Orientation
The 2011 Contestant Orientation will be held Sunday September 18th from 2 until 4pm. It is held in the Woodlands Room (in the basement) at Chelsea Community Hospital. Complete driving directions are given in the Directions document. This is a relaxed gathering and an informational meeting. It is our chance to get acquainted, for you to meet the other contestants and Miss Washtenaw Volunteers, and for you to become familiar with the Miss America Organization. Parents or friends are welcome to attend with you. Required paper work that is due at orientation is a copy of your birth certificate, proof of eligibility, and CMN donation as described in Eligibility Requirements.
Headshots for the Miss Washtenaw County Program Book will be taken on this day. Please come with hair and make-up done, ready for your photo to be taken. A group photo will also be taken for publicity purposes.
Instructions for filling out the Miss America Contract and for preparing your resume and platform statement will be reviewed. An opportunity for questions and answers will follow.
NATIONAL PLATFORM and
CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK DONATION
In addition to her personal platform all local contestants and title holders will be ambassadors for Children’s Miracle Network. This national platform will provide the Miss America Organization the opportunity to not only raise funds for Children’s Miracle Network, but also to raise additional funds for the Miss America Scholarship Foundation.
Contestants must register online at www.missamerica4kids.org and click on New Contestants. Contestants may register and complete their fundraising goal at any time. The pageant year cycle that you are registering for is 2013. You are a local contestant competing for a spot in a 2013 Miss America Pageant. If you are paying by check you can bring your check to orientation made out to Children’s Miracle Network. Donation forms will be available at orientation. The deadline for CMN donations for the 2011 Miss Washtenaw Pageant is Contestant Orientation on September 18th. For further questions or to request fundraising tools please write to Laura at mwced1@msn.com or call at 734-383-3119
Headshots for the Miss Washtenaw County Program Book will be taken on this day. Please come with hair and make-up done, ready for your photo to be taken. A group photo will also be taken for publicity purposes.
Instructions for filling out the Miss America Contract and for preparing your resume and platform statement will be reviewed. An opportunity for questions and answers will follow.
NATIONAL PLATFORM and
CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK DONATION
In addition to her personal platform all local contestants and title holders will be ambassadors for Children’s Miracle Network. This national platform will provide the Miss America Organization the opportunity to not only raise funds for Children’s Miracle Network, but also to raise additional funds for the Miss America Scholarship Foundation.
Contestants must register online at www.missamerica4kids.org and click on New Contestants. Contestants may register and complete their fundraising goal at any time. The pageant year cycle that you are registering for is 2013. You are a local contestant competing for a spot in a 2013 Miss America Pageant. If you are paying by check you can bring your check to orientation made out to Children’s Miracle Network. Donation forms will be available at orientation. The deadline for CMN donations for the 2011 Miss Washtenaw Pageant is Contestant Orientation on September 18th. For further questions or to request fundraising tools please write to Laura at mwced1@msn.com or call at 734-383-3119
