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                              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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