On Saturday, November 19, the royal family participate in caroling at a senior home and the Cambridge Lighted Snowflake Parade. The day started out at Community Center where we met the Cambridge Royalty and visit with other royalty. Then we got on a bus and headed to a local senior home where we sang Christmas Carols and talked to the residents. After this we went back to the community center and got all bundled up for the parade. The parade was super fun and I saw a lot of little kids. When the parade was over there was a Chili Feed. There I got to spend time with my royal sisters and mingle.

Ally Mraz

2017 Junior Miss Inver Grove Heights

On November 14th my royal family and I attended the Inver Grove Heights City Council Meeting. During this meeting we were able to inform the community about the purpose of the Miss Inver Grove Heights Scholarship Program as well as introduce ourselves as the 2017 royal family. It was a wonderful experience to formally meet such influential leaders in our community. Also it was an honor to present Mayor Tourville with a photo of us as the new Inver Grove Heights royalty!
Megan Rauschnot
2017 Miss Inver Grove Heights Princess

For my first service project I wanted to do something to help Neighbors.  Neighbors Inc does a lot to help people in Inver Grove Heights. I started by doing a food drive. My goal was to get 65 pounds of food for them. I asked friends, family and community members to donate food. My mom drove me all over collecting people’s donations for Neighbors. The people at Neighbors are so nice. I took my food in and they weighed it. We collected 68 pounds. Then I spent the morning at Neighbors helping. We helped sort and label the foods.  It takes a lot of people to keep Neighbors going.

Katie Mitchell

2017 Junior Miss Inver Grove Heights Princess

On Saturday November 5th my royal sisters and I attended the Crowning Achievement Pageant in New Richmond, Wisconsin. All of the pageant participants were so excited to be there. They all looked amazing in their formal wear. A few even dazzled us with their talents in singing, dancing and comedy. My favorite part of the pageant was the comedy routine by a contestant nicknamed “Steel Jaguar”. She was so funny! All of us really enjoyed spending extra time with the contestants after the pageant ended. This event was so much fun and it was easy to see how much it meant to the participants. I am so happy we were able to attend!

Abigail Cheyka

2017 Little Miss Inver Grove Heights Princess

On October 27th, the Inver Grove Heights Royal Family helped out at the Good Samaritan Society – Inver Grove Heights. They hosted an annual spaghetti dinner fundraiser linked with a silent auction. The royal family helped serve food. We met many friendly faces in our community from Good Samaritan and their supportive families. The dinner was catered by Hometown Meats and it was absolutely DELICIOUS! This was a really fun event and a great way to help the guests at Good Samaritan.

Kristi Schulz

2017 Miss Inver Grove Heights

I had a great time meeting with my sponsor Dan Grevas during our local Gertens Halloween Event. I’m honored to have had Dan Grevas Photography as my sponsor throughout candidacy and look forward to this upcoming year. I had a fantastic experience at Dan Grevas photography when I had my senior photos taken last year and I have had an equally as great time getting to know more about him and his company. I look forward to seeing and learning more about Dan Grevas Photography throughout this year at future events!

Megan Rauschnot
2017 Miss Inver Grove Heights Princess

On Saturday, October 22, my royal sisters and I participated in the Gertens Halloween Festival. At this event, we helped kids make human sized scarecrows. When I was working at the scarecrow activity, the kids made their scarecrow unique and special to them. The older girls read stories with lots of emotion to the little kids. Everyone got to be in charge of a game, such as pumpkin tossing, bowling, spin the wheel, and tic tac toe. Also, the most popular activity we managed was the scary bouncy house maze. At this event I got to use my communication skills to help the children, and talk to their parents. At this event I learned to become more comfortable sharing instructions and making conversations with other people.

Ally Mraz

2017 Junior Miss Inver Grove Heights

My first community service project as a member of the Inver Grove Heights Royalty Program involved me organizing and running a winter clothing drive. I organized this event in order to support our local Salvation Army which is an organization that helps communities have access to items that are inaccessible to many people. In order to find donations I created a flyer and asked for donations from neighbors, family members, coworkers and classmates. The items were then brought to my house and put into a designated bin or I went and picked them up. The items that I collected through this process included MN Winter necessities such as hats, jackets, pants and sweaters. I then called the Salvation Army location in West St Paul and had the items picked up and delivered to their facility located on 7th Street. The Salvation Army worker was very thankful, and I’m glad to have been able to help their organization as well as members of our surrounding communities before the cold winter months arrive.

Megan Rauschnot

2017 Miss Inver Grove Heights Princess