Mrs. Louisiana United States 2009: More Fairs & Festivals

About Mrs. LA United States 2009

A proud native of Louisiana’s Cajun Country, Anne Katherine met her husband, Jackson, on the playground of their elementary school. Though not yet a parent, she has 1200 “kids” to guide, encourage, and sometimes reprimand as the Director of Student Life at a college in New Orleans. She is committed to expanding her daily work of motivating students to become active citizens and leaders through service learning and volunteerism.

Anne Katherine holds an M.Ed. in University Administration and is undertaking doctoral studies in Organizational Psychology. She serves on an education advisory board and is active in several organizations including Habitat for Humanity, Catholic Charities of Greater New Orleans, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Louisiana, and Kiwanis International.

When not working with students or serving her community, Anne Katherine enjoys traveling, singing in the car, guiding her Fantasy Football team to the playoffs, and spending autumn Sunday afternoons in the Superdome cheering on the Saints with her husband.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

More Fairs & Festivals

As my mother would say, the Road Lizards were on tour again this weekend! One of my best friends (who I actually met through pageants) and I hit the road heading west to judge a couple of festival pageants over the weekend. Our first stop was Livingston for the Livingston Parish Fair Queens' pageants. It seems as though we never outgrow pageants and once a festival girl, always a festival girl! In fact, one of the directors for the Parish Fair pageant traveled with us as a festival queen, as did her sister. What a reunion! Although the weather was a little wet, we still enjoyed every minute of our visit and the pageant.
After catching up with friends in Hammond that evening, we headed west again for Walker, LA for the Honeybee Festival pageants. This festival and the pageant are produced to support St. Jude's Hospital. I learned so much about this incredible organization, including that it takes about $1.4 million PER DAY to run the facility, and Louisiana is fortunate enough to have two hospitals associated with St. Jude's. There was an amazing turn out, and the more the merrier when it comes to fundraising for St. Jude's Hospital!

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