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THE MISS AMERICA'S OUTSTANDING TEEN
PROGRAM
ANNOUNCES CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK
AS THEIR NATIONAL PLATFORM
Orlando, FL - Miss
America's Outstanding Teen (MAOT) organization announced
today that Children's Miracle Network has been selected as
their official National Platform. MAOT, the sister program
to the Miss America Organization, have chosen Children's
Miracle Network (CMN) as their platform to further reinforce
the efforts that have been so successful on the national
level for the Miss America Organization who adopted this
program in 2007.
The mission of the Miss America's Outstanding Teen
organization is to promote scholastic achievement, creative
accomplishment, healthy living and community involvement for
America's teens. The new partnership will provide
opportunities for MAOT to not only raise funds and awareness
for the 17 million children treated each year at the 170
Children's Miracle Network hospitals, but it will also help
benefit the MAOT Scholarship Program.
Kim Parrish, President of Miss America's Outstanding Teen
stated, "We are excited to have partnered with such a
wonderful organization. Our contestants represent the best
and the brightest in America and I couldn't think of a
partner who would better compliment our efforts than
Children's Miracle Network. I know our contestants will
support and embrace these children to help make even more
miracles happen."
Each year the new Miss America's Outstanding Teen, in
addition to bringing awareness to her personal platform,
will be the Teen Ambassador for Children's Miracle Network
as she raises funds and awareness for both CMN and MAOT.
This partnership also extends to teens competing at the
local, state and national levels of the pageant, asking each
contestant who participates to be responsible for raising
funds on behalf of Children's Miracle Network and Miss
America's Outstanding Teen.
"We are thrilled to have formed this national partnership to
continue to help the many children that are supported in
every city in America by Children's Miracle Network
hospitals. Together, we'll work towards raising funds for
our scholarship program to enable young and talented women
across the country gain new opportunities," said Art
McMaster, president & CEO Miss America Organization. "We
look forward to a long and rewarding relationship with
Children's Miracle Network."
"We are honored to be selected as the official National
Platform of the Miss America Organization," said Jim Hall,
CEO and president of Children's Miracle Network. "The Miss
America Organization and Children's Miracle Network have had
an amazing 18-year history and we're looking forward to
building on that and increasing funds for both
organizations."
In 2007, CMN was selected as the National Platform partner
of the Miss America Organization. As part of the
partnership, the current Miss America also acts as the
National Goodwill Ambassador for CMN during her year of
service. The current Miss America is Kirsten Haglund from
Farmington Hills, MI.
About Miss America's Outstanding Teen
Miss America's Outstanding Teen is a scholarship-based
program offering accomplished teens the opportunity to be
awarded funds for college. The program promotes scholastic
achievement, creative accomplishment, healthy living and
community involvement for America's teens. For more
information, please visit
www.maoteen.org
About Children's Miracle Network
Children's Miracle Network is a non-profit organization
dedicated to saving and improving the lives of children by
raising funds for children's hospitals across North America.
Each year the 170 Children's Miracle Network hospitals
provide the finest medical care, life-saving research and
preventative education to help millions of kids overcome
diseases and injuries of every kind. To learn more visit
www.childrensmiraclenetwork.org.
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