STARS awarded COMPASSIONATE CARE Award 2011!
On Tuesday, September 20, 2011, STARS was awarded the Baptist Healing Trust’s COMPASSIONATE CARE Award during the Center For Nonprofit Management’s SALUTE TO EXCELLENCE Dinner. We are truly humbled and honored by this recognition. The Baptist Healing Trust Compassionate Care Award is designed to recognize a nonprofit where love and compassion characterize its delivery […]
Don’t be a bystander…Be a STAND-BY-ER!
Last week, a kid at school was making fun of a friend of mine whose name is Nam. Nam is Asian—he is from Vietnam—and this other kid was being really mean to him. He was making fun of his accent and pointing out things about him that are different. Nam was getting a little angry, […]
Bullying HURTS! Let’s stop the cycle!
Hi, friends. Clare Sanchez here. I’m having such a GREAT year at school! But last year wasn’t so hot. There was this one girl in my class, Rebecca, who was really out to get me. She was constantly putting me down and doing every mean thing to me she could think of. She made up […]
JMR YOUTH LEADERSHIP RETREAT – MOVE 2 STAND
Back by popular demand it is that time again to provide the students that we serve with training and leadership opportunities. STARS’ is proud to once again host the JMR Youth Leadership Conference. This year’s conference will allow students the opportunity to experience the power to be MOVED by being motivated to Move 2 Stand […]
STARS – A Life-Saving Program – from a former STARS student.
To STARS, I wish that there was more, but all I can do is thank you for your life-saving program and tell you what you did for me. My sophomore year of high school I was caught cutting in geometry class. It was the first time in a long time that I had done it, […]
Sticks and Stones is a Myth!!!
Today at school, my friend Brenda said that old saying: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” I’m just a kid, but I think that saying is garbage… It doesn’t make ANY SENSE! I mean, OF COURSE words can hurt me. Kids used to make fun of me just […]
Patricia Hart Society/Williamson United Way Helps Parents
To educate Williamson County parents on how to recognize the warning signs their child is being bullied or their child might be bullying others, the Patricia Hart Society has scheduled a “Lunch & Learn” with Rodger Dinwiddie, CEO of STARS (Students Taking A Right Stand). The free seminar is open to anyone in Williamson County […]
October is National Bullying Prevention Month
Please keep visiting our site during the month of October as we will be providing information, support and solutions addressing the devastating issue of bullying and harassment.
HART GOLF CLASSIC FOR STARS
20th Annual HART GOLF CLASSIC FOR STARS Monday, June 25, 2012 Golf Club of Tennessee Kingston Springs,TN 1 p.m. shotgun start. ~~~~~~ It’s not just a day of golf. It’s a young person’s future. This year marks the 20th year of the Hart Golf Classic. All proceeds raised by the Hart Golf Classic go directly […]
AN EVENING WITH VINCE GILL & SPECIAL GUESTS
NASHVILLE— Country Music’s consummate caring artist, Vince Gill, is lending his musical talents once again on Tuesday, November 1 at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum for the Vince Gill & Friends Concert for STARS (Students Taking A Right Stand) helping their important work of assisting young people throughout Middle Tennessee overcome tough social […]
