Kick Butts Day! An event to end smoking deaths

I participated in the T3 (Teens Talking Truth) flashmob held at Macomb Community College South Campus. Along with a group of teens and younger kids, we did a short dance then all dropped to the ground holding signs that said 1200 (the number of tobacco related deaths every day in the US.) Then one member read statistics through a megaphone and concluded the presentation with, "Don't be a statistic!"

I was so thrilled to be a part of this event. As a teen I was involved in T3 and I've been able to stay involved through my platform. It's a great organization for some really great kids.

There were a few reporters from local papers at the event and I even got to do an interview with Shelby TV :) All in all, a great day.

xoxo,
Angela

March is Reading Month!

My teen Vanessa and I were asked to be celebrity readers at Greenwood Elementary in SCS last week. Among the other celebrities was a police officer and Justin Beiber! JK

We read to about 5 classes and were asked after each reading to explain our platform and what the Miss America Organization is all about. After explaining that a platform is community service that each person chooses to focus on and that mine is Keeping Kids Drug-Free, a young girl asked me why I chose it.




I quickly scanned my brain...how to answer in an age appropriate way to this child? I told her that I had some friends who went down the wrong path and turned to drugs and alcohol, and I decided to talk to kids about it so they can live healthy and drug-free lives.

It was a really great day. We had lots of fun!!

Also I got to see my Little & Teen compete at Jump dance competition. SCS <3!!

Angela

Orientation & Passing on my crown

The first weekend in March is notoriously the Miss Michigan orientation weekend. Also held that weekend is the Miss Lighthouse Coast pageant, where it was time for me to pass on my crown.



Sometimes I can't believe I even won Miss Lighthouse Coast. Maybe I was lucky, or in the right place at the right time...but either way, I won the final sweeps pageant that sends one last girl on to state. This year I passed the title on to Tiffany Rogers, and we are all very excited for her. It was sad for me to say goodbye to my ED Shelby, but we remain friends and still talk quite a bit.



Now I'm all Miss SCS as my director Liz would say! At orientation I chose my contestant number- 15, the final contestant of the Alpha group. I was also assigned my roommate...drumroll please...none other than my pageant friend Morgan Lind! We are going to have so much fun and hopefully not get into so much trouble along the way.



I am really looking forward to the state pageant this June. Self-improvement is a lot of hard work, but ultimately very, very worthwhile.

Angela

Project Alert, Teen Intervene & IHOP Pancake Day!

Woooohooooooooo it's pageant season!


On the 22nd of February I visited with 3 middle school classrooms at Clintondale Middle School as part of the Project Alert campaign through CARE. It was a segment for middle school students about ATOD (alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.) I helped give a 'drug quiz' to find out about what the students knew about drugs...and found that numerous students believed some pretty common myths. I got to help debunk those myths. We also discussed goals: why it's important to have goals, how to achieve them and when to begin working to achieve them. The time to begin is always- NOW!




I then spent my Saturday volunteering with Teen Intervene. This is a program for high school kids who have experimented with drugs/alcohol, have run into problems because of it and a family member has signed them up for this all-day seminar. The parents have their own meeting for most of the day, and the students have a separate meeting. We discussed various things like how to avoid a full-fledged addiction: stopping NOW while they are still in the experimentation or misuse stage. We did the 'slippery slope' activity, one of my favorites, and I found that every student really bought into this activity. We also did some interactive coordination experiments involving "drunk goggles."






On 2/28 (National Pancake Day!) I visited two IHOP locations to help raise funds for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, Miss America's National Platform, of course! I met some fun friends along the way and had just a great time. I really enjoyed being a part of Pancake Day!








xoxo,
Ang