I am so thankful for Gertens for sponsoring me and the program. It was really fun to meet Dale one of the managers at Gertens. He was really nice and gave me orange flowers. I even got to take a picture with a giant gnome! I just want to thank them not just my sponsor, but everyone who supports the Miss Inver Grove Heights Scholarship Program.
Miss Inver Grove Heights
Tessa
The Good Samaritan Luncheon was a great opportunity to help fund raise for Good Samaritan. It was also a great opportunity to learn about how we make our greatest impressions when we are not trying to be impressive. We got to learn this from Joe Schmidt channel 5 sports anchor. On top of learning about how we make our greatest impressions we also got to meet many people who help run Good Samaritan and how the proceeds from this event helps them give their residents the greatest care.
Miss Inver Grove Heights
Tessa
It was fun seeing the students perform their unique talent when we participated as judges at the Discovery Charter School talent show. This student’s talent was playing piano. -Abi
Little Queen
Abi
On March 23, my Royal sisters and I had the opportunity to go to the Woodbury Luau. My Royal sisters and I got to do a limbo and hula hoop contest. We also loved to see the smiles we put on the kids faces. We also got to see other royalty and past ambassadors.
Little Miss Princess
Jayda
This parade was truly a spectacular event! For my first time ever, I attended the Vulcan Victory Torchlight Parade and it made the whole celebration of Winter Carnival even more fun! Tessa and I rode on the West Wind float with our dearest Stephanie Sutton, who was a West Wind Princess in 2004. Before the parade started we got to mingle around with the visiting royalty and it was so nice to see some of the girls I met at Queen’s weekend, like the girls from New Brighton, Woodbury, South St. Paul, and Cottage Grove. Of course the Rice Street ladies were there as well, and it’s always a great time when they’re around. Overall it was a lot warmer than last weekend so that really made it easy to keep our smiles on, since our cheeks weren’t numb this time. We love the West Winds, and wouldn’t have wanted to ride with anyone else, YEE HAW!!!
2019 Miss Inver Grove Heights
Joy
On January 30th, the day everything (except my job) closed, I braved the cold and finally completed my first service project! I decided to create a fundraiser on Facebook for helping the homeless and surprisingly, I got a lot of donations and some great feedback on it! I ended up raising around $300 and I went and bought discounted toiletries off Amazon (and a few from Target). My original plan was to create care packages and hand-deliver them to the homeless people who reside in what is now labelled, “Tent City” but after speaking with my mother and a Minneapolis police officer, I was advised to stay away from that area due to unsafe conditions for not only the people living there but visitors as well. From then on, I set out to find the most deserving homeless shelter that I wanted donate my goods to. I stumbled upon the organization called People Serving People and decided to share my gifts with them. It took me a couple tries, because my schedule has been so busy, but I finally found the time to deliver the toiletries and I’m so glad I chose this organization. They are still in need of items so if anyone has any extra items that fall under a category on the list, please do not hesitate to bring them there! They are in Minneapolis at 614 S 3rd Street and they are open every day from 9am-5pm.
If you are unable to donate to them, lets at least spread the word about this great organization!
2019 Miss Inver Grove Heights Queen
Joy
My Royal sisters and I had the honor of attending the St. Paul Winter Carnival Coronation. We had so much fun meeting royalty all the way from Florida and South Dakota. It was very exciting to get to meet them and mingle with other royalties. We even got to see our Miss Queen, Joy, for a couple of minutes before she went off to continue her fun at Queens weekend.
2019 Miss Princess
Tessa
On January 26th, me and my royal sisters had the privilege to be in the Winter Carnival parade. It was very cold, but worth it. We got to see all the Winter Carnival people that were new. We also got to see past royalty. It was so much fun I had a great time.
2019 Little Princess
Jayda
On Saturday January 19th, 2019. I had the privilege to attend the queen of the snows fashion show. The fashion show was a blast and they have great options for the upcoming winter carnival. I got to take a lot of pictures and I also had the privilege to meet Sheryl the 2019 Klondike Kate. Not to mention the clothes where amazing!
