On Saturday, September 19th my royal family and I were able to spend time at the Inver Glen Library helping out at the Mother Goose Olympics. The kids that participated were all around preschool age. The weather was beautiful which allowed us to have all of the relay races outside! The events ranged from jumping hurdles to racing to fill up a bucket with water. My absolute favorite part of the whole event was seeing the smiles on the kids’ faces and giving them high fives because it made me feel so happy that they all had a great time! After all of the games were finished we helped each participant make their own medal out of beads and picture cards. They also got to leave with a delicious snack and their very own book! I hope we will get to do more events like these as the year goes on.

 Rachel Wanger 

2016 Junior Miss Inver Grove Heights

On September 13^th, me and five other girls attended our first event, “Explore Cahill Ave,” as the 2016 Inver Grove Heights Royalty. Our royal family had a great time meeting local businesses, shooting a fire truck’s water hose in the Public Safety Display, and introducing ourselves for the very first time at the 29^th annual pet contest! The little miss and little princess even got to ride ponies! On behalf of the rest of my royal family, we are so excited to represent this beautiful city for the next year.

Liv Swenson

2016 Miss Inver Grove Heights Princess

Today, August 19th I visited my sponsor Heartland Credit Union. I told them how my year as a royalty member had gone, how we will have completed 88 events as of coronation day and how I was very thankful for their sponsorship to our program. Without them I would not have been able to have the year I had. Very bitter sweet visiting them at the end of my year. Only 3 weeks left!!

July 30 I had my final meeting with Bruce from Quality Auto Care Center to thank him for the sponsorship and support during my year as Junior Miss IGH. He has been wonderful and I was lucky to have him as my sponsor. “Thanks Bruce, for everything”.

Tessa Quam

2015 Inver Grove Heights Junior Princess

On July 28 we had the privilege to attend sparkle night at the Twins. Royalty from all over the state of Minnesota and Wisconsin came together to support the twins. We got the great opportunity to walk around the gravel on the field before the game began and had our city announced we represented. We had an amazing time visiting and watching the game, we even made it on the jumbotron! It was a fabulous night and I’m glad we got to experience it together.

 

Tonight, July 20th a group of 19 family and friends accompanied me to Feed My Starving Children in Eagan to complete my final service project. Here, we packed bags of food for children who are suffering hunger in countries around the world. These specific boxes final destination will be Haiti.  We were there for an hour and a half and had packed 133 boxes (32 bags in a box) which is 28,729 meals total! These meals will feed 79 children in Haiti for a year! Each meal only costs 22 cents! It was a great experience with laughter, jokes, music and lots of excited yelling. In addition to family and friends, I also had some help from other royalty groups! Miss South St. Paul 2014, Jr. Winter Carnival Queen of the Snowflakes 2014, Miss Northstar State 2015 and three Winter Carnival guards had graciously taken time out of their busy schedules to come help me with my last project and most importantly, the children who are in need of this food. I had a great time and it was a wonder way to end my final service project!

2015 Miss Inver Grove Heights

At our annual Candidate Picnic, which was held at South Valley Park, we were able to spend some fun time with the candidates and their families. It’s always fun because we get to know them all a little bit more and just hang out. We had fun playing baseball and frisbee. We also had a great potluck meal where everyone brought something of their choice to share.