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!

Supporting Children's Miracle Network Hospitals

The Miss America Organization partners with Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals to raise funds and awareness for children’s hospitals through MissAmerica4Kids.org. Funds are raised at the local, state and national level...and distributed to local CMN Hospitals. Our New Hampshire partner is Children's Hospital Boston, a world leader in science driven care. It was an honor to visit, tour and donate to Children's Hospital Boston as a Miss America local titleholder. To learn more, please visit childrenshospital.org & childrensmiraclenetworkhospitals.org.

Sharing is Caring

It was an honor to meet celebrity bell ringers Governor Lynch and WHEB's Greg Kretschmar at the Portsmouth WalMart in support of the Salvation Army. To make a donation, please visit www.salvationarmynh.org

Miss NH Bound

Thank you to Miss Hooksett Janine Mitchell for a wonderful article, slide show and VIDEO of the Miss Strafford County & Miss University Scholarship Program in Foster's Daily Democrat on Monday, December 5th.

http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20111205/GJNEWS_01/712059935

A Caring Christmas

Miss Strafford County 2012 Lauren Carter made her first official appearance at the 2011 Portsmouth Illuminated Holiday Parade on December 3rd with Miss New Hampshire's Outstanding Teen Lauren Percy. The theme of this year's parade was "A Caring Christmas" and more than 5,000 pounds of food was collected for local food banks. "The Laurens" rode in a classic lilac convertible from CarrollStAuto.com. Hope to see you in Downtown Portsmouth next year!

And the new Miss Strafford County is...

Congratulations to all seven excceptional finalists. Incredible talent tonight! Overall Interview Winner - Jill Granucci

Over Swimsuit Winner (tie) - Jill Granucci & Lauren Carter

Overall Talent Winner (tie) - Sarah Cramton & Shandi Clement

First Runner-Up - Shandi Clement

Miss Strafford County - Lauren Carter

Miss University - Jill Granucci

Thank you to Sigma Chi, Our Judges and Volunteers!