Update with Miss Teen Kansas- World!

WOW! What a crazy past few months I have had! From working at the breast cancer and light the night walks to working with the Olathe Youth Congress to put some major changes into my own community and school district and even working hand in hand with Project Warmth to provide winter coats to those in need and also getting to volunteer in the theatre in the park costume closet and work with some of the costumes that i have at some point been able to preform in! Lets just say I have been doing a lot of things and keeping very busy! I have to say thought that my very favorite thing I have gotten to do over my year of reign is getting to be apart of my first hollywood movie production! When I went to nationals this summer one of the judges there (shout out to Steven Roddy! I will always be your FAVORITE pageant girl), owned a website called The Pageant Planet. I was browsing the website one day, which I suggest you all do because it has some AMAZING information on there, when randomly I came across a contest called the “Make Me Famous” contest. I figured that I might as well enter it. Shoot, what did I have to lose?! So I did and a few short days later I was getting a phone call (another shout out to Candace Howard! Love you!) saying I was the lucky winner!! My dad and I went down to Georgia so i could film and it was easily the best week of my life. This industry is so eye opening and I feel blessed everyday to have been given that opportunity! The movie is called Fishers of Men and comes out in spring 2011!! So far this year has been off to a great start and there are lots of things coming up that I cant wait to share with you all! But what I can tell you right now is to keep dreaming those crazy and out there dreams because I am living proof that any thing is possible if you never let someone tell you otherwise!

October Appearances - Jr Miss

Allie volunteered at the Lenexa Chili Festival as a Recycle Ambassador. She went around to the booths asking them if they would be apart of the Green Team by recycling the items she had on her list. Everyone was super nice and agreed to recylce.



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Allie volunteered at the Night of the Living farm, a family event with old-fashioned lanterns and carved pumpkins that lead costumed trick or treaters through pathways of graves and ghouls. Allie helped at the flash light scavenger hunt. She also volunteered at the pumpkin patch helping with the games.

Allie rode in her first parade as Jr Miss United States World. She was in the KU Homecoming parade. She had a lot of fun especially since she got to see her big brother who attends KU.

Battle of the Badges was another event Allie volunteered at. It was held in Topeka KS and it is a football game between the Police and Fire Departments to raise money for Special Olympics. We set up a table and applied tattoos to the kids attending the game.

The last 3 weekends have been very busy for Allie. She participated in the Step Up Walk for Downs Syndrome. The walk raised over $400,000- All proceeds benefit the Down Syndrome Guild of Greater KC.
Down Syndrome Facts:
-Down syndrome is the most commonly occurring genetic condition with an incidence of 1 in every 733 births.
-There are currently over 400,000 individuals living with Down syndrome in the United States.
-There are approximately 5,000 babies born with Down syndrome each year in the United States.
-There are approximately 50 babies born with Down syndrome each year in the greater Kansas City area.
-Down syndrome is one of the leading clinical causes of cognitive delay in the world - it is not related to race, nationality, religion or socio-economic status.
-With appropriate support, individuals with Down syndrome can lead fulfilling lives and be contributing members of society.

Allie also volunteered as a team runner for a Special Olympics Bocce Tournament. She also got to hand out medals at the end of the games.

The next weekend she volunteered at a special event close to our hearts. The John Glaser Memorial 5 K run. The inaugural 5K Run/Walk was being held in honor of Shawnee firefighter John Glaser who lost his life this summer while on duty, and benefits the Surviving Spouse and Family Endowment Fund (SAFE) support the families of Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters and Emergency Services Personnel in the Kansas City metropolitan area who have perished while protecting our community and our citizens.

Finally Allie raised money and participated in the Light the Night Walk, it is the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's nationwide evening walk to build awareness of blood cancers and raise funds for cures. Walkers carry illuminated balloons-white for survivors, red for supporters and gold for those walking in memory-to celebrate and commemorate lives touched by cancer.

Funds raised by participants support the Society's mission: cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma. Children, adults and seniors all take part in the annual Walk.

This is Allie's 3rd year to participate with a group of friends we have met through pageants. The group is called "Kansas Royalty" We always have a great time getting together and walking for such a great cause.

September Fun with Mrs. Kansas US 2010

Hello all! It has been a busy and fun September so far! I started September at Louisburg Cider Mill with a large group of energetic kindergartners! We saw how they make the cider and apple donuts, and of course sampled both! Next, I ran on a relay team on September 11th in The Patriot's Run in Olathe to honor those who lost their lives on 9/11 and raise money for the Salvation Army. Our team got 5th overall and ran over 50 miles!
I celebrated my 40th birthday this past week with family and friends. The celebration started last weekend with a virtual food drive to collect food for Harvester's Community Food Network in Kansas City. We were able to donate almost 1,000 meals! I spent the afternoon sorting fresh fruit and veggies. I have never seen so many tomatoes, bell peppers and jalepenos in my life! I enjoyed lunch with one of my best friends, dinner with family, and a girls night out birthday celebration later in the week with my small group from church. I have never laughed so much!
I am looking forward to being in the downtown Overland Park parade tomorrow morning! I am #54 and will be in a blue convertible Corvette! Will post pictures soon!

KC Zoo Fun Run & Bikers for Babies

Allie volunteered as a course monitor for the Kansas City Zoo Fun run which supports a different endangered speicies each year. This year was for the Polar Bears. The next day we were up bright and early to register bikers for KC's Bikers for Babies. More than 6,000 motorcycle riders gathered at Kansas Speedway on Sunday, September
19, for the 16th Annual Kansas City Bikers for Babies. Riders and sponsors contributed more than $700,000, surpassing the amount raised in 2009 and the March of Dimes 2010 goal.

Heroes & Halos

Heroes and Halos National Childhood Cancer Awareness Day Celebration is a fun-filled event for children and families affected by childhood cancer. It gives children that are battling cancer a chance to just be a kid and have a day of fun away from the hospital. It is also an opportunity for families that have lost children to cancer to memorialize and remember their special angels. Allie spent the day at this event with her sisters, the Brownings, Leets & the Hopkirks. They painted faces and helped with crafts. This is the second year Allie has volunteered at this event and truly enjoys it.

Bikers For Babies/American Girl Grand Opening

Allie volunteered at the Bikers For Babies preregistration event at Harley Davidson with her sisters. The Kansas City Bikers for Babies is the largest and most successful March of Dimes motorcycle ride in the nation. Bikers for Babies has raised more than $5.06 million in Kansas City in its 16-year history. Funds raised by Bikers for Babies support local research grants focused on issues related to premature birth and community programs such as NICU Family Support. Allie helped check in the bikers to make sure they had all of their paperwork filled out. She was also able to sign some autographs, which she loves to do. After the Bikers for Babies event we stopped by the Grand Opening of the American Girl doll store. Allie is a big fan of American Girl and has a small collection of them. She was so excited to be able to attend the Grand Opening in our area. The employees gave her a warm welcome and helped her pick out a doll (Felicity) to add to her collection.