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Show C-4 Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, September 14-17, 2019 The Park Record Organization helps girls in Africa CREATING COMMUNITY THROUGH FILM PARK CITY FILM.ORG PAVAROTTI Rated PG-13 SEPT 13 Fri 8pm SEPT 14 Sat 8pm SEPT 15 Sun 6pm "Ron Howard's ebullient documentary salutes the operatic legend Luciano Pavarotti for the genius he was, and the simple man he (maybe) was." - Variety Underwritten by KPCW JIM SANTY AUDITORIUM 1255 PARK AVE PARK CITY • 435.615.8291 COURTESY OF THE GLOBAL SOJOURNS GIVING CIRCLE Park City High School sophomore Emily Seraphine Bronstein gives a presentation to a group of teenage girls in Zimbabwe. Bronstein is the founder of the Seraphine Project that works with the Global Sojourns Giving Circle, a nonprofit that strives to empower girls and strengthen their communities in Africa. Seraphine Project founded by local high school student SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record Emily Bronstein wants at-risk teenage girls in Zimbabwe and Zambia to become Seraphine Girls. The root word “seraph” translates to “burning one” or “angel of light” in Hebrew, and Seraphine is the 15-year-old Park City High School sophomore’s middle name. And Bronstein wants to help these girls become an angel of light in their communities. “I want them to push themselves and be confident and do whatever they put their minds to,” she said. To do this, Bronstein founded the Seraphine Project, an organization that works with the Global Sojourns Giving Circle, a nonprofit that strives to empower and educate girls and strengthen The New York Times crossword puzzle THAT’S A TALL ORDER! 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Bronstein was introduced to the Giving Circle in January of 2017 after her bat mitzvah. “There is a philanthropic component in a bat mitzvah, and while some people do various service projects and collect donations, I wanted to do something that was a little bigger and more sustainable,” she said. “I created the Seraphine Project to experience what it meant to be a handson leader that raised awareness, fundraised and inspired others to get involved.” Bronstein first traveled to Zimbabwe and Zambia in November 2017 to spend time with the girls, whose ages range from 13 to 17. 16 35 40 50 15 27 34 39 14 24 26 28 107 12 67 What the thumbs-up emoji can mean 70 Took a course? 72 Kosher ____ 74 Sleekly designed 75 Flared dress type 77 Spice Girl also known as Sporty Spice 79 Bob Marley, for one 80 Liqueur often mixed with water 81 Vacancy 83 One of the Avengers 85 Fill to absolute capacity 88 For all to see, in a way 91 Koala’s tree 92 Marketing tactic 93 Australian band with the 1988 No. 1 hit “Need You Tonight” 95 “Ideas worth spreading” offshoot 97 Mistakes 98 Singular 99 Speck 100 Cleaning for military inspection 101 Happen again 102 In lockstep 104 Fervor 106 Lyft alternative 108 Nickname for a buddy 109 Bronx-born singer, familiarly 110 Bronx-born congresswoman, familiarly f Seraphine Project founder Emiily Bronstein, center, and a group of a teen girls carry water buckets during a service project in Zimbabwe. 20 25 36 11 COURTESY OF THE GLOBAL SOJOURNS GIVING CIRCLE “These girls deal with issues of physical and sexual abuse, as well as limited access to healthcare and feminine hygiene,” she said. “They also don’t have many strong adult role models.” Bronstein started the Seraphine website and blog and raised money for a safe place for Giving Circle clubs to meet that is scheduled to be completed in two months near Victoria Falls, a tourist destination on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia. “Clubs are after-school and weekend support programs where the girls can talk about the issues they face with older women known as ‘aunties,’” she said. “Aunties,” who head each club, are strong female role models, according to Bronstein. “Many of the aunties have gone through the Giving Circle programs, and they get to know the girls at a very deep and trusting level,” she said. “They take the time to truly understand the unique family and personal struggles faced by each girl.” There are 18 clubs that are like second families for more than 300 girls, Bronstein said. The girls and aunties meet two to three times a week in any place they can find, whether it is in a school or under a tree, Bronstein said. “Those places aren’t very confidential, especially if the girls need to meet one-on-one with the aunties,” she said. “So the safe place will be somewhere the girls can be themselves in a comfortable, quiet and safe environment.” The building will also include a kitchen, library and auntie area,s and house technological resourc-t es where the girls can developl other life skills, Brostein said. s The connection between thel girls with the aunties means a lots to Bronstein. p “I feel so blessed in my life to have so many female mentors,c and it’s special for me to seea these girls have the same kind of support,” she said. o Another Seraphine Project ini-c tiative is a pen pal program. l “I started it to connect girls in“ the United States with the girls inp Africa,” Bronstein said. c The program was inspired by the New York Times Best Seller,i “I Will Always Write Back: Howw One Letter Changed Two Lives,”e by Martin Ganda and Cailtin Al-a ifirenka. e The book is about an American girl and an African boy who connected through handwritten letters to each other. “It’s cool to read their story and see how they developed as friends,” she said. “So I thought it would be cool to do that with girls here and girls in Africa.” The program requires pens, paper, envelopes and stamps, Bronstein said. “When I went over in March, I took 30 letters to one of the clubs,” she said. “I thought it would be cool to not only give the girls in Africa a chance to receive letters and forge new relationships, but also introduce girls here to some of the things that thei girls over there experience.” W Bronstein has already recruit-t ed girls from Seattle, New York,C Atlanta and San Francisco tot write letters to the counterparts in Zimbabwe and Zambia. r “This is one of the ways I cane get peers my own age involvedA with the Seraphine Project,” shec said. t The biggest challenge of run-s ning the Seraphine Project is rec-h onciling the eight-hour time-zoneO difference between Park City and Zimbabwe, and balancing hera life as a student, Bronstein said. “The Seraphine Project is just as important to me as school and tennis,” she said. “It takes a lot of organization. I just need to figure out the main things I want to accomplish each day.” To keep these programs running, Bronstein relies on fundraising. The first year, she raised $15,000, and last year she raised $25,000. This year’s goal is $15,000. Donations can be made by visiting theseraphineproject.com or by emailing theseraphineproject@gmail.com. Bronstein said the relationships she has forged with the girls in Africa have made her work in the Seraphine Project worth every second. “It means something to me to know I can make a positive impact that reaches from Park City to Africa,” she said. For information about the Seraphine Project, visit theseraphineproject.com. |