Behind the Scenes: Meet Role Model Calista Pierce
You voted for them, now it's time to really get to know them with their very own diaries! Plus, get a sneak peek of their San Francisco photo shoot experiences!
You voted for them, now it's time to really get to know them with their very own diaries! Plus, get a sneak peek of their San Francisco photo shoot experiences! This week, get to know Calista Pierce of Pennsylvania!
We asked Role Model Calista Pierce to put together a diary of her experiences at our San Francisco photo shoot to share with Discovery Girls readers and online users. Here it is:
I was so excited when I was selected as one of the DG Role Models! I was even featured in the local newspaper. I couldn’t wait to fly to California!
One of our first stops in San Francisco? Chinatown! It was so cool!
When all the Role Models first met! We had loads of fun exploring Pier 39!
Looking at all the awesome outfits for the photo shoot!
Making a Role Model pyramid!
Here’s my family in front of the Golden Gate Bridge! We used this picture on our Christmas card!
It’s cool to care everywhere! I loved this sign.
Flying home from San Francisco after the shoot! I was so sad to leave all my new friends!
My check presentation to the Make-A-Wish Foundation last month! My organization, CalistaCares.com, was able to fund two wishes in less than six months!
As you can see, I had a lot of fun. Thank you Discovery Girls! It was so amazing and I will never forget it.
Love,
Calista
Thanks so much, Calista, for sharing your experiences and photos with our readers! Check back next week to see if we feature a Role Model or a Louisiana Discovery Girl! Calista and the rest of the Role Model Winners will be featured in the Collector's Edition, which hits newsstands June 28, 2011. Pre-order your copy of our Collector's Edition today and get 10 years of the Discovery Girls content you love! Pre-Order Here!
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Hi, Calista!
You seem so cool! I would love to meet you someday! You are a lot like me! I love to help people!You rock!
I voted for you! I loved your creative website!!!! You rock for helping your brother so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I dontaned money to japans vitcims but you make that seem small!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Thanks!
Thanks for your sweet comments!!! I am happy you like my website! No donation is too small. You should be really proud! Helping the Japan victims is a great cause!!!:D
Hey, Calista! You seem extremely nice and you have really pretty hair! I also really like your name! I visited your website and I love how there are bubbles above the arrows! Your site is really creative!Bubbles!
I agree! I wasn’t expecting the bubbles!Thank you!
You are so sweet! I am really happy that you like my website!!! :)Favorite Part
What was your favorite part of being a Role Model, Calista?Favorite part
My favorite part would be going to California and touring the Pier with the other Role Models. It was an incredible experience!!! :)It sure sound like an
It sure sound like an incredible expeirence! I bet it was ;)Hi Calista! :)
Hey! I am the girl who helps out a ton 2 who we both wanted to become friends with! Sorry I didn't respond quick enough. My family was at the beach on vacation! Look below on this page for my username and you will find my comment. I think it is great what you have been doing too! I recently had a snow cone sale and made $60! All of the money is going to help the homeless and hungry and I am planning to have another soon. for cancer,I started a jewlery business and made a lot of money for it.:) in PA, I live near Lancaster!:) We have so much in common! just one question- Do you like the outdoors? I love the Outdoors! :) I also have been planning to play the piano for the elderly in a nursing home around where I live. I have been playing at nursing homes around the county:)
Hi hoppykate2458! :)
I hope you had fun on vacation! I just responded to your other comment. Did you have fun at your snow cone sale? It sounds like so much fun!!! I love the outdoors, too! Do you like to swim? That’s awesome that you play piano in nursing homes. I am learning to play the flute. :)Hi! :)
Hi Calista! Yes,I had fun on vacation and at the snow cone sale! I just visited your website and I love it! All of your activities look fun 2:) The outdoors r wonderful!! Like I said,I love it out there! :) i love 2 swim! It is so great and a lot of fun. What else do u like about the outdoors? I love hiking and doing fun things like tubing. :) I also like playing fun games,jump roping, and playing sports. Hanging out with friends outside is fun 2.:) That is great that u play the flute! :DHello!
I’m glad you like my website! I still need to update it. This summer has been really busy. I ride my scooter, ride my bike and swing. We have kittens in the barn, so I like to go out and play with them every day. :):)
Hi Calista! :) My summer has been busy 2. I have done so many great and fun things this summer! Last night,I went to a night swim at my local pool,and that was so much fun! I am also planning my fall charity garage sale in September to help diseases. I want to also help animals this year, and Uncief. I am planning sales for them,and for homeless and hungry. I have also had fun with my friends this summer. I like to do the same things u do. :) Have you ever tried tricks on your scooter and bike? It is actually really cool and fun! but be careful! Once,I really hurt myself while trying one. I would start with the basics first. when you master the basics, you can make some cool tricks with them! :) good luck!Hi Calista!
Hi! I think you’re an awesome role model! It looks like you had uber fun!Hi Songbird227!
Thank you so much! I definitely did have uber fun! lolWhat was your favorite part?
You must have loved modeling for pictures!Hmm....
My favorite part of the trip was going sight-seeing with my familly. My favorite part of the photo shoot was taking silly pictures and modeling in our group photo outfits. I had a blast!!!!Was China town really fun?
Its sounds cool, but i just want to know your opinion. :)Yes!!!!
Chinatown was AWESOME!!!! I loved all of the decorations and there were so many cool shops!Thanks!
Yea it sounds really fun! :)Cool
I really want to go there! :) :) :):)
I would love to go back. There is so much more I want to see!!! :)So cool!
It would be so cool to see chinatown ! how was it?Awesome!!!
I loved Chinatown! I didn’t want to leave. lolWas the food good?
was the food there really good?<3
I really like you’re hair! I’m growing mine out, too. Was it really fun going to the photo shoots when DG came to your state? How long are the photo shoots? Squirrels are awesome!!! < SQUIRREL <3 >Hi Squirrel135!
Thanks, but I actually got my hair cut really short a few months ago. I had a Cut-A-Thon for Locks of Love and donated 16 1/2 inches. I am growing it out again, though. I was 1 of the 12 DG Role Models from all around the US and Canada and went to California for the photo shoots. I am actually from Pennsylvania. It was a 2 day photo shoot. The first day, we went around San Francisco, which was so much fun! The second day was in a studio. The shoots were a few hours each day.Thats so nice!
Thats so nice you donated your hair! Your so awesome! :)Thanks!
Thanks so much! This was my 2nd hair donation. It is so much nicer for the summer! :):D
Once when I was six, i had long hair like yours. I donated it and it was still below my shoulders! I’m growing mine out again to donate.Totally!
Short hair in the summer is totally worth it!! :)I agree
Having short hair in the summer is totally worth it! :)Yes!
Definitely! ;)My hair
My hair seems forever to grow out. It takes sooooo long, but when I get it cut short again I think I will donate, because, otherwise that hair could be wasted.Calista :D
It looks like you had the time of your life! You are really pretty and have a great sense of style! I absolutely LOVE your name!!!! It’s so unique and pretty!!! I loved reading your diary!!!!! You are a great role model!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Thanks!
Thank you so much for your sweet comments! I did have the time of my life!!!! :)cool
that sounds like tons of fun!! you are a really good role model for young girls.keep up the good work :)Thanks!
It was so much fun! Thanks for your sweet comments! I am just trying to make a difference and I don’t plan to stop anytime soon! :) <3 CalistaHey Calista!
Hi, I love your name, it’s really pretty! I’ve been to all the places that you guys went to and it is totally awesome! You probably wanna go back to California just like me! You are really pretty and so sweet! Also I like that you are replying to everyone’s comment’s, that is really nice! Awesome shirt in the last pic! DG Rocks! Keep on being a great roll model! <3, gen6823Thanks!
Thanks so much for all of your sweet comments!!! I love my name, too! I definitely want to go back to California!! I had so much fun and didn’t get to see everything I wanted to see. DG definitely rocks!!!! :) <3 CalistaIf you go back!
If you go back I would suggest going to Santa Cruz, and the Trolly cars!!! :)Thanks!
I really hope to be able to go back. Some day… lol:D
Some day… :) LOL!wow fun!
you know that sounds AMAZING!!!!!Fun
It was definitely AMAZING!!!! :)Cool!
I loved your diary! It was great and u had tons of awesome pictures. U r also really pretty and a fantastic role model. By the way, have u ever done something 4 the american heart assocation? I jump-roped 4 them and raised a lot of money for them! If not,maybe it could be your next project!like u,i love 2 voulenteer and help and live in PA 2, and my latest project is 4 the soldiers. I made lots of things to put smiles on thier faces and organized a group 2 send care packages.(i was also in the group)! But, u r so great and I would love 2 be friends with u! But u may live in a different part of PA.Wow!
Thanks so much for your sweet comments. I haven’t done anything for the American Heart Association yet, but jump roping to raise money sounds like a lot of fun!! I did just participate as team captain in Relay for Life last month, which was a lot of fun and I donated 16 1/2 inches of my hair to Locks of Love when I had a Cut-A-Thon in April. I have also worked to send care packages to soldiers through my Girl Scout troop and 4-H club. It’s really cool that you help out so much!!! I would love to be friends with you, too. :)Hi Calista! :)
I am near Lancaster. That is so great with what u have been doing so far…. It would be great to work on a project together! Recently,I had a snow cone and craft sale to help the homeless and the hungry. I made $60! I also did a jewlery sale to help cancer. I made a ton of money.:) I am planning 2 do more sales soon. I play the piano and I play it for nursing homes around the county. My next project is to help kids with diseases and disablities. I am donating toys to them along with money! I also love the outdoors.:)Thanks! :)
Thanks so much for your sweet comments! That’s awesome that you have done so many projects to help others. I haven’t done anything for the American Heart Association yet, but jumping rope to raise money sounds like a lot of fun!!! My Relay for Life team walked for 24 hours to help find a cure for cancer last month, which was a lot of fun and I did a Cut-A-Thon for Locks of Love in April. I donated 16 1/2 inches of my hair and collected a total of 8 ponytails to help children suffering from medical hair loss. I have helped the soldiers, too! :) I would love to be friends with you, too! What part of Pennsylvania are you from? I am near Erie. :)