This summer I went to the Inver Grove Heights Community Center to make mats out of plastic bags. The mats are given to homeless people so they don’t have to sleep on the ground.  It takes about 50 hours and 500 bags to make one mat and the group has made over 350 mats.  I got to learn the process of how to sort and cut bags, crochet them and tie them. My favorite was cutting the bags and seeing what a finished mat looked like.

I got to take a huge group picture with everybody that was helping out. They were all so nice, especially JoAnn who gave us the history of how this started, taught me about the process and let me jump in to help.  I hope to do it again. It was very fun.

Little Miss IGH,
Raegan

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My royal sisters and I had the pleasure of going to the Woodbury kickoff dinner. We got to meet the new Woodbury candidates. We had some dinner and even got to try some homemade desserts from the candidates. We got to watch a live auction of the baskets made by the royalty and meet the winner of the new Woodbury Days button!

Miss Inver Grove Heights

Keonna

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On Saturday, July 27th, we attended the Leprechaun Days parade in Rosemount. It was a very hot day, but we still had fun greeting people from our float. We said hello to the royalty from Eagan and Farmington and talked with the Klondike Kates from the St. Paul Winter Carnival.

Little Miss Princess
Alice

On Friday July 26th, My royal sisters and I had sign making with the candidates. We got to see all their creativity when they decorated their sponsor signs for the Inver Grove Heights Day Parade. I am so excited to see their growth throughout the next few weeks. They all seem like amazing candidates.

Sincerely your 2024

Junior Miss Princess Lily

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 I collected supplies for foster puppies from English Springer Rescue America. I chose this service project because I have a 5-year-old Springer Spaniel named Charlie and I love helping animals. I had a donation box at Moose Lodge to collect training pads, collars, puppy toys, and blankets for the new litter. I received many wonderful donations for my service project including 264 training pads, 23 collars, 19 toys, 7 blankets, and many other needed items for the puppies. I delivered these donations to the puppies at their home in Rochester. I got to play with the puppies and hold them. They were so cute and sweet. Thank you to Jill Murphy Gaarder for helping me set up my service project. Thank you to Moose Lodge #1088 for hosting my donation box and to the members of the Moose for the donations. Thank you to the IGH community members, friends, and family that donated as well. 

Little Princess Alice

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On Tuesday, my royal sisters and I attended the Inver Groove Music in the Park event at the VMCC turf. We danced along to the music of Todd ‘n’ Tina, helped greet families, and handed out freezies at the end of the event. We had so much fun!

Little Miss Princess
Alice

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I am so excited to share more about my second service project. I learned that a local food shelf gives out over 150 birthday bags a week to kids whose parents come to the food shelf for groceries. Each bag contains a box of cake mix, frosting, candles, napkins or plates, and party favors. My goal was to pack thirty bags. It took over two months but I just dropped off all thirty bags. I hope they can brighten a birthday child’s day.

Little Miss Princess Greta

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The royalty court and candidates had a family picnic at Lorraine park. We had so much fun bonding and getting to now each other. We played at the park, introduced our selfs, and ate lots of delicious food.
Cheyanne
Jr miss Inver Grove Heights 2024

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We attended the aquatennial parade in downtown minneapolis. We had an exciting start to the event pulling a float in rush hour traffic. It was very cool to go under the minneapolis convention center to set up all the floats. we met with other royalty before the parade, and when it started we headed down Nicollet Mall. it was so fun going through the tall buildings and even had to stop for the light rail trains. we’re excited for the aquatennial candidates and wish them luck for the next year!
Miss Inver Grove Heights

Keonna

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My royal sisters and I attended the MN Twins Sparkle Night on Tuesday, July 23rd. Before the game we walked around the field with royalty from communities around the state and even Wisconsin. They introduced us and we were featured on the Jumbotron! We enjoyed the $1 hot dogs and had a great view of the game from our seats. Though the Twins lost in the ninth inning we still had a great time. 

Little Miss Princess Greta

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