THE SHINE PROGRAM
Did you know you are extremely precious? Shine is all about YOU encountering your true value! It's about keys that will help you navigate your life journey. Shine is an 8 week program that runs in high schools.
Shine creates an environment where you can discover that you are incredibly valuable; created one-of-a-kind; able to affect the course of your own life.
You have much to offer and there is purpose for your life...
- I have worth
- I have strength
- I have purpose
It's true and your confidence will really grow as you believe it for yourself. Shine affirms that true beauty is about loving who you are and letting it shine through! Only you can be who you are.
You can grab a copy of the beautiful Shine Girls Handbook. Check out the Shopping page
Shining Stars Defined:
Like a diamond your life shines! It sparkles and shimmers when you let the light inside of you shine bright!
Name: Rachel
Middle name: Patricia
From: New Jersey USA
Family: Divorced parents and 2 half brothers and a sister
What's on your ipod right now: Brooke Fraser, Beyonce, JT, Black Eyed Peas
Living arrangements: Big house with 6 girls altogether
Work: In a Pub
What are you doing now: Studying and volunteering in a community outreach
What else do you enjoy doing: Playing the guitar and the drums
Shine involvement: Youth drop in centre, Shine in prison
Tell us about Shine for YOU:
"I came to Australia after completing a degree in Psychology intending to study 1 year and I have been here for 3 and I am looking at staying. I wish I had done Shine when I was 14, it's so good that there is something out there that gives girls confidence, even the smallest change has a huge impact"
"I hate seeing girls settle for less than the best and seeing how Shine has affected others, has affected me. I have always had the values of Shine as my world view but it isn't that way for everyone. Everything we do in the Shine program speaks value into the lives of girls, we are making an investment into them"
Rachel is involved in taking the Shine program into the local juvenile justice centres and giving girls and opportunity to feel confident and beautiful. Rachel loves what she does and most of all she loves seeing the small changes that occur when a girls realises that she has a worth far above silver and gold.
Rachel's vision: "Having a door into the community to better build and support volunteers who run the program and to holistically meet the needs of a community"
Rachel's quote: "It's not just the words we say, but it's the things that we do"
By Sarah Petchell
If you have been involved in Shine and have a great testimony of someone or yourself, shining through a tough situation or making positive changes and realisations we would love to hear from you. Who knows you could be the next person to feature on the "shining stars page".
Please send us an email:
Attention: Shining Stars to - sisters@shinegirl.com.au
