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Miss Greater Richmond Scholarship Program
Purpose and MissionWho We Are and Our PurposeThe Miss Greater Richmond Scholarship Program is an affiliate of the Miss Virginia and Miss America Scholarship Organizations. The Miss America Organization, with its state and local affiliates, is the number one resource in the world for women to receive educational scholarships. In 2006, the Miss America Scholarship Organization made available over $45 million dollars to 12,000 women. It is the financial support of organizations, businesses and individuals … from the smallest companies to the Fortune 500 companies … who make the $45 million dollars in scholarships available nationwide. The Miss Greater Richmond Scholarship Program is a non-profit scholarship program whose purpose is awarding scholarships to deserving young women ages 17 to 24 years old and providing a forum for their community service. The program includes two additional scholarship competitions for Miss Teen (ages 13-17), and Miss Preteen (ages 10-12) Greater Richmond. The Little Miss and Junior Miss divisions are awarded savings bonds as gifts. The Results Locally, the program has awarded over $35,000 in scholarships to our contestants in the past five years. Miss Greater Richmond 2007, Jessie Buckman, was first runner-up in the Miss Virginia Pageant where she won an $8,500 scholarship and a $1,000 talent award. In the first six months of 2007, she has earned $12,000 in scholarship money towards her college education. In the teen program, Caitlin Brunell, Miss Teen Greater Richmond won Miss Virginia’s Outstanding Teen and Miss America’s Outstanding Teen. Her scholarship winnings total $30,000. Last year’s Miss Virginia’s Outstanding Teen and Miss Teen Greater Richmond 2005, Brittany Young, was second runner-up and talent winner in the 2006 Miss America’s Outstanding Teen. She was awarded $18,000 towards her college education. In 2006, our Miss Preteen Greater Richmond, Allison Exner, was first runner-up, and in 2007, Andolyn Medina was second runner-up in Miss Virginia’s Outstanding Preteen division. What You Can Do To Help It is the financial support of local citizens, businesses and civic organizations whose charitable contributions to the Miss Greater Richmond Scholarship Program make it possible to award scholarships. We appreciate monetary donations plus attendance, support and participation in our competitions and our annual golf tournament fundraising event in September. We also welcome volunteers to our committee. Please browse our website for information and details: www.missgreaterrichmond.com. You may also enjoy browsing the Miss Virginia website: www.missva.com and the Miss America site: www.missamerica.org. Thank You On behalf of the volunteers of the Miss Greater Richmond Scholarship Program, we greatly appreciate your personal interest, contributions, participation and support for this outstanding scholarship opportunity for young women. ___________________________________________________________________________________Miss Greater Richmond Scholarship ProgramAn affiliate of Miss Virginia and Miss America Organizations P.O. Box 1716 - Mechanicsville, VA 23116 - (804) 746-2018Email: missgtrrichmond@yahoo.com - Website: www.missgreaterrichmond.com Sue & Buddy Cox - Executive Directors 9.4.07
The Miss America, Miss Virginia and Miss Greater Richmond established the following mission statement. The Miss Greater Richmond Scholarship Program, Inc. is a part of the Miss Virginia and Miss America Organizations, which are non-profit corporations. The first Miss America Pageant was held in 1921 and in 1945 the scholarship foundation was established. Today, more than $45 million in scholarship assistance is available annually to young women who participate in the Miss America program.
The mission is:
scholarship awards as a resource to achieve their educational goals, to create and maintain a system of competition which enhances career opportunities and to produce role models representing positive wholesome American values;
the job of Miss Virginia;
issues of concern to Virginia’s women (ages 17-24), and to encourage and promote the role of women in all aspects of our society;
fields of endeavor and specifically to women’s issues, and
and economic benefits throughout Miss Virginia’s local and state network.
Miss Greater Richmond Scholarship ProgramAn affiliate of Miss Virginia and Miss America Organizations P.O. Box 1716 - Mechanicsville, VA 23116 - (804) 746-2018Email: missgtrrichmond@yahoo.com - Website: www.missgreaterrichmond.com Sue & Buddy Cox - Executive Directors8-24-07
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Updated 07/02/2008
