Hello all!
As you may have heard, yesterday was National Pancake Day! Anyone who stopped by IHOP received a free stack of pancakes for a free will donation to the Children's Miracle Network. This event is always a lot of fun, and it is always so wonderful to speak with people who have been directly involved with the Children's Miracle Network! I spent the evening greeting people and serving the free pancakes, it was a wonderful experience, and from what I could tell, it was a huge success! The Children's Miracle Network had set a goal this year to raise 2.7 million dollars, and I believe it was achieved! A special thanks to IHOP for allowing such a wonderful event to take place in their restaurant!
Here I am with some of the IHOP workers, they are troopers for working on National Pancake Day! The event brings a lot of people to IHOP in a short period of time and it can be stressful! We all had a great time serving the pancakes, though!
I had the great privilege of meeting multiple families that have worked directly with the Children's Miracle Network, it is always inspiring to hear the stories of children overcoming sicknesses and also hearing the family's love and support for CMN!
Here are some of the hard-working cooks at IHOP! They had a big job yesterday with all of the free pancakes that needed to be made but they still had time to pose for a picture!
This is Rain, she was so excited to get her free pancakes, and to meet the "Yellow Princess" :)
Here is the donation box for people to leave free-will donations for the Children's Miracle Network! We raised over 2.5 million dollars yesterday alone, great work!
This was my job for the majority of the night, serving pancakes! I burnt my arm one of the times, accidentally grabbing the bottom of the plate, I guess I know why I'm not a server!
Here I am with Miss Omaha, Mindy Schreiber! These are the donation slips that people filled out while making contributions to CMN!
It was so great to meet this little girl, and she was really excited to eat some free pancakes! She didn't know the occasion for the free pancakes, so I chatted with her and her mother for a while explaining CMN and the Children's Hospital, and by the end of the conversation they were so happy to be able to support such a great cause!
Local and state title holders all over the country (as well as Miss America, Laura Kaeppeler) worked so hard yesterday to raise money for the Children's Miracle Network, and with an end result of over 2.5 million dollars raised, I think it is safe to say it was a success! It is always an honor to represent both the Miss America Organization and the Children's Miracle Network!
March is going to be a pretty crazy month in the life of Miss Lincoln. I have 4 appearances, 3 baton competitions, a philanthropy event for my sorority (Gamma Phi Beta French Toast Feed), orientation for Miss Nebraska, and at the very end of the month, I will be off to Switzerland for the World Baton Twirling Championships! With all of this, plus staying very busy with preparations for Miss Nebraska, March will be a very fun, busy, and exciting month!
Until next time!
Rachel Foehlinger
Miss Lincoln
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