More Fun as Miss Baxter!

What a fun week it has been! After sitting down tonight with my directors and my parents for a great Perkins breakfast for dinner, it feels so nice to know that I have such a great support system and that everyone is on board with my plan for the year!

July 21^st was a busy day for me; as soon as I got done with my shift at the local lakes area candy store where I work, my mom and I hustled down to Morris Minnesota for the Miss Midwest and Miss Morris Area Pageant! We were barely able to make the three hour drive, but luckily we made it just in time. I’m so glad that I was able to be in attendance that night, and I have to thank the community of Morris for making me feel so welcome! One thing that really struck me was the dedication of Sonia Meyer; a Miss Morris/Miss Midwest committee member who for nearly 25 years has been able to raise the program up and draw funding from the community…she reminded me of my directors Bill and Vicki, who like Sonia dedicate countless hours of time and effort towards helping young women become better versions of themselves through this program! Thanks again Bill and Vicki for all you do (you’re the best!!), and best wishes to Sonia Meyer in her retirement. The pageant was a blast, and I was so excited to be there to welcome the new Miss Midwest Rachel Latuff, and the new Miss Morris Area Laura Kuhn to the Miss Minnesota class of 2013! Both of these girls were so lovely and genuine (not to mention talented!) and I am so excited to get to know them as well as all of the other titleholders as we journey towards Miss Minnesota next summer!

Miss Midwest 2012 Rachel Latuff!

Miss Morris Area 2012 Laura Kuhn!

Miss Minnesota Siri Freeh! She's Awesome!

The very next day I headed to Bailey Wachholz’s send off party to Miss America’s Outstanding Teen! Bailey is the reigning Miss Minnesota’s Outstanding Teen who will be representing our state at the national pageant in Orlando Florida starting August 14^th! Bailey is such an awesome girl, and the Brainerd Lakes area and the whole state of Minnesota is so lucky to have her as our representative. I know that she is going to rock the house in Orlando! Good luck Bailey Show ‘em what your made of… put that “Minnesota nice” to good use!

Yesterday, July 26^th was Dairy Queen’s Miracle Treat Day! One dollar or more of every Blizzard purchased was donated to the Children’s Miracle Network which is the national platform of the Miss America Organization.  CMN is an organization of 170 hospitals who are dedicated to treating, improving and saving the lives of all children across North America.  I was able to team up with one of my fabulous sister queens Savannah Cole Miss Baxter’s Outstanding Teen; together we were able to raise funds dollar by dollar for the Children’s Miracle Network, while having tons of fun at the same time! We were first put to work at the Dairy Queen in Brainerd’s Westgate Mall, where we were asking for dollar donations. Next we zipped over Brainerd’s walk up Dairy Queen where we did a little roadside advertising…aka waving at cars and holding the Blizzard treat sign! We finished off the day by purchasing Blizzards of our own; I had double fudge cookie dough, Yum! Thanks to everyone who participated in Miracle Treat Day!

Thanks for reading!

Until Next time,

Maren Goff

Miss Baxter 2012