“How can I sum up in one word the 2019 royal court? Well, that is impossible. These five young women are fun, energetic, outgoing, courageous, and fun-loving. It has been a joy watching a quiet, shy not outspoken girl blossom into a young woman who can take on a room full of unfamiliar faces and hold herself with grace, poise, and dignity. We could have not asked for a better group of fine young women to represent our city and we should be proud of what they have accomplished this year. I know they will go on to continue to grow in their leadership skills as well as achieving whatever they set their minds to. Good luck in your future endeavors!”

~ Rochelle VanKempen, President
Inver Grove Heights Scholarship Program

2019 Royalty
Tessa Quam -Miss Inver Grove Heights
Alyssa Gaarder – Junior Miss Inver Grove Heights
Natalia Wilhelm – Inver Grove Heights Junior Princess
Abi Mraz – Little Miss Inver Grove Heights
Jayda Wilhem – Inver Grove Heights Little Princess

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Join us this Saturday (coronation day!!) for a light lunch of hotdogs, chips and cupcakes from 1:30-3:30pm in the Spartan Center at Simley High School. The coronation program will start at 3:30pm. Can’t wait to see you, thank our outgoing royalty for an amazing year and welcome in our new royal court!

Thank you, Tim, for sponsoring me from candidate to crown. Drkula’s has been a tremendous asset to our program.  Thanks for letting us use your basement for out countless hours of dance rehearsals.  Thank you for your commitment to this program and giving me an opportunity to represent Inver Grove Heights

2019 Little Miss
Abi

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Sponsors are a big part of our program that allow it to keep running and that is why I am glad for my sponsor, Gertens. Without them I would not have been able to attend parades, go to kick off dinners, and go to other communities coronations. I want to give a big thank you to Gertens for being a wonderful sponsor and making my year a great one!
2019 Miss Inver Grove Heights
Tessa

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So today (Sunday, August 25) we went to the Woodbury parade. We met people we’ve never seen before and it was so fun being in the parade because we went though the Woodbury festival which was really cool.
2019 Little Miss
Abi

On August 21st, we got to go to the Princess Kay of the Milky Way coronation at the Minnesota State Fair. We had a lot of fun learning about the dairy industry. We also got to take a picture of with the past and new Princess Kay. We loved getting ice cream and taking lots of fun pictures.
2019 Miss Inver Grove Heights
Tessa

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On Wednesday, August 21, 2019, my Royal sister Tessa and I, along with some of our wonderful candidates, had the opportunity to be able to go to my sponsor’s lunch at the South Saint Paul/Inver Grove Heights Rotary Club. I was sad that this felt like a closing chapter for my sponsor and I, and it was kind of hard to say good bye and thank them for all their support and help this year! I had to get another picture of all the members in the President of the Rotary Club. They did such an amazing job with helping us girls this year, and I’m so thankful that they were my sponsor.

Junior Miss Princess
Natalia

On Thursday, August 15th, 2019, the royal court and I, along with our wonderful candidates, had the opportunity to help out at the Open Door Pantry! We got to help out including shopping with customers, checking them out, and also getting to talk to them! We had an awesome time and definitely would love to volunteer there again!

Junior Miss Princess
Natalia

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In July 2019 I reached out to Last Hope to see if there were any donations needed to help with the fostering of the cats and dogs they help.  After talking to them, I decided to make blankets that would fit in the kennels and could be sent home with them when adopted. I also made belly bands.  Belly bands help train an animal for indoor toilet training. The belly bands are sorta like a diaper holder. They are a band of material that has a Velcro strap.  You can use a sanitary pad and strap it around the belly of the animal being trained. Overall, I made 11 kennel sized blankets and 7 belly bands. I made the blankets in a variety of sizes using cotton and flannel material with different patterns that would be okay for a dog or cat.  I made different sizes of belly bands too, so it would fit a big or small animal. I also donated a very large bag of cat food because that was also really needed. 

2019 Little Miss
Abi

In Late October and early November 2018, I did my first service project.  Operation Gratitude is the Service Project I chose. With this project, I collected almost 30lbs of candy that was sent to the troops that are currently serving our country overseas.  I collected the candy by going door to door during a trick or treat event. Each house I went to, I asked if the homeowner would be interested in helping me collect my goal of 30lbs of candy to send to the troops.  I also got permission from my church to put out a box to collect candy. Many of the church members graciously donated. I carefully sorted the candy to make sure that each bag I filled had a variety of yummy treats. I then packed them all up and mailed them off to the Operation Gratitude Headquarters.  Thanks to my royal sisters, the community of Inver Grove Heights and my church in Rosemount, I was able to come extremely close to my goal weight.

2019 Little Miss
Abi

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