Happy Memorial Day!

Happy Memorial Day Weekend!!

I hope everyone enjoyed time with family and friends over the holiday break. I was fortunate enough to attend approximately 7 graduation parties over the past week!! The lovely seniors at Mount de Sales Academy have graduated and are now moving off to college. My prayers go with them!

Thank you to everyone who supported me through buying ads for the Miss Maryland program booklet! What a huge accomplishment and I am so very grateful.

Monday was an incredible day! One of my sponsors for Miss Maryland, Camelot Bridal and Special Occasion located in Havre de Grace, lent me a beautiful gown resembling the American flag. I was honored to wear it in the Westminster Memorial Day Parade. Carroll County is so patriotic! What a fun crowd!!! Everyone was crazy about the dress and I really enjoyed meeting so many wonderful people. Thank you to Bethany from Camelot Bridal for making the day so special! Please support her business and check out her website at www.camelotbridals.com

It has been a great weekend serving with Happy Helpers for the homeless. Saturday, I spent the afternoon making sandwiches for the homeless of Baltimore city. Sunday, we went downtown to Catholic Charities headquarters and fed over 300 homeless men, women, and children. This evening, I had a lot of fun serving at the National Stand for Children Day located on Fort Meade base. Families were invited to bring their children to the party with lots of crafts, snacks, face painting, and balloon art. I made lots of little friends who could not pronounce 'Appalachia' at all! Haha. Thanks to Bobbi Coffman for organizing this very important outreach program.

The week ahead...BUSY! We are less than 20 days away from Miss Maryland week! Please keep me in your prayers as I prepare for the competition. Love to all!

Rachel
Miss Appalachia 2010