Hailey Sturgill, Miss Oregon Teen, received the Alice Hurd Memorial Scholarship.

Hailey Hailey.jpg4 Hailey.jpg5 Hailey2 Hailey3Hailey Sturgill, Miss Oregon Teen, received the Alice Hurd Memorial Scholarship. She received the Alice Hurd Memorial Scholarship for $1,000. This was presented to her for her over 1,500 hours of community service she performed the past 4 years. The scholarship was presented to her by Mr. Paul Hurd, the Bellevue School District Superintendent, her school Principal, and the Bellevue PTSA Council. As you can see, community service is a huge part of Haileys life!

Irelyn Jean Potts, Miss Kentucky Princess, rode in the Memorial Day Parade.

Irelyn Jean Irelyn Jean.jpg2Irelyn Jean Potts, Miss Kentucky Princess, rode in the Memorial Day Parade. Irelyn had a great time representing National American Miss in her local parade in Morehead, Kentucky! She loved being able to ride in a convertible and had a really good time seeing everyone and waving to the crowd.

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/