Exciting News: Platform Project!

It’s been another fun and eventful week as your Miss Baxter 2012; I have some exciting updates on a platform related project that I’ve had in the works since the day I was crowned!

Before I get to my exciting news, I have to congratulate the new Miss Perham 2012 Leah Wuebben, and the new Miss Heart of the Lakes 2012 Lauren Johnson! Both of these talented ladies were crowned at the Miss Perham/Miss Heart of the Lakes Pageant on August 10^th. I had a great time watching this pageant as all of the contestants were so talented and entertaining…it was also so much fun to have so many Brainerd girls in house that night (both on and off stage)!

Congrats Lauren!

Congratulations Leah!

Just a small sampling of some of the Brainerd girls in attendance!

Now to the big news!! As you know I am very passionate about my platform “Reading Rocks: Promoting Children’s Literacy while Making Reading Fun”, one alarming statistic that I speak about quite often is the fact that 13 million American children go to sleep every night without ever hearing a bedtime story. As a child I was read to on a daily basis and I was always lucky enough to hear a story before bed; for me the fact that so many kids don’t get to experience this, truly makes me sad. Since being crowned I have been looking for a creative way to spread my message to kids and families in a fun and enjoyable way…about a month ago the light bulb flicked on while talking with my directors, together we came up with the idea of creating an audio CD of children’s stories.  I am now proud to say that the production of this CD is in full swing!

For weeks I have been searching high and low for the perfect stories to include on the disc, I eventually chose a collection of my favorite princess related fairytale classics! Yesterday I visited BL Broadcasting where I meet with radio personality Billy Holiday; with his help I was professionally recorded as I read all of the stories out loud. After a few goof ups and numerous takes, we successfully completed the recording process of my CD!

With Billy recording the CD!

After my recording session I was whisked into another studio for an impromptu interview on B93.3 “Today’s Best Country.” While on air I was able to chat with Billy about my year so far and all of the fun events that I’ve participated in… I was also able to do my first official media promotion for my CD! Boy was that a good day!

Live on B93.3 Today's Best Country!

My CD will be titled “Once Upon a Time: A Collection of Royal Fairytales”, and all proceeds will go to the Children’s Miracle Network!

Stay tuned for more!

Maren Goff

Miss Baxter 2012