The Lone Star Ride Fighting AIDS is a non- profit organization based in North Texas that proudly supports AIDS Outreach Center of Tarrant County, Aids Services of Dallas and Resource Center Dallas. Each of these organizations are dedicated to providing life-saving and life-enhancing services to the thousands of people in North Texas who are living with HIV/AIDS. The Passion 4 Fashion event was held in Dallas’ Rose Room and was a fundraising event.
When I arrived I was whisked backstage into a dressing room full of models and given a gown to try on. Thankfully the first one I tried on worked and I was then taken to have my hair and make up done. The hair and make-up artists were so kind and it was a treat for me because I had no idea I was going to be getting all dolled up. Who doesn’t love getting their hair and make up done! After getting my hair curled and my make up fixed, I put on my sparkily silver Sue Wong cocktail dress, compliments of Saks Fifth Avenue, and made my way to the VIP lounge where I visited with the VIP attendees and sold raffle tickets.
People were so excited to meet “The REAL Miss Irving” (apparently there are a few imposters running around the DFW area! Haha). I hope to get further involved with their upcoming Lone Star Bike Ride. I really enjoyed this event and had a lot of fun getting involved with this great organization… and I didn’t mind wearing a designer cocktail dress for the night either!
Hello all! I hope you have been great! As for me, I have been a very busy girl the month of April because April is Child Abuse Awareness Month. Texarkana has had so many fundraisers and events to raise awareness which I helped out with. On Saturday April 3, I worked all day in the Rainbow Room organizing and sorting clothes. The Rainbow Room is an onsite emergency room containing new donated items. It serves the basic emergency needs of children and families through the Child Protective Services office. The room supplies social workers with any kind of materials needed for a case. It is commonly referred to as a Wal-Mart for case workers. The room contains everything from clothes to toys to cleaning supplies to baby cribs. Only new items are accepted as donations because abused children do not need abused things. All children want new trendy clothes. It was so humbling to see all the clothes and supplies and think of all the children in my hometown who will use these items.
In fact, I was inspired to organize a “Spring Cleaning Supplies drive“. My high school and a local elementary school are collecting house hold cleaning products such as laundry detergent, Clorox wipes, sponges, buckets, and mops and brooms. These are needed items to help children have a clean home to live in. If you are interested in donating please contact me at lidbid11@aim.com
On April 7, 2010 Texarkana declared Go Blue Day! At school I passed out blue ribbons to my friends and classmates to wear all day. We had several questions asked and many opportunities arose for us to raise awareness. Not only did I raise awareness in my school, but there was a huge fundraiser at Cold Stone Creamery where 25% of the proceeds were donated to CASA (Court Appointed Social Advocates). We released a hundred royal blue balloons into the sky in honor of the bruised and battered bodies of abused children. After watching the balloons disappear, my beautiful Lone Star Princess Allie and I enjoyed a giant bowl of chocolate chocolate chip ice-cream!!! It was to die for! I also signed pictures to all the children who came in supporting the fundraiser while Allie passed out blue ribbons. We had so much fun! A local radio station even came out and interviewed me. I had never been on the radio before. There were so many people and I was able to meet a local judge and several case workers who shared with me stories they have experienced with their job. Getting to sit down and talk with them was probably my favorite part of the day. As you can see it was such an exciting day, but more importantly it was a very successful fundraiser!
On Saturday, April 24, 2010 some of my Texas Highstepper sisters and I volunteered at a softball tournament benefiting Child Protective Services and the Rainbow Room. We worked in the drink trailer selling drinks, face painted and worked the jumping booths. I’m not a very good painter, but the kids seemed to love my designs, or maybe it was because they couldn’t see them! The weather was beautiful and I was able to talk to a lot of people about my platform, as well as sign autograph pictures. I only worked 7 hours, but the tournament went way into the night.
This Tuesday evening, April 27th is an event called “Ladies Night Out”. Different businesses in town will be set up to pamper the ladies who attend. All proceeds go to benefit CASA and Child Protective Services. I don’t know what all I will be doing, rest assured I will blog about it!
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On Saturday March 27th Lydia and I started our day off early by attending Tarrant County food bank's Breakfast with the Stars event! I can truly say I felt like a queen all morning long... and not only because I was in an evening gown and crown at 8 in the morning haha! The event was for children and they had tons of fun activities sponsored by local businesses for the kids to do. For example, there was coloring, decorating, instrument playing, picture books, and science experiments just to name a few. Some of the "stars" in attendance included Cinderella, TCU's Super Frog and some basketball players, little red riding hood, the Easter bunny, buddy the bear, and Fort Worth Firefighters. The event helped to raise money for the food bank and we got to see first hand the three menu options they had for children. It was so special that so many families came out to support this event. I loved meeting all of the children and I was so touched when they kept coming up and randomly hugging me and wanting to visit with me. They wanted Lydia and I to remember each and every single one of their names, which was difficult considering that we met at least 60 kiddos. I received numerous compliments that morning from parents about how much they appreciated Lydia and I taking time to talk to their child and make them feel special. They said that they children just couldn't get enough of the "real life Princesses". To me, that is what the job of Miss Irving, Miss Texas, and Miss America is all about. It's about reaching out to those children and helping put a smile on their face and making them feel special. I brought 100 autograph sheets for this event and I think I maybe had 10 left by the end of the morning. I had an absolutely incredible time at this event and I hope I can be a part of the Tarrant County Food Bank's events in the future!
After the event we all headed over to my apartment to change so we could grab some lunch and then head out for a little interview dress shopping! No luck finding either of us the perfect interview dress, but we sure had a great time looking and trying on clothes!
After signing autographs all morning and shopping all afternoon, Lydia and I got dressed up in our black dresses and cheetah print heels and headed to the Frontiers of Flight Museum in Dallas for the No Tie Dinner and Dessert Party. Little did we know that when we arrived we would be walking into a room full of...you guessed it... desserts!!! Talk about resisting temptation... Lydia and I started off the evening by serving gourmet cupcakes to the guests and chatting with them. Just as soon as we were getting settled in our seats, a group of four wide-eyed teens approached us and asked us if they could interview us for a project they were doing for high school. Of course we said yes! They asked us if we had been to an event like this before. I replied that no, I had never been to this particular event but that I had volunteered at many AIDS events in the DFW area. They asked us why we were there and I got to talk about my platform. They also asked us why we felt the event was important and so once again I talked about my platform and about how incredibly vital it is that we as a community come together to provide assistance to the families and individuals in our area who suffer from AIDS. I had several people come up to me that were from Irving and I got to explain how I earned my crown and that I would be competing for the title of Miss Texas this summer. They were very intrigued! All in all it was a great night and although I really wished I could have gone around and sampled all of the desserts I know that come July, when I am on stage in my bikini, it will be well worth the sacrifice!
The Lone Star Ride Fighting AIDS is a non- profit organization based in North Texas that proudly supports AIDS Outreach Center of Tarrant County, Aids Services of Dallas and Resource Center Dallas. Each of these organizations are dedicated to providing life-saving and life-enhancing services to the thousands of people in North Texas who are living with HIV/AIDS. The Passion 4 Fashion event was held in Dallas’ Rose Room and was a fundraising event.
