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Original Article Published on the Stu News Laguna Website (Volume 13, Issue 30, April 13, 2021) Rotary Club features Rosalind Russell at its first in-person gathering since COVID struck The Laguna Beach Rotary Club recently held its first in-person gathering since the pandemic began, featuring Rosalind Russell (also known as “The Goat Lady”) as the…

The following is a reprinted article appearing in StuNews Laguna Beach, March 23, 2021. Click here for the full article. R Star Foundation reports that its Nepali projects continue forward apace with the conclusion of the huge road-building project it entered some two-and-a-half years ago.  “Rabindra, our right-hand man in Nepal, shared his delight that…

As we hop about more happily with Covid-19 restrictions being removed, others continue to struggle in ways we cannot imagine.  We can spring up by remembering others who will be lifted by our keen spirit to help. Life is not as grand for many people as we can create for ourselves, Covid -19 or not. We can extend our help…

Meeting with foreseen success!  LUCKY!  Happy & Fortunate!  6 of our villages have a grand road which we have reported about this past year though it was in the planning well over 3.5 years! The names of the villages with better access are: Khampuri, Devhumi, Shera, Ojetar, Bedabari, and Karkatar.  The newly implemented road connects the agricultural area…

Give a goat in your sweetheart’s name for a needy family in Nepal.  You don’t receive a tax donation from candy, flowers, dinner or champagne.         $200 For a female goat or $275 for a studly male breeder.  Tax deductible! Purchase half a goat or donate toward any of our projects as you direct. (Eliminating trafficking, School educational materials and toys for the children, you name…

Dear and Wonderful Donors, Thank you for your patience to hear about our actions,  our work and our ongoing efforts in Nepal.  With COVID plaguing us, the holidays barely over, we felt you would appreciate our silence while doing your own regrouping.  Our focus is about our continuing successes in Nepal with Rabindra, my Nepali son who adopted…

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.                      …