Outstanding Teen

Save the date! A new Miss New Hampshire's Outstanding Teen will be crowned on Sunday, February 12, 2012 at Pinkerton Academy! Tickets are available via the Miss NH Office at http://www.missnh.com/ or at the Box Office before each show. Miss Strafford County's Outstanding Teen 2012 Eileen Kelley has worked incredibly hard to prepare for the state finals while supporting our National Forest and serving as a wonderful ambassador for the Miss New Hampshire Organization. Please join us in Derry to cheer her on!

For more pictures and live updates from the competition follow: www.facebook.com/MissStraffordCounty

Eileen's personal blog MissEileenKelley.blogspot.com

Lauren's personal blog LaurenFit2Win.blogspot.com

And on Twitter: @MissUnivNH, @Fit2WinLauren, @EileenKelley

26th National Girls and Women in Sports Day!

It was an honor to join UNH Coaches, Athletes and PCA's Athletic Director John Egan at New Hampshire's 26th annual celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day on Saturday, January 28th. I talked about Nutrition and Fitness with all of the athletes and hosted a Fit To Win healthy snack table with lots of fresh fruits and vegetables.

NGWSD continues through February 1, 2012 with thousands of sports educators, coaches, athletic directors, recreation directors, association members, sponsors, students, and parents across the country showing their support of the Day and of this year's theme, "Title IX at 40: In it for the Long Run."

Athletes like Martina Navratilova, Candace Parker or Jessica Mendoza who played or are still playing are making a difference, overcoming difficult circumstances, breaking records and making things possible.

Despite the stunning advances made in the 40 years since Title IX was enacted, high school girls still receive 1.3 million fewer participation opportunities than do boys, and evidence suggests that the money spent on girls' sports programs lags significantly behind the money spent on boys' programs. Learn more at http://www.aahperd.org/nagws/programs/ngwsd/

National Girls and Women in Sports Day

Join Miss Strafford County on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at Portsmouth Christian Academy in Dover to celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day, featuring clinics in basketball, soccer, volleyball, softball and field hockey. Open to girls in grade 1 through 8, the event will focus on skill development and introducing the girls to the sports as they rotate around the school. It will run from 8:30am until 12:15pm. The event will feature the UNH Women’s Basketball Coach and Lauren Carter (Miss Strafford County) as guest speakers. The cost is $7 per child and girls will leave with a t-shirt. To register, visit the PCA website at www.pcaschool.org or http://www.pcaschool.org/images/stories/NGWSD%20Registration.pdf

Be sure to visit Lauren's Personal Blog http://laurenfit2win.blogspot.com/ for news, recipes and fitness tips!

Miss America 2012 to be crowned on ABC Jan 14 at 9p

I am having so much fun in Las Vegas meeting the incredible Miss America Organization sponsors, production team, volunteers, local titleholders and even a few Miss Americas as a member of the New Hampshire delegation. The live show is going to be AMAZING on Saturday night. Tune in to ABC-WMUR9 at 9p to cheer on the 53 spectacular and talented women competing for the Miss America Crown! Go New Hampshire!