Tuesday Notes – December 8, 2009

We have some very unusual notes today! How fun. 

Amber says, “The other morning we were driving around running some errands, and admittedly I was not in the best mood. Well then came along this guy carrying a big cardboard sign. At first glance I thought he was a pan handler, but at closer inspection I saw he was the mood changer to my day. Check out this sign! Just like how an Operation Beautiful note can cheer up someones day, this guy’s sign sure put a big smile on my face. I don’t know who this guy was or what his mission was but he sure made my day!”

As a result, Amber posted her own Operation Beautiful notes at her school to help spread the love:

Here’s an example of a group that took Operation Beautiful to the next level by making it into a community art project!  Jarrel wrote, “I’m a student at Northern Virginia Community College. I ran across your site one day on givesmehope.com and Operation Beautiful motivated me and the Art League a club at my college to initiate an event called "You Are Beautiful.” This event required students that were willing to participate to write down one insecurity that they had, no matter how big or how little it was. We would then take a photograph of the sign. After participating in the event each person received a sticker that said "You are Beautiful."  After we collected all of the pictures we created a photo montage of all of the photos that made one big image that has a picture of a woman and says "You Are Beautiful.”  This image has been applied to t-shirts and also won a sticker design contest so we are receiving even more stickers to pass out. Once the final comp of the photo montage has been completed we are going to donate the poster to our Women’s Center which is located in our college. This event was very eye opening, whether the participants knew it our not they were a part of creating something beautiful for the school, each and every insecurity they had combined into one to make the collage. Our project showed everyone that everyone has an insecurity and whether that insecurity is big or small, you’re still beautiful.”

Here’s the comp of the montage that Jarrel and his group are creating… pretty neat!

Helga from Iceland wrote, “I was at work today (and still am) and I was a little bored.  I work at a university library and now people are swarming it to study for papers and exams.  I know how stressful that time can be so I decided to stick a note to one of the bathroom mirrors.”

Rebecca wrote, “I take magazines to the gym and leave them when I am done, here is one I left with an Operation Beautiful note on it.”

If you love Operation Beautiful and want to participate, post a note, take a picture, and e-mail it to Caitlin at seebriderun@gmail.com.  Spread the love!