Miss Northern New Mexico Rose Lea of Los Alamos. Photo by Try’N’Fly Photography of Los Alamos
BBBS News:
Los Alamos’ own Miss Northern New Mexico 2015 will be bringing “Beauties for Big Brothers Big Sisters” to this year’s Fire and Ice Festival in Jemez Springs.
Come out to Fitzgerald Park 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and purchase your chance to toss a pie at Miss Northern New Mexico, as well as other delegates of the Miss United States Organization. If you’re really feeling ferocious, you can even get the opportunity to plant a pie right in a beauty queen’s face. Weather permitting, there also may be the potential to take your best shot at sending these lovely ladies plummeting into a pool of water in the dunk tank.
Miss Northern New Mexico Rose Lea of Los Alamos and her current Little Sister Jessica. Courtesy photo
The Miss United States Organization is based on a solid commitment to providing an avenue for young woman to give a voice to those needing to be heard. Each delegate upholds this commitment by promoting a platform of community service that means something to them. Miss Northern New Mexico, Rose Lea, was born in Los Alamos and has spent most of her life in Northern New Mexico. She has been a volunteer with Big Brothers Big Sisters for several years and is proud to be able to advocate for an organization whose mission she truly believes in, as well as represent her hometown stomping grounds while preparing for the Miss New Mexico United States competition in March.
Join the Miss United States delegates at the festival this weekend for a little fun for a great cause. Aside from the pie-in-the-face shenanigans, Jemez Village will host a full day of arts and craft vendors, great food, live music, a chainsaw carving exhibition and competition, the men’s high heel race, a kid’s zone, and much more. More information about the festival is available at www.jemezsprings.org.
All proceeds raised will go to Big Brothers Big Sisters Mountain Region, and be used to help youth facing adversity in the area.
As cited on its website, Big Brothers Big Sisters operates under the belief that inherent in every child is the ability to succeed and thrive in life. As the nation’s largest donor and volunteer supported mentoring network, Big Brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers (“Bigs”) and children (“Littles”), ages 6 through 18, in communities across the country.
They develop positive relationships that have a direct and lasting effect on the lives of young people. By participating in the program, Little Brothers and Sisters are more confident in their schoolwork performance, able to get along better with their families, 46 percent less likely to begin using illegal drugs, 27 percent less likely to begin using alcohol, and 52 percent less likely to skip school. To learn more, visit www.bbbsmountainregion.org.