Liz wrote, “I’ve always been really self-conscious about how I look. I could honestly say I’ve never felt beautiful. Before today, that is. I read through Operation Beautiful and Gives Me Hope and thought both websites were really sweet. I introduced one of my friends at college to it. Today, there was a post on my Facebook wall that read "you are beautiful. Inside and out, girlie." I can’t remember when I’ve ever cried so hard, and now I feel so beautiful that I could blind someone with how bright I feel.”
Brittni wrote, “If you can’t read the first note, the post-it says "Changing our world, one SMILE at a time." Wednesday morning, my friend posted this on one of the bathrooms’ walls along with a bunch of other post-its. Today at lunch, most of the post-its were gone except for two. This one had a note left under it.”
Courtney wrote, “Here’s a note I wrote for MYSELF!”
Bethany wrote, “I changed my cell phone the other morning to say "Hi Beautiful" So now every time I look at it I’m reminded that I’m beautiful. I changed a friend of mine’s phone to the same!”
Marie wrote, “We had a snow day and I was feeling particularly down, just got back from the doctors and been put on more medications. My girlfriend wanted photos of the snow, so I took these for her. 
If it reaches out to anybody and makes them smile it would actually make my day!”
Julie wrote, “Here are some of the notes I wrote to myself. Some of them have more of a motivational message. I struggle with binging and it’s gotten a bit out of control lately so I decided to go buck wild with the notes to end the emotional eating. I put them everywhere – the cabinets, the fridge, my mirror, above my desk. The more I see them the more, it will sink in.”
Aubrey wrote, “My roommate and I both receive Self every month, so I attached this note to 1 of them and dropped it off in the lobby at work. I love reading fitness/health/women’s magazines but sometimes I think there’s way too much emphasis on ways to change yourself when the focus should be on how to appreciate the person you are already!”
Anonymous wrote, “For about three weeks, my friend and I have been leaving Operation Beautiful sticky notes in all the girl’s bathrooms. This morning, I opened our school newspaper to find this! An article was written praising the website and thanking the anonymous do-gooders. It highlighted the body issues that teenagers have and encouraged students to be healthy and happy. I was so joyful I almost started to cry; I couldn’t stop smiling the entire day! Go Operation Beautiful!”
If you love Operation Beautiful, post a note, take a picture, and e-mail it to Caitlin at seebriderun@gmail.com. Spread the LOVE!
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I’m on the staff of the newspaper that the Operation Beautiful, and I was sooo excited once I saw the page that was published for the December! I’m not the writer of the article, nor did I take the picture, but I want to thank the anonymous do-gooder for acknowledging us!
That is so awesome to see a high school newspaper covering Operation Beautiful!
Thank you for sticking those notes around the school :] they made me smile the whole day.
P.S
Im glad you enjoyed the paper. I wanted to thank whomever stuck those notes around and I thought a story, along with a beautiful photo, would so how much it meant to me. :]
thanks, i’m going to put the binging ones up in my dorm room to help me out with the binging also. i think it will help, because i felt much better when i read them. =]
Can middle schoolers particapate in operation beautiful my friend and I were looking at this site and a lot of the girls are made fun of
and we love this website
<3