Against the Tides

 Posing with some of the "cheerleaders" volunteering their time

 Swimmers get warmed up before their one mile swim

 I led the competitive swim off in a kayak

 Posing with sisters who came in 1st and 2nd place

 Canobie Lake Park was just one of the vendors participating

 Red Cross and local emergency crews stationed at the event

Two key people in making sure this event is successful Cheryl and Julia

 

On June 22nd we traveled out to Hopkinton State Park for the Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition's Against the Tides Fundraiser. Over $70,000 was raised for the prevention of breast cancer through several events. Participants can choose to swim, run or kayak and any combination of these.

Plymouth Relay for Life

 I was excited to have my stepchildren join me for this event at their school

 They had activities run throughout the event keeping people motivated

 My husband and I walking the track

The words Cure and Hope lit up in luminaries

 

 

On June 21st I had the opportunity to participate at Plymouth's Relay for Life. During this event walkers continue walking throughout the night to raise money for American Cancer Society. Joined by my family we walked for a few hours around the track, just a small portion of what walkers would do during their time there. I was able to speak with survivors and take part in the luminary event including the silent lap. Over $150,000 was raised at just this event, it shows just how important these events are towards ACS's mission.

Hanover Day

 Tim Wakefield from the Red Sox was also signing autographs

 The day was filled with many pictures and autographs

 This company specializes in healthy choice foods with goes along with my platform of being healthy

 I had a Boston Strong T-shirt donated for the silent auction at the pageant

 Picture with Dan Justin from Magic 106.7

 Night time pictures with attendees

 I was able to announce the fireworks and thank the committee and sponsors

 I announced both the winners for the 50/50 raffle and Fleetwood Mac tickets

The fireworks were beautiful

 

I had a awesome day on June 15th at Hanover Day where the town celebrated with many events. I was excited to see how many families were out for a nice healthy active day. They had a vendor fair, many bands playing as well as sports tournaments and a road race. The evening activities included bands, raffles and fireworks. I was able to speak to many people about my mission of cervical cancer awareness for this years reign.

An Eva-ning Out

 Selling raffle tickets to help out the Fox family

 I met with Josh Cutler while at the event

 The girls got up to sing "Call Me Maybe"

Eva and I

 

It was an amazing opportunity on June 8th to help out the Fox family fund raise during their last year of treatments for Eva's leukemia. The event had a lot of turn out and had raffles, silent auction and even a area where you can help buy dinners for the family from their favorite spot. I hope that this one night helps out the family for the year to come and makes things just a little bit easier.