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Rebecca Markert, Miss Florida Junior Teen, Participates in 6th Annual Jeff Annas Memorial Firefighters 5K‏.

Rebecca Markert, Miss Florida Junior Teen Queen, Participates in 6th Annual Jeff Annas Memorial Firefighters 5K‏.

Miss Florida at 5K with kids

Miss Florida at 5K

Rebecca Alone

Sentinel Community Section - Crowning Moment 10.6.13Miss Florida Junior Teen, Rebecca Markert attended and volunteered at the 6th Annual Jeff Annas Memorial Firefighters 5K Race on behalf of her charity of choice, Little Smiles. Rebecca spent time with the children of competitors during the main race; officially started the kids’ race; high-fived and celebrated with finishers following the kids’ race; and finished off the morning by handing out awards to all of the winners. Over 1200 runners were in attendance at the event; and $6,000 was raised and donated to Little Smiles.

One of Rebecca’s more important responsibilities as Miss Florida Junior Teen Queen is her involvement with the Florida-based Little Smiles charity, a local organization dedicated to children, which she chose as her campaign platform. Little Smiles is a non-profit volunteer organizations based in Florida that provides toys, movies, computers, celebrity meet-and-greets, concert and sporting event tickets, theme park trips, junk food runs, and much more to children in local hospitals, hospices and shelters throughout Florida. Through the charity, Rebecca has already had the opportunity to spend time at the Miami Children’s Hospital with some of the young patients, Virginia from the KVJ radio show, deliver pizza to the nurses, and shoot Nerf guns with the kids!

Learn more about the organization at www.LittleSmiles.org.

Learn more at: http://www.jeffannas5k.com/

Hailey Kilgore, Oregon Pre-Teen volunteers her time at the annual Fundraising Event for Camp Quest, a summer program for kids with Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome.

Hailey Kilgore, Oregon Pre-Teen Queen volunteers her time at the annual Fundraising Event for Camp Quest, a summer program for kids with Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome.

miss_oregon_preteen__hailey_kilgore__at_the_starting_line_for_camp_quest_fun_run (2) miss_oregon_preteen__hailey_kilgore_crosses_the_camp_quest_fun_run_finish_line_with_her_youngest_teammate (2) miss_oregon_preteen__hailey_kilgore_encourging_the_youngest_team_member_to_keep_up_the_good_work_for_camp_quest_kids (2) H Hailey Kilgore, Oregon Pre-Teen volunteers her time at the annual Fundraising Event for Camp Quest, a summer program for kids with Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome.  Camp Quest is a summer program that provides a week-long overnight camp for kids ages 10-15 with high functioning Autism and Asperger’s syndrome.  It relies on sponsorship’s and generous donations to pay for it’s costs.  Without the support of donations raised during the annual 5K Fun Run, these children might miss out on this amazing experience.  When Hailey  saw the flyer at school, she knew she wanted to be involved and  help.  Hailey talked with her parents about what she could do.  Her parents encouraged her to form a team for the Annual 5k Fun Run.  Hailey named her team, “Hailey’s Hikers”.  She made a list of friends and family that she knew liked to run.  Then she started making calls and sending emails inviting them to join her team.  If they couldn’t join the team, Hailey asked if they would be willing to support her team by offering a donation.     Next, Hailey’s Dad helped her make a website so that family and friends who wanted to support Camp Quest, could make a direct donation.  Then she asked her parents to share the link on their Facebook pages.  Hailey spent some time asking neighbors if they would support her team as well.  The donations started rolling in.  In the end, Hailey raised close to $400!   The day of the race came and Hailey helped her teammates get their race packets, pumped them up for the start and cheered them on as they ran together.  They weren’t the fastest team, but they all finished the race in good time and had a great time.  After the race, it was announced that Hailey was the youngest team captain and “Hailey’s Hikers” had raised the most money for Camp Quest.  But, the best feeling, was knowing that she had helped kids get to enjoy camp.