Photos from Little Mr. East Hills

Little girls always want to touch the beads on this dress!

Volunteer opp!

If you can't run, help out so others can!

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY
September 8, 7:30am - 10:30am
Sign up to help with Walk. Run. LIVE UNITED., United Way's 5k/10k event.

Volunteers are needed to:

*  direct participants along the route, and

*  assist with high five or water stations.

Volunteer check-in time and location: 7:30am at the MWSU Griffon Indoor Sports Complex.

At check-in, volunteers will receive their assignment and should be in place before the race begins at 8:45. Volunteers may bring a lawn chair to sit in while waiting for the race to begin and during gaps between participants.

Volunteers will be notified when the last participant passes their station so they can leave or join the celebration at the finish line!







Click on Walk. Run. LIVE UNITED. 
for more information or to register as a participant.


To volunteer, please contact 
angie.springs@stjosephunitedway.org.


Thank you for LIVING UNITED!

Good Luck to the Little Mr and Miss East Hills Contestants

Looking forward to meeting the 24 Little Mr East Hills Contestants tonight and the 57 Little Miss Contestants tomorrow.

Calling Ages 4-12, compete in the Miss America Scholarship Program

Girls, don't forget the Miss America program has pageants for you, too. I didn't compete in these, because I didn't even know about them, but it gives you a chance to see what the Miss America program is all about.

I invite Missouri girls, ages 4-12 to compete at Miss Heartland's Scholarship Pageant, Sept 22 in Palmyra.
Four phases to comptete in:
Interview, 40%
Active wear, 25%
Party wear (long or short dress), 25%
and on-stage question, 10%

Tiny Miss, ages 4-6
Little Miss, ages 7-9
Preteen, ages 10-12

You can also do talent if you want, it is judged seperately in these divisions.

I will be so much fun. You will meet great people and the winners go on to the Misses of Missouri next July in Mexico, MO.

All the info is on the Heartland facebook page, click here to go there! Also, go there if you are interested in Outstanding Teen, that is ages 13-17 and not a high school senior. If you are a high school senior-24, the Miss info is there, too. And you can save on CMN fees right now, so hurry!

The Tiny, Little and Preteen pageant is a fund-raiser for the Miss program. Pawnee is the director, call her at 573-529-1645 if you need more information. Sign up soon! The younger girls compete during the day, and the OT and Miss contestants compete that evening. Not sure you are ready, come out and watch.

Can't make that one?

Save the date for the Miss St Joseph/Midland Empire one, January 19. The details on that are here.
Pat is the director, email or call her at

pjp@nwmissouri.edu 660-582-6880

Give Blood Today

Media Blood Donation Day, East Hills Aug 15, 11am to 7pm, so if you can, go give blood!

Live United! 5k Sept 8, Early Bird Ends Aug 17

Walk.Run.LIVE UNITED. 5K/10K
Saturday, September 8
Race begins at 8:45am
on the campus of Missouri Western State University.
Visit walkrunliveunited.org for more information and to register.
Early-bird registration deadline is Friday, August 17.

You can do the 5k walk, or there is a 5k or 10k Fun Run, pre-register for $25 right now at this link!

Bring a group of freinds.

Donating Backpacks

The goal is 3,200 new backpacks for the Backpack Buddies program. They need them by Sept 1!

Thanks to Texas Roadhouse for giving out appetizers to those donating. K-Jo was also promoting the event tonight.

There is still time to donate, cash or backpacks, click here for details.

Good Luck, Shelby!

Girls aged 4-12, Compete at Heartland

If you are ages 4-12, you can compete in the Miss America system. Heartland will crown a Tiny Miss, agese 4, 5, 6; a Little Miss, ages 7,8,9 and a Preteen, ages 10, 11, 12 during a pageant on Sept. 22. That pageant is in the daytime, while the Outstanding Teen and Miss pageant is that evening.

For the 4-12, talent is optional. It's a lot of fun to meet new girls and to see what the Miss America program is like. I never even knew they had divisions for the younger girls, so I didn't get to do this, but I know it would be helpful for when you get to the older divisions.

The paperwork is on the Heartland facebook page, click https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/156050211130125/

Open to any Missouri girls, the pageant is in Palmyra MO Sept 22.

Little Mr and Miss East Hills Apply by Aug 20

Back to school means time for a new Little Mr and Little Miss East Hills. If you are 4-6 years old, you can be the king or queen of the mall, but you have to apply by Aug. 20.

Details are here.

I am excited to be coming back to help out with both contests this year, see you then.

Backpacks Needed

You can help Backpack Buddies by donating backpacks to the Second Harvest Food Bank, tomorrow, Mon Aug 13, from 4-7 at the St Joseph Texas Roadhouse.

See the details here.http://www.ourcommunityfoodbank.org/index.cfm/m/17/fuseaction/calendar.eventDetail/eventId/24


Hope to see you there!

Emily is the State Fair Queen!

My beautiful sister queen, now Missouri State Fair Queen!

If you're going to the State Fair make sure that you say hi to my sister queen, our new Missouri State Fair Queen. Congrats, Emily.

Shelby's Send Off

Of course I can't tell you much about Shelby's Send-off, but our Miss Missouri's Outstanding Teen is headed to nationals well prepared.

Cassidy-Rae was there, thanks to her mom for these pictures.

Visiting our sponsors