Archive for 2020

We have all been patient and we sure are ready for our lives to be cheery and freer than we have otherwise been held to with so many restrictions.  And, we still survive hopefully assisting a cure while we unselfishly mask up?   As many of you have read on the Christmas card we posted to you we…

                                                  Volume 12, Issue 92  |  November 17, 2020 Guest Column R Star Foundation remains in action amid COVID-19 By Rosalind Russell, founder and CEO of R Star Foundation  Here is a bit of an account on what is happening regardless of COVID-19. R Star continues producing handmade feminine pads thanks to the efforts of our…

Happy Thanksgiving! It is the beautiful Fall season with a full day designated to be ‘thankful’ for all we are blessed to have.  Most of us are thankful daily, yet how lovely to have a day set aside with the lofty theme of thankfulness.  Donors have heart, such big hearts!  Thank you for sharing your abundance with us as you have…

BOO time has arrived.  Beautiful Fall colors are here! It is the glorious season of Fall which includes the BOO! season.  We wish you a colorful, enjoyable season with all the pleasure possible.  We will share what we have going on in our efforts for the rural areas we serve in Nepal.                      …

    R Star has once again unanimously voted to add highly qualified Board members who know Nepal well including how to run a foundation.  Sandy Ramsey ran her own organization for 10 years.  We are delighted to welcome Sandy Ramsey who will be advancing us in our work by her expertise and experience. Perhaps you recall articles we…

We are lucky to have the opportunity to celebrate our freedom, our country.  Celebrate we MUST as it is a Birthday Party!   We have much to be grateful for even in these COVID times.What a bang-up time we will all have with the COVID restrictions lightly lifted after more than 3 months of required lockdown and social distancing for our…

Just like Mother’s Day, we have the opportunity to directly thank our parents albeit in person or by memory for those who have gone on.  I know for myself, it is a time I enjoy as I recall life with my Dad, the gifts he imbued in me as a child.  Nothing huge, like how…

          Happy Easter!                  Happy Passover!                         Happy Spring!                   Without a doubt, this is the most unusual of Easter times and Passover too, ever in our lives.  No…

Thinking of You, Our Awesome Donors and Volunteers, The R Star Foundation Board sends you our greetings and Namaste with wishes for your health and emotional well-being during this most interesting of times we face with the world. We are in general, isolating and washing our hands frequently while managing our joyful nature, continues.  Lifting others…

We in the USA have wonderful advantages built into our system.  We are additionally LUCKY because the bias’ have been and are being removed, albeit slowly, but removed.  This is hardly the case in the world where developing country folk reside.  I tell you true, we are LUCKY! R Star has always aimed to help the females as…