Once a week, York Middle School (in York, Maine) counselor Wendy Porelle meets with fifth-grade girls to write about 60 notes with positive messages.
Caitlin Boyle, 29, of North Carolina, started the Post-it Notes campaign to transform how girls ages 8 to 14 see 
themselves, according to Operation beautiful.com. Boyle began by leaving positive messages on the mirrors of public restrooms where she worked, at the gym and the grocery store, as a way "to end negative self-talk," she says on the Web site. "I hope it helps readers realize how truly toxic negative self-talk is. It hurts you emotionally, spiritually and physically."
Operation Beautiful has been featured on the Oprah Winfrey Network and "The Today Show," according to the Web site.
Eighth-grade girls on the School Climate Team were looking for a project and also got involved. On Thursday, they volunteered to paint yellow boxes on the bathroom walls, which they then filled with messages on Post-it Notes.
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20130612-NEWS-306120374
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