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| LeBonhuer Children's Hospital Memphis - CMN |
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Miss Memphis Teen Princess, Kaylee Prather,
and 2008 Miss Fall Fest, Victoria Green (aka "Belle") enjoyed working together at the LeBonheur
Children's Hospital Harvest Fest on Halloween. The festival is an annual event for the children at the hospital.
| "Belle" loves to read and sing to children |
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| She's perfect for children's visitations |
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In April, Victoria worked along side the Miss Madison County Director, Tommy Climer and his staff to produce his
20th annual Little Miss/Mr LeBonheur pageant that benefits LeBonheur Children's Medical Center in Memphis.
LeBonheur is a CMN hospital. They began at 8:30am in the morning and finished 12 hours later having raised over
$4,000! It is so wonderful that Tommy Climer has raised funds for the hospital these past 20 years.
| Victoria andTommy Climer at fundraiser. |
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| All proceeds from Little Miss/Mr LeBonheur benefit the CMN LeBonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis |
| Victoria and Kayla with some of the contestants. |
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| There were around 100 contestants. |
| Kayla and Victoria with the King |
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| They enjoyed working with the contestants and Victoria sang throughout the day's program. |
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Children's
Miracle Network
Volunteering for CMN can be done in so many ways. One way is through the CMN page as part
of the Miss TN MAO Scholarship Program . Victoria has raised $1800 through her page as part of the Miss TN program.
She participated at the LeBonheur Harvest festival for the children dressed as "Belle". As Miss Madison County,
TN she helped with raising $4,000 for LeBonheur Children's Hospital. She has written to area sponsors of CMN and
made herself available for appearances during their fundraiser this year.
Fundraising for children's hospitals is not something
Victoria picked up just to compete. She is one of the original "Southern Sisters" that began in 1991 as a
group of pageant girls that combined their talents to perform for various community events as a non-profit group. They
began singing together at first because they were always competing together and they wanted to sing some times when they were
not in competition. Shortly after forming, one of the 'sisters', Heather, was diagnosed with cancer. They
began singing for the Henrietta Eggleston and Scottish Rite fundraiser's in her memory. 17 years have
passed and only Victoria and her sister, Rebekah, still sing as "Southern Sisters". They still feel blessed
every time they sing for a hospital, rehab or fund raiser. Victoria's own cousin, Gene, benefited greatly from Eggleston
in Atlanta. Her friend and fellow "Southern Sister", Heather, was also a patient at Eggleston.
Now that Miss America has partnered with CMN, it is with great excitement that she uses her association with MAO as a local
titleholder to promote CMN.
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