Tour De Shawnee

Allie, her sister Maggie and friend Carney volunteered for the Tour de Shawnee, an annual bike tour around the bicycle-friendly city of Shawnee, Kansas. Riders can choose from a 12-mile or 24-mile route. This year the ride benefitted the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The girls were course monitors, directing bikers and cheering them on.

Touch A Truck Event in Overland Park

Hello from Mrs. Kansas US 2010! I attended the City of Overland Park's 50th Anniversary event called Touch A Truck today! It was also a benefit for Harvester's food bank here in Kansas City. They had a huge turnout of over 5,000 people and collected thousands of pounds of food for Harvester's! I ran out of lollipops and autograph cards about half way into the event! I met the mayor of Overland Park, the Bomb Squad, Cesar the police dog from the K-9 unit, and saw many friends and their families today!

Miss Teen World Pageant - Houston TX

Allie was invited to Houston to attend the Miss Teen World pageant. What an amazing experience this was for her, to meet some of the worlds most oustanding young ladies and help crown the new Miss Teen World. A big thanks to Gaspar Cruz for giving her this opportunity.

Update from Mrs. Kansas

Hello all! What a great weekend in Kansas City! I made an appearance at Olathe Bible Church on Saturday and helped them raise money for Autism Speaks. I am not a huge car fan, but I am really learning alot at these car shows. It is so fun to hear the owners tell the stories behind the cars and meet their families. I also got to meet KC Wolf (the Chiefs mascot), what fun!

This morning I ran a 5K at the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. I have never seen so many people come together for a charity race. It was awesome to see a sea of white and pink running around Crown Center and Union Station. The KC area race raised over $1 million dollars! I ran with some friends from my gym and got my personal best time of 26:56! It was hot out but I was so inspired by seeing all of the survivors and reading who people were walking in memory of.

Have a blessed week everyone!

News from Mrs. Kansas

Wow, I can't believe it is already August! I just returned from Mississippi where I competed at nationals for the title of America's Mrs. US. I won 1st runner up! I had fun seeing friends and meeting new friends!

This Saturday, August 7th, I will make an appearance at The Olathe Bible Church "Cruisin Car Show." I will be at the Autism Speaks booth and look forward to seeing everyone! I look forward to running in the Kansas City Race for the Cure on Sunday morning. I will run the timed 5k with several of my running buddies!

I am "in training" to partner with Animal Haven, a Kansas City area no-kill pet shelter, to make presentations at various community events to increase awareness of their organization, their lost pet center, and their on-going need for support and volunteers!

I am looking forward to the start of school in a few short weeks and plan to read to children in some elementary classrooms around the area.

I am having a blast serving as Mrs. Kansas US 2010 and am continually reminded of what an honor it is to hold this title and represent our wonderful state.

Camp Quality

Today Allie spent the day at Camp Quality - Camp Quality is a non-profit organization that provides free camping experiences and year-round support programs for children with cancer, and their families. Allie spent the day volunteering at the carnival for the campers and she also went swimming with them. It was a great day and she had a lot of fun spending time with the campers, she even got to see her friend Hailey who was a camper.