For my second service project as the 2020 Miss Inver Grove Heights Princess, I decided I wanted to give back to the animals in the community. I started my project by reaching out to friends and family and asking them if they would be willing to donate any cat or dog supplies. I was very grateful to receive many donations from so many wonderful people. Thank you so much if you helped contribute to this project. Next, I decided that I wanted to handmake dog toys to donate as well. With the help of my mom, I ended up handmaking almost 100 dog toys to donate as well. These dog toys were made out of fleece that I had leftover from my last service project where I made tie blankets for children’s hospital. This fleece was also donated to me by friends and family. Once I had all of my supplies together I dropped off the supplies at Last Hope which is an animal organization that is located in Farmington. This organization helps to supply dog and cat items to people in the surrounding areas. On top of this, they also help get dogs and cats into foster homes until they can be adopted out. I am so grateful that I got to work with such an amazing organization on this project and I am also so grateful that I had the help of so many friends and family members to complete this project.

2020 Miss Inver Grove Heights Princess

Ashley

On Saturday, February 29th my royal sisters and I participated in the Inver Grove Heights Scholarship Programs Leap Year bowling event.  It was a lot of fun. There was bowling, a silent auction, and a taco feed. It was fun spending time with all of the girls from different royalty programs. Thank you to everyone from the community, neighboring communities, other royalty programs, and the past royalty and their families for coming out and supporting our program!

2020 Little Miss Inver Grove Heights

Autumn

For my first service project, I chose to collect donations for Secondhand Hounds Animal Rescue. Secondhand Hounds Rescue, fosters and finds forever homes for dogs and cats. This project was special to me because that’s where we got our dog, Millie. For a little more than a month I collected new and gently used dog/cat supplies. I reached out to family, friends, and our community for donations. I am thankful for the amount of support I received from everyone. Thanks to all of the support I was able to donate so much stuff for the animals! 

2020 Little Miss 

Autumn

On November 2nd, my royal family and I had the opportunity to attend the crowning achievements pageant. There we met the new crowning Achievements court and a wide variety of ambassadors from surrounding cities. It was beautiful hearing about the ambitions and talents each contestant had and I cherished seeing the joy on each one of their faces when they were crowned. I hope to see their joyful personalities at another event soon! 
2020 Miss Inver Grove Heights

Amy

I met with my sponsor Greg Kuntz, with Remax Results on Friday, October 18. We talked about ideas that I could do for my community service projects. We also talked about some of the events we have already participated in and our upcoming events. My sponsor knows a lot about the Royalty life as he was previously King Boreas with the Winter Carnival. He has spoken at many Royal events in surrounding communities and loves to teach the candidates the proper parade wave.  I am thankful to have a sponsor that understands the commitment and can help guide me as I learn my role this year.

2020 Junior Princess

Marissa

Marissa

On Thursday, October 10th, my court and I visited Good Samaritan to help serve at their spaghetti dinner fundraiser, We were able to greet the public, seat them at tables, and then serve them their meal. I loved being able to serve the community while also spending time with my court and others in the city. Seeing friendly faces walk through the door made my night and showed me that we have such a strong community and we are always willing to help each other out. I had a wonderful evening and I look forward to working with Good Samaritan in the future.

2020 Inver Grove Heights Princess

Ashley

On October 5th my royal sisters and I went to the Gertens Halloween event. We helped out with kid’s games, like reading Halloween books and playing pumpkin tic-tac-toe. My favorite thing was trying to build the spooky skeleton.

Junior Princess

Taylor

On Friday April 26, 2019, I had the pleasure to attend a dinner that was held by my sponsors who are the SSP/IGH Rotary Club. Also I was able to meet some really nice people. I would like to thank the SSP/IGH Rotary Club for sponsoring me. Thank you not just for supporting me but also for all you do for the program.

Junior Miss Princess 

Natalia

On Saturday April 13th, my royal sisters and I were invited to help at the Rich Valley Park Easter Egg Hunt. We were in charge of doing the countdown and we helped pick up the cones after the event. During the event we went to three different egg hunts for the different age groups. It was fun to talk with all the kids and see them work hard to find the eggs.

2019 Jr. Miss

Alyssa