Matt Leverton’s National American Miss (NAM) Pageants Blog
National American Miss (NAM) Blog
National American Miss Oregon Jr. Pre-Teen Queen, Jeanneil Rogerson, shared the Christmas spirit with some deserving folks. Jeanneil delivered 13 food boxes to St. Francis Shelter. St. Francis’s Shelter helps the homeless and people living on a limited income. Jeanneil used the money she won at Nationals to purchase all of the items and was happy to be able to fill all of the boxes with money she has earned!
Miss Georgia Jr. Pre- Teen Gabriela Norwood and Georgia Pre-Teen Queen Caitlyn Capre volunteered at Tour de Pink. This was a bike ride to benefit breast cancer research.
Miss Oregon Royalty volunteered at Race For The Cure! The Oregon queens got together to support and cheer on breast cancer survivors and their families at Race For The Cure. They had an incredible day and were so happy to be there and cheering on the racers.
Miss Georgia Jr. Pre-Teen Gabriela has been busy representing the great state of Georgia! Gabriela received a letter from the Governor congratulating her. She also met senator Isakson. Gabriela donated a percentage of the money she won to the Atlanta Childrens Shelter, she participated in two back to school events with Crossroads News and with State Representative Valencia Stovall.
She has a lot of other exciting events coming up as well including a meeting with Mayor of Atlanta, Mayor Reed, invited to the state capital to be honored when session starts, organizing a time and talent for seniors program where she is organizing a group of children that will go to different senior centers to perform and visit with seniors. Gabriela is also planning to make additional donations to the Atlanta Childrens Shelter and work with the Ronald McDonald House of Childrens Healthcare Atlanta, as well as Hosea Feed the Homeless.
Gabriela Norwood Georgia Jr. Pre-Teen Queen met and visited with Senator Johnny Isakson, Georgia Representative. They had a great visit and Gabriela really enjoyed getting to go to Senator Isakson’s office and meeting all of the staff. It was a great day had by all!
Lacrissa Lamar, Miss Kentucky Jr. Pre-Teen Cover Girl, volunteered for the Color Run. The Color Run was held in Louisville, KY. Lacrissa had a great time! She had a great support team and their color was pink!
Miss Oregon Jr. Pre-Teen and Princess at the Gladstone Cultural Parade. Jeaneil Rogerson, Oregon Jr. Pre-Teen and Ella Osborn, Oregon Princess had a great time representing National American Miss at the Gladstone Cultural Parade.
Miss North Carolina Jr. Pre-Teen Cover Girl Faith Anne Yeley
got right to work!Faith Anne and her family loaded up her dads truck with
as many boxes of school supplies that would fit the night she was crowned
Jr. Pre-teen Cover Girl and queen’s court 1st runner up for the state
of North Carolina.Faith Anne and her family started sorting through boxes and
organized all the supplies into categories. Once they were through sorting,
they had enough supplies to fill at least five classrooms or more! Thank you
to everyone who donated supplies the weekend of the Winston-Salem pageant!
You helped make a difference in so many children’s lives in need!Thank you to
A Child’s Place for being that resource for children in need. Faith Anne
looks forward to working with this organization more in the future.
Gabriela Norwood, Georgia Jr. Pre-Teen, volunteered with several local organizations. She met with representative Stovall at the back to school event in Clayton Country Georgia. Gabby also met with the editor of Crossroads news at the back to school event in DeKalb County sponsored by Crossroads News. Gabby also was able to play the harp at the back to school event in DeKalb County. Then, Gabby donated money at the Atlanta Childrens Shelter and met with the Director and the Development Coordinator.
MAKING A DIFFERENCE. Lexie Spooner, Miss Jr. Pre-Teen for South Carolina, organized a donation drive and bake sale for Friends of Colleton County Animal Shelter. Using Sweet Dreams, Sewn Seams and Jelli Beans as a drop off location, Spooner collected 30 rolls of paper towels, bottles of Dawn dish detergent, Clorox bleach, pet food and much more. On Saturday July 12, she held a bake sale and raised over $340 for the animals of Colleton County. Lexie, was featured in The Press & Standard and The Colletonian.