BETHANY HALBREICH
14 YRS. OLD
CITY OF BUFFALO RESIDENT
SCHOOL: CITY HONORS, BUFFALO - NY, 4.0 GRADE AVERAGE
PARENTS: JUDITH AND URIEL HALBREICH
SALIVARY CANCER AT THE AGE OF 11
READS FLUENT SPANISH & HEBREW
TRAVELED TO OVER 35 COUNTRIES BY THE TIME SHE WAS 12 DEVELOPED A TASTE FOR INTERNATIONAL FOODS AND - BY THE AGE OF 6 - BEGAN TO COOK!
MADE SUSHI FOR HER CLASSMATES IN KINDERGARTEN!
BETHANY IS ALSO A DRESS DESIGNER. DESIGNING FASHIONS WITH AN INTERNATIONAL APPEAL THAT HAVE CAUGHT THE EYE IF VERA WANG AND BOB MACKIE
SHE COLLECTS BEADS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD & MAKES ONE-OF-A-KIND JEWELRY WITH HER FINDINGS (NECKLACES AND EARRINGS). THE PROCEEDS FROM HER CLOTHING & JEWELRY DESIGNS GO TO BETHANY'S NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS (THAT SHE CO-FOUNDED WITH HER MOTHER) - "COATS FOR KIDS"
EVERY YEAR BETHANY RAISES MONEY TO BUY NEW WINTER COATS FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS. HER COMMITMENT TO THE CAUSE OF CHILDREN & HER GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT IS EVIDENT IN EVERYTHING SHE DOES. TODAY SHE IS MAKING HER VERSION OF A MOROCCAN FAVORITE 5 VEGETABLE COUS COUS.
FOR DESSERT - ORANGES WITH ALMONDS AND DATES. BETHANY'S RULES TO LIVE BY: "Live each day to it's fullest and like it maybe your last. Always know that God loves you."
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