Newport Girls Featured in OC Magazine

A pair of 10-year-old girls from Newport Beach can add being featured in a local magazine to their list of childhood accomplishments.

Alyssa Antoci and Brooke Besikof were featured in the April 2013 issue of OC Family Magazine for launching Just a Little Cloth,  their non-profit that works to provide dresses to underprivileged girls. Antoci, who attends St. Mary's School in Aliso Viejo, and Besikof who is a student at St. Margaret's Episcopal School in San Juan Capistrano, were among 20 Orange County students listed in Kelly St. John Regier's story on "shining students" who "will shape our world.”  

Both girls, who are best friends, said they hope the exposure from OC Family will help grow their non-profit.

"I feel it will bring more recognition and attention to our charity and then maybe we can help more young girls," Antoci said.

"I felt honored to be part of such an amazing group of students and excited to be chosen as a recipient," Besikof added.

Just a Little Cloth is currently collecting dresses for Orangewood Children's Foundation. To donate a dress, or find out more about the girls' charity efforts visit justalittlecloth.com.
 
The young philanthropists hosted a charity event in September at Wild Strawberry Cafe in Newport Beach, which raised money to turn CHOC's Oncology Playroom into a princess palace for the day.

What do you think about the Just a Little Cloth non-profit started by Brooke Besikof and Alyssa Antoci? Tell us in the comments.

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