Connecticut Children's Medical Center

I decided to bring some of the books i had collected to the Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford. This hospital is the only one in Connecticut to belong to the Children's Miracle Network, which the Miss America program is closely linked to! I hope the kids that get to use these books put them to great use!

KAREN'S SENDOFF

What a great "sendoff" for Karen as she goes to represent Connecticut at Miss America's Outstanding Teen Pageant! Thank you to the over 130 people who came to The Lyceum in Terryville to wish her well. It was great to see our 2006 CTOTeen, Melanie Sanches as she came to wish Karen "good luck" and to participate in the program as well. Many thanks to our co-emcees: Ashley Membrino, Alyssa Taglia and Juli Bradley, all members of our 2007 Top Five. They did a great job! Thank you also to Lucy Perrone who made the gorgeous cake (see below) and to Stacy Perrone Petta who donated the ice cream for sundaes. Thanks also to all those who baked and to Kim Membrino and Kim Taglia who helped the girls set up.
We hope to find access to a computer while in Florida and will put updates on the guestbook found on our website: www.ctoteen.com

KAREN'S SENDOFF, JULY 29, 2007

Miss Ct's Outstanding Teen 2007!

Our Top Five/Emcees

More Sendoff Pics

Channel 8 Interview at Noon

Here are some more to enjoy!

Channel 8 Interview

For those of you who missed it, Karen did a great job on her Channel 8 Interview with Darren Kramer. Here are some pics of the day!

State Children's Museum

As part of her platform issue, Karen promotes reading to children. She had a great time today!

State Children's Museum

Karen was a guest storyteller at the State Children's Museum in New Haven.

Ashley & Alyssa to represent Ct at Sweet Teen

Thank you to Catherine who put together a beautiful picture of Ashley & Alyssa! (Thanks Cath!) The girls will be representing Connecticut at the National Sweet Teen Pageant this weekend and we are very proud! Karen, Doug and I will be bringing Alyssa & Ashley up to Homer, NY where all sorts of appearances and parties are planned. Check out the blog next week for pictures from the Sweet Teen Pageant!

Karen at Miss Southington Pageant

Karen attended the Miss Southington Pageant on Saturday, July 14th. Roger Picard caught a pic of Karen while at the pageant.

Here are some great pictures of Karen when she read to children as Pocahantas!

Some Pictures of Karen at the Miss Ct Pageant --

Here are some pictures of Karen at the Miss Ct Pageant.

QUVN - Thanks Ray

What a busy day Karen had on July 3rd! She started with a radio interview at QUVN and really covered alot of issues with Ray. She then went and spent the rest of the morning reading to some wonderful young children at Cookie Monster Day Care. Thank you so much for her gifts too! After lunch, we spent the afternoon shopping...and shopping...and shopping! What a great day!

Promoting Reading

More pictures of Karen & the kids