Merry Christmas!

I hope everone has a merry Christmas; I know I am having one! I'd like to thank the board members for the wonderful gifts they gave me. Also, remember the real reason of Christmas. Drive safely if you are visiting freinds and family. :)

Volunteer Opportunity

Here is a volunteer oppportunity that was in the St. Joseph Newspress:

"The National Military Heritage Museum and American Legion Post 11 are sponsoring a "Heart to Heart" letter-writing and support program.
The goal is to support the men and women deployed to Afghanistan, said Frank Flesher, museum diretor. The organizations will be sending letters and cards overseas next year. They are asking schoolchildren, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, church groups and others to prepare letters or pictures.
Volunteers will prepare them for shipping to the troops and pay mailing cost. For additional information, call (816)233-4321.

Judging a pageant

Last Sunday, I was honored to judge a pageant in St. Joseph, Mo. It was the first time I got to judge and it was hard! I loved watching all the girls have fun modeling and answering questions. It was really different being the one judging instead of competing.

I also sang the anthem and helped with crowning. Congrats to all who competed, they did great.

Emceeing a glitz pageant

Last weekend, I emceed a semi-glitz pageant in Kansas City. This was my first personal experience with a glitz pageant.  Of course, I've watched Toddlers and Tiaras on TLC, but this wasn't quite the same as the show! Everyone was pretty normal!
 I have emceed a pageant before, but this one was different because once competition for a category ends there is a break so the contestants can get ready for the next phase of competition. I didn't need filler because once the phase of competition was over the audience would leave or get and up talk to each other and not pay attention to the emcee, :) so the filler I prepared didn't get used. I did learn a lot about Ronald McDonald House. All attendees brought items to donate for them. I also did!

I really wanted to try on the Ultimate Grand Supreme's crown, but I didn't get the chance to. I did have an awesome time seeing how other pageant systems work, though! And I did get to talk about my platform.  I also got to tell some of the girls about the Young Miss/Misses of Missouri pageants, so I hope some of them compete in the America system.

Ringing Bells

This holiday season I got to ring bells for the Salvation Army twice! The first time I rang bells with my little friend, Trinaty, who is five and won the title of Little Miss St. Joseph at the Miss St. Joseph scholarship pageant. We enjoyed a two hour shift, ringing at the mall on a Friday night. While we were ringing, Trinaty went to see Santa and I actually found a teen to volunteer and ring bells with me!

The second time I got to ring bells, was with my sister queen Emily, in Hannibal, Mo at Wal-Mart. We also rang bells for a two hour shift.

Now that I have rang bells myself, I can't go by bell ringers without donating! Thank you if you have donated, it really makes the bell ringers day!:)
This is the Cameron Wal-Mart, on my way home from a busy day in Hannibal.

 

Lighted Parade

This December, I got to participate in my first lighted Christmas parade in Hannibal, Mo! I didn't mind the cold because of all the warm feeling I got when I would ride by little girls and they would say, "Look it's a princess!" I had a great time!

Children Learn Holiday Crafts

In Hanniabl, Mo I got to help kids make holiday crafts! Here is a link to the Hannibal Newspapers's story over it: http://www.hannibal.net/photos/x560073071/Children-learn-holiday-crafts?foto=3

Downtown Lighted Festival

The friday before Thanksgiving was a cold day, but that didn't stop Santa from hearing the wishes of the young at the Downtown Lighted Festival. I got to help him out with pictures.