Washington DC

This past week, I traveled to Washington DC. On Saturday, I had the opportunity to visit the Central Intelligence Agency for its ‘Family Day’. I was able to explore the campus, and walk through Michael Hayden’s (Director of the CIA) office and at the end of the day, I got to hear him speak. What a rare opportunity!

The following Monday, I visited the office of America’s Promise. Mike McGill, Senior Director for Media Relations, has been kind enough to help educate and prepare me toward my venture as a spokesperson for the alliance. I was fortunate to meet with other employees and learn much more. I have many plans this fall in continuing my involvement with youth empowerment and of course, tying that into the America’s Promise Alliance for Youth.


with Mike McGill


with President and CEO, Marguerite Kondracke

Filming 'Pageant School: Becoming Miss America'

I just got home from a wonderful trip to Cali to film 'Pageant School: Becoming Miss America'. We stayed and filmed at a beautiful hotel at Santa Monica Beach. For four days, we filmed a series of events and competitions the 52 contestants participated in. After filming was done, we shot some profiles and promos for CMT and also did some interviews. When the week was over, we all had the chance to relax and hit the pool, beach, and promenade. The final night, we had a little shindig outside at the Roosevelt Hotel. It was beautiful!! We were lucky to be able to meet and mingle with stars such as Doris Roberts, Marilu Henner, and several past Miss Americas. What a week!! I can't give out details of the show, but I do know that the TV special will be aired on the nights leading up to the pageant in January on MTV, VH1 and CMT. I'll post more information as the time gets closer. :-)

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Biddeford's Recovery Month

I’ve been up to a few things… This past week I sung the national anthem at Seadogs game again and at the Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival. Ever since I performed with the Playing Possum in Rockland, I fell in love with that genre of music!

Last Friday evening, my hometown had a ‘kick off’ for National Alcohol and Drug Abuse Recovery Month in an effort to raise awareness of substance abuse and to take steps towards becoming a healthier community. In the month of September, our city will focus on four areas: prevention, rehabilitation, recovery, and community response.

I had the opportunity to open the event with Mayor Nutting and speak about my platform in conjunction with the town’s initiative. The Project AWARE Players performed a moving improvisation about substance abuse, the alumni band played, and we had a showing of the drug awareness film, ‘Ty’, produced by Crossroads.

To read a little more about Recovery Month, go to....
http://www.biddefordsacooobcourier.com/news1.html


With Mayor Nutting and the Project AWARE Players