teenagers in my school all have the same self-esteem issues. I think that you coming to my school would really impact us!
Have an administrator check out the site and reach out at caitlinjboyle@gmail.com if they are interested in having me come out and speak. Thanks for the support!
I think it would be an excellent idea to get out to California high schools and middle schools.
That’s where (personally) i see a lot of body image issues.
I think it would be important to do younger girls too.
omg i totally llove this whole concept of makiing women and girls feel great about themselveS! i have to say that imnot the persson that has low self esteem or think that im ugly or what not but i know many girls who do :’( many are my friends actually so im glad to know that i can help out the cause and make someone feel better about themselves…. i will start tomorrow at school!
god bless u!
This is such an excellent concept! I’ve noticed a lot of girls I know worry about their figure but I feel uncomfortable telling them otherwise when they know it’s me. I’m going to put notes on every reflective surface and locker in my school.Thank you for the great idea:)
hi i think this is an amazing project i started posting random operation beautiful notes up around my school toilets and my friend went in crying before she met up with me and saw the note she looked at it ran out and dragged me to show me what made her smile so much i smiled and didnt let on, she loves this too but i wont let on who put it up no matter how much she begs you are amazing no one can ever tell you different, god made you beautiful STAND BY THAT TILL YOU DIE hun!
I am inspired. I saw the article in Glamour (maybe Allure) and I couldn’t wait to check out the website. It’s been probably a month since I saw the article, I got myself a supply of post-it-notes a couple weeks ago, and finally TODAY I remembered to check out this site when I was online. I am armored up with my written “Brilliance & Beauty” post-it-notes, and cannot wait to stick them up at my dentist and dermatologist appointments tomorrow! It’s taken me a long time to get to it, and I am very excited about doing it. I also plan to sneak them into the cupboards and drawers in the room where you see the doctor. Won’t the nurses be suprised when they find them! They will probably think it was a co-worker! I am also going to stick them on car windows in the parking lots!
OperationBeautifulYouRock!!! You are helping to empower the female population. Thank you. Such a simple and easy thing to do. I look forward to finding a random operation beautiful post it myself one day!
Caitlin,
I am no longer attending school but am 19 years old and still know what teen and pre-teen girls go through during their years in school as do most women and I was wondering if there was any way I could get my former high school and middle school involved. I understand that I am not a part of your organization therefore i might not be able to set up anything on my own to represent your cause but the things I have witnessed in my high school can be ridiculous. So many girls being tormented for no reason other than because of how they look, and often by people that they do not even know.
There are alot of outcasts and those girls have done nothing wrong to be treated the way that they have been for however long it has been for each girl and i would like to do anything that i can to boost their self confidence and get them to see that is only their opinions of themselves that matters and that they can see how beautiful each of them are everytime that they look into a mirror and remember what i am hoping to have them realise by maybe having myself or someone from your business talk to them. I would really like to do this for both of the schools, if there is any way that i can do it on my own and still be able to represent your group that would be wonderful. Also if i can not do it on my own that would be fine as well I just want to help these girls. If you decide to get back to me my email address is kandi_pixi06@yahoo.com. I will be looking forward to your response.
Danielle.
I am not sure if you have already seen this or not but your website reminded me of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhCn0jf46U
Thanks for the encouragement.
With God’s Love,
Brittany
Hey Caitlin,
I go to a small, all-girls private school in Manhattan. Would you be interested in giving a presentation here? I think your inspirational message is instrumental in every girl/woman’s life and deserves to be spread. Thanks!
Sara
Of course! You can have an administrator reach out to me for more information.
Dear Caitlin,
I recently saw one of those sticky notes in my High school and I was intrigued. I saw the website on the bottom of the note and decided to go to the website. I am so grateful that you thought up of something like this. It’s a small thing but it has a huge impact on everyday girls that such a negative self-esteem. When I read the note I felt liberated and inspired to do the same so that others can feel the same joy that I am feeling by reading all these inspiring notes. Once again, thank you VERY much for this idea.
Hello, i was wondering if you can do a presentation at my school. I attend the easton area academy in easton, pa. I think it would help and inspire many people.
Hi Melanie! Show an administrator the site and have them reach out to me!
I would love to have you come to our school. I work with teenagers at the local high school. I am the band assistant…but being in such a small rural area, I think this would be a great presentation for our highschool as well as middle school. Self-esteem is such an issue at these tender ages.
I work at Bluestone Senior High School in Skipwith, VA. We are just over the boarder near Kerr Lake. Thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you.
Heather
Hi Heather! If you want to email me directly, I can provide you with more info!
My email is caitlinjboyle@gmail.com
I have posted notes everywhere, and really got my school to well I know this sounds cheesy but spread the love! My middle school just could really, really benefit from you coming to speak! It would help us out in sooo many ways you can’t even realize.
If you want to, how could I get you to come to my school? It would mean the world to me, and everyone else at my school.
Hi Ari!
Tell a school administrator about Operation Beautiful and get them to email me at operationbeautiful@gmail.com!
hey! i put up a bunch of encouraging post it notes in my high school bathroom and it was a hit! i go to a verrry small high school in wisconsin, but i was wondering what are the chances of you making it out here and speaking to the area around here? i think it would be a good experience. alot of kids in my school are having struggles with self image issues and depression and i was wondering if itd be possible for you to come out and give them all a “pep talk” for lack of better words. thanks!
Hi Morgan!
Tell a school administrator about Operation Beautiful and get them to email me at operationbeautiful@gmail.com!
Caitlin, thank you so much for what you’ve done with Operation Beautiful. YOU have truly impacted the world, which is impressive in and of itself, but the fact that your impact is so POSITIVE is just wonderful. You’re truly a very special gift to the women of the world. Thank you so, so much. You’re appreciated by thousands, every single day.
Caitlin, you are an inspiration. Your brilliant concept made my day when I came upon a note that said “You are beautiful” and your website’s address. Thank you for making such a positive difference in the world. Keep going!
Hello caitlin!!!
I was reading about Operation Beautiful and I think it is wonderful. So many young girls have self image problems and it is overlooked by many. I think what you are doing is amazing!!! I work with at risk youth and most of the girls that I work with all have some sort of self image problem. I would love to maybe set up a speaking events here in Pittsburgh where i work. Could you give me more information on how I go about doing that and what the cost would be!!! thank you again for all that you are doing!!!
Hi Brittany! Email me at operationbeautiful@gmail.com and I’ll pass the info to you!
Hello Caitlin,
I am a teacher/curriculum leader at a school in the UK. I have been looking for ways we can empower our girls and this would be fantastic. I really feel that this would interest them and grab their attention. I would be very keen to know if you have anyone this side of the pond, that could give me some more information in promoting this further. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Hi Karan:
I do not have anyone in the UK but shoot me an email and we can discuss – operationbeautiful@gmail.com.
Hi!
First, I would like to say I absolutely LOVE this project you started. It’s amazing! I definitely feel passionate about this topic and want to enter the magazine world and try to fix this issue because magazines play a major role in this. I’m a college senior now in NY and am starting a women’s magazine on-campus next semester. Our main goal is to promote a healthy body image and help when it comes to self-esteem issues. We want to take on a beauty image project every month and I chose this project to be our first. I found out about this through the September issue of Glamour magazine. I want to do this all over campus and around town as well. When I saw that you do presentations, I thought that would be extremely awesome as well! I’m really interested in having you come to speak at my school. Please let me know what steps I should take so we can make this happen! Here’s the link to our FB “like” page. “Like” us if you want! http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/pages/Avant-Garde-Magazine/122294331166348 I look forward to hearing from you!
Hi Michelle: Feel free to email me at operationbeautiful@gmail.com
I think this is the reason God made us all different. So that one day we will all realize what beauty really is.
Its everyone.
Hi Caitlin
I love you whole concept of Operation Beautiful.. I work with young girls and self esteem is a problem in society today. My heart goes out to all young girls and women because sometime we can’t look at our selves the way God made us. I was inspried to delvop my program just becaue of this. and It has helped even me. I would love to incorporate this with the Butterflies. Do youhave a certain cirriculm that you work from or an outline that is usable. I am going to order your book for the two Butterflies that will be pinned in March and give the book as a graduation present. I am also ordering myself one. Just wanted to tell you keep up the good work, and ask about the program. Thanks again..
The Butterflies sound fun! I do not have a set of curriculum but I hope you enjoy the book! Maybe some people in your group would be interested in submitting for the book? http://operationbeautiful.com/be-in-the-book/
Hi Caitlin,
I just wanted to know is this basically just for teens or adults who have weight problems? I live in the island of Guam and basically weight is not really an issue here on Guam. Everyone here loves good food but I do know that their are people here who have other issues with relationships, marriages, finanacial stress and other things about themselves and I don’t see anything on your website that encourages people to be strong…I’m not a negative person but I just want you to know that other people are finding ways to deal with their problems other than trying to be beautiful inside and out….I recently put a post it note on a public bathroom that says You are a strong person and You deserve to be happy!! I’m hoping maybe a person going through a painful relationship, divorce or maybe someone who is stressed from work or their kids would read it and make them feel much better. So I would just like to ask if you could encourage others to do the same. Thanks!
Hi Carolyn!
Nope, the site is for anyone who doesn’t feel good enough for any reason or just needs a little happy boost! It can be about anything you want!
I think it is awesome how you are reaching out at all kinds of schools and ages with your Operation Beautiful.
There are many dance workshops and camps throughout the summer, you should definitely try to have a presentation at dance camps and workshops. The founders of the dance camps and also a ton of the dance instructors for the schools look for different ways to help their girls be self confident. I believe those girls would fall in love with what your doing if they already haven’t.
This is brilliant! Up until two years ago I was always very much overweight and never felt like I would ever find anyone that truly loved me. I met my soul mate two years ago and together we have lost over a hundred pounds (I went from 200lbs to 145)! Even when he had finished losing all his weight and I still had a long way to go, he always told me I was gorgeous. That was the one thing that showed me how beautiful I truly am! It made me stop and look at myself and think about what he sees in me. And even though people had always told me I had a gorgeous face when I was overweight, or how pretty I am now, I’ve finally realized that doesn’t even matter. I think my fiancée put it best when I asked him what he loves most about me: “I love the way you love.” That is what is important. Loving others, loving yourself. You are all amazingly beautiful! <3
Come to Ohio University, pleaseee!!! (:
I’m starting to wonder if it’s a good idea to see if I can have this happen at my school…
thanks so much for this. i’m 14, and last week i just told my therapist and parents about my eating disorder. this is amazing! it’s such a great effort! just seeing this website made me smile! and i already got out my pen, and post it notes and writing down notes to post tomorrow!(: this is so amazing! you’re beautiful inside and out<3
You’re beautiful, too!