Help us win $1000 for Promise to Kate!

The Junior Board for Promise to Kate has entered a contest on SignUpGenius.com to win $1000 that would go directly to the foundation.  This contest runs through June 2nd, but the challenge is to remember to visit the page every 24 hours to vote again and to get all our friends, family and supports to help us vote!  I made a little card that I keep by the computer to remind myself to vote.  Can you help us?  Please share...and share again!  Click here to vote!

Children's Miracle Network

Miss America and Miss America's Outstanding Teen support and do all they can to raise money for Children's Miracle Network. As an Outstanding Teen titleholder I want to do all I can to support this organization, but it is also important to me because my little Kate benefits from this organization through Wolfson Children's Hospital here in our hometown of Jacksonville.  If you can help me meet and exceed my goal of raising at least $100 I would appreciate your support.  I'm already halfway there!  Here's the link to donate.  Thanks in advance!

Support Children's Miracle Network

Mochi Night Fundraiser

Have you ever had delicious Mochi frozen yogurt?  If not, you don't know what you are missing!  And you never know what new flavors or topping will be there the next time you go.  Yummy!  A personal favorite.

The Conte Family

Then I found out that our neighborhood Mochi was allowing groups to have fundraising nights.  The Promise to Kate Junior Board and I set up our first Mochi night several days ago and it was a hit!  My sunshine princesses Lexie and Lauren were there thanking people for coming and asking them to put their receipts in the bucket for us to get 20% profit of the evening's sales.  Many other Junior Board members stopped by to help, buy some Mochi for themselves and also spread the word.  Even Kate's family came by to enjoy some Mochi!

The wonderful owner of Hodges Pointe Mochi, Patti Bethea, let us know the next morning that we made over $500 for PTK!   That was a tally of the 20% of receipts from the evening as well as a generous donation from Ms. Bethea herself.  Thank you so much!  We will frequent Mochi often and hope to do another fundraiser with you in the future!  And thank you to all our sweet friends and family that came out to support us.  More photos from the evening are here.

And I just have to ask...what's your favorite flavor?  My mom and I love Taro...

Colorful Delivery to Wolfson Children's Hospital

I posted a few months ago about a coloring book drive I was doing for the children staying at Wolfson Children's Hospital.

With the help of friends, family and the students at Chets Creek Elementary I collected 778 coloring books, crayons and toys for the kids!  Thank you to everyone who donated even one book!

Yesterday I spent three hours going to each room with a patient at Wolfson.  Some kids were too sick to even sit up but I spoke with them and picked their favorite character coloring book to leave at their bedside for them to color when they felt better.

I think my favorite moment of the day was getting to visit with a two year old little boy that was staying in the oncology unit.  He was sitting on his mom's lap and laying his head on her chest but when I showed him the coloring book and hot wheels car I had for him he sat up and smiled.  That sweet smile made my day.  I know that the surprises made his day a little brighter.

I hope to spend time volunteering again at Wolfson in the near future!  The One to Grow On celebration is coming up soon!