Fall Time Fun!

Why hello there! The past few months Alyssa, Kennedie and myself have had a hectic, but enjoyable time! Since the last time we checked in, we have done numerous events, including the CIBC Run for the Cure, the Chamber Business Excellence Awards and the Hope for hospice Masquerade Ball. Also, the Kamloops Royalty as well as our British Columbia Ambassador Acacia Schmietenknop, have taken on the duty of selling 50/50 tickets at every home Storm Game!

The CIBC Run for the Cure was a fantastic event. We got to mingle with the supporters, show our own support, and even sing O’ Canada before the runners started the walk/run. Boy, that was sure fun! While the people were out running, Acacia, Alyssa, Kennedie and myself got to sign the banner and take a picture in the fire truck. Once the runners/walkers were starting to return, we cheered as they crossed the finish line. We had an amazing time!

On October 13th, we were honoured to be a part of the big night for businesses, the Chamber Business Excellence Awards. Here, all four of us greeted guests and got them seated, then stood on stage while the presentations were taking place. What a successful night!

An event that was for such a great cause, and the biggest impact on myself, was the Hope for Hospice Masquerade Ball. This event was spectacular, and the proceeds got to the Margorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice right here in Kamloops. While Alyssa and Kennedie assisted the photobooth, Acacia and myself worked the coat check, a very wonderful event that we were excited to be a part of!

And finally, when you are watching our very own Storm players play on home ice, don’t forget to purchase your 50/50 tickets, sold to you by the four of us ourselves, Go Storm Go!!

As the leaves fall off the trees, and the snow files in the air, we are getting ready for our busy season, winter! Soon, Alyssa, Kennedie and myself will be visiting the high schools and welcoming candidates for 2013/2014. We are also looking forward to all the holiday events, parades and breakfasts that we get to be a part of!

As our year almost reaches its halfway mark, we are sad it is flying by, but we also are ready for new experiences, memories and laughs.

Yours Truly,
~Mikayla Russell, Kamloops Princess 2012

Summer Lovin'

With Summer Lovin' Comes A New Beginning

          Hello Kamloops! Thank you for welcoming us in this summer as the new Kamloops royalty. We have Alyssa Redmile as Miss Kamloops and Mikayla Russell and myself, Kennedie Maidment as Kamloops Princesses. Mikayla, Alyssa, and I  are more than honoured to be representing our beautiful city for this upcoming year. We have already have the pleasure of attending 6 out of town pageants in communities including Quesnel, Lytton, and Oliver where we watched as their new royalty were crowned. We have also attended numerous in town events which include a Shoppers Gala, and Hot Nite in the City, to kick off our reign.

          However, we could not be doing this alone. We have been quickly welcomed and become a part of the sparklehead, weekend family of royalty teams from across the province. Also, for the first month we were able to reign with our British Columbia Ambassador, Paris, who showed us the ropes when it comes to the pageant lifestyle. Then, at this year's BC pageant, in August, Kamloops was once again lucky enough to proudly have Acacia representing our city as a newly crowned Provincial Ambassador along with Mariah of Castlegar, and Carley of Trail. We look forward to spending our year with Acacia, in our team of 4. 

          I can speak for all of our team when I say this next part. A huge thank you is to go out to everyone associated with the Miss Kamloops Ambassador Program. The many volunteer hours all of the facilitators, and committee members put into this program is going to make this an absolutely incredible year. As well as a thank you to our sponsors for allowing us to make our journey through this program.

          I look forward to spending a great year representing Kamloops!

Kamloops Princess 2012

Kennedie Maidment 

May Madness!

Hello again ! Wow, what a busy and extremely rewarding few months we have just completed. Kimberly, Karly, Paris and I have been very active in the community, especially with the nice weather rolling in. We have been able to participate in Boogie the Bridge and the MS walk this month, along with our beautiful candidates! Speaking of candidates! They are doing such a good job and we love to watch them grow as much as they have since January. They have completed the fashion show as well as speech night in April, both in which they did exceptionally well. Next up for them is talent on May 31st, good luck girls !

As for us Royalty, we have been getting back into the pageant swing, and have been able to attend the Chase and Summerland pageant over the past two weekends. We had enormous amounts of fun, to say the least, but are always sad to say goodbye to fellow ambassadors. Recently we also all participated in the local Pitstop, an event dedicated to cooking and feeding the less fortunate. It was a new experience for all of us, and while it was definitely eye opening, it was also very rewarding, and we were honoured to be a part of something so special. 

Well we only have a short time left, almost two months exactly, and we plan to live every moment to it's fullest. We have had such an amazing ten months, and we know the next two will have no troubles living up to and exceeding them. 

 Emily Palladino, Miss Kamloops.

Our Reign Continues...

Since the Christmas season has come to an end, we have entered into a new year, which means a new season of busyness for us Ambassadors. We are proud to say we have a total of 16 new candidates, who have proven to be very assertive and enthusiastic about the program. With the coming of the new candidates, Karly, Emily and I have come to realize all the more what a gem this program has been for us, and how much sooner it will come to an end. Even though we are saddened by this thought, it brings comfort to remember that 5 months still remain for us to attend events and functions and continue to have the privilege of representing our beautiful city of Kamloops.

In January we were able to participate in Wendy’s Dreamlift Day! We had a great time learning how to function in the appropriately named business of “fast” food. Karly and I poured beverages for the patient customers, and Paris and Emily helped on the drive thru, and we all got to pour a few frosties on the way. Altogether we had a great time, supporting a great cause.

Another event we attended was Literacy Day. This is a day were children of all ages can come out and enjoy doing crafts, playing with various experiments displayed by the Big Little Science Center, listening to tunes played by the Oldtime Fiddlers, face painting, reading books, and many other fun activities. It is all in support of Literacy for children. Though it may be hard to believe, one in four children in Kamloops cannot read, and for this reason we were proud to contribute to make that fact a part of the past.

I personally had a particularly emotional time at the Alzheimer’s Walk for Memories, where we held the ribbon that was cut to begin the walk. It was an amazing turn out, of young and old participants, which was impacting to everyone involved.

Each of these events represent life changing causes, and Karly, Emily and I were proud to be a part of them. We have enjoyed ourselves immensely and we look forward to our future events!


Best Wishes,
Kamloops Princess Kimberly Lebel

Fall 2011

We had a wonderful fall and now we're busy as ever with our winter events! Over the past few months we've gotten to meet many of our communities dignitaries and other leaders. Kim, Emily and I have represented Kamloops in Oliver, Peachland and Barriere and every trip brought new memories and new friends. Some of the events we've gone to recently include: Toys For Kids, Basics for Babies, the Kamloops Santa Claus Parade, the United Way Touchdown and the MS Society's Open House! We extend our gratitude to all of the organizers of the events for allowing us to take part!

We'd also like to congratulate former Miss Kamloops, Acacia Schmietenknop on her run for School Board Trustee in this years municipal election. Although she did not get elected in, we are so proud of her and know that this is just the beginning for her - Way to go Acacia!

With Christmas events, parties and opportunities, we've also started our school visits for 2012 candidates! We've gone to every high school in the district and the feedback is unbelievable! I'm looking forward to meeting each of the prospective candidates and can't wait for their candidacy to begin! For those interested, candidate call is January 2nd @ 6:30 pm @ the Heritage House and January 4th @ 6:30 pm @ the Hal Rogers Hall. Please contact Teresa or Acacia at misskamloops@gmail.com for more information.

Happy Holidays from Emily, Kim and I! We wish everyone a safe and enjoyable holiday season filled with fun, laughter and family.

- Seasons Greetings!
Kamloops Princess, Karly Flannigan

Congratulations Paris!

It begins again! Our Kamloops Royalty team was thrilled to congratulate Kamloops own Paris Sanesh on placing this past weekend in the British Columbia Ambassador Pageant. The weekend was a relaxing one for Karly, Emily, and I, as we watched in admiration of our fellow sparkle head and friend, Paris. All her hard work paid off, and the four of us are absolutely thrilled to be able to share much of the following year together attending pageants and community events together.

Speaking of community events, the Kamloops Royalty was very happy to be present this past week at Hot Night in the City, the local car show. We toured around to browse and look at all the impressive chrome and wide selection of spotless vehicles.  It was a privilege to hand out the awards given in a broad variety of unique categories, as many of the well deserved winners claimed their plaque or trophy and posed for a picture with yours truly. Also while we were downtown for the event, we were able to volunteer some time to water the public produce project garden!

One of the more interesting events we were able to attend was the Mine Day in Logan Lake at Highland Valley Copper. We toured all the pits, and took some great photos! If I don’t mind saying so myself, we seemed to do quite a fantastic job selling 50/50 tickets, and painting some very good looking faces.

I believe we were all able to experience Kamloops this past week at the pinnacle of its city pride as we hosted the Western Canada Summer Games!  The opening and closing ceremonies were only a small result of all the hard work and dedication put into the Games, which were 4 years in the making. Karly, Emily, and I were able to attend men’s volleyball game, and basketball game, which only boosted our city pride as we watched our home province teams go for gold!

All in all, it has been a very eventful, and enjoyable past couple weeks, and things seem to only be getting better. We have been having the time of our lives, and cannot wait to continue to share all our wonderful experiences!

Best wishes,

Kamloops Princess, Kimberly Lebel

A New Beginning!

Here we go ! We have just been welcomed in as the new Kamloops Royalty for the 2011/2012 year. Karly Flannigan and Kimberly Lebel as the Kamloops princess', and myself, Emily Palladino, as the new Miss Kamloops. We would just like to give a quick thank you to everyone who has got us to this point, to all the volunteers who put their time into this program, you are so very appreciated.

We are very excited for what this year will bring to us, and for what we will bring to our city. We have already traveled to 3 different communities for their pageants. Congratulations to the new Royalty of Quesnel, Lytton and White Rock. We are very excited to start doing some more things within our community and of course to travel more through out August to other cities within our beautiful province of British Columbia.

Also ! Good luck to our recently retired Miss Kamloops, Paris Sanesh, who has been running in the BC Ambassador Program, as it comes to an end over the August 13th weekend at the pageant in Merrit. We know you will do us proud.

Best,
Miss Kamloops, Emily Palladino.