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Our Service Project for this year is

"2011 MILITARY SALUTE!"

Funds collected by the contestants for the Miss American Queen
title will be used to design, built,& decorate the Dacula Memorial Day
Queens Float for the Parade.  Floats cost upwards of $1500 dollars
and we hope each contestant will help raise funds for the float.  We
will also be exploring the Wounded Warrior Program to see how
additional funds can be used to support Georgia's First Lady,  Mrs
Deal, wife of Governor Nathan Deal, with her choosen program.

We hope all contestants will want to work towards these two
programs as their hours can be used towards the over all title of
Miss Patriotism as well as for service hours for the President's
Service Award. Funds can be gathered from business, friends and
family members.  You can hold a garage sale or bake sale to raise
funds.  

Miss Memorial Day Princess 2007,  
Brooke Martin, works on sorting and
addressing letters to our deployed
military troops.

Our queens collected over 400 good
will letters for our 2007 Service
Project  , The Patriotic Pen Pal
Program.
In 2008 Miss Martin Won our Queen
title and continued her community
service work and was awarded the
Title of Miss  Spirit of America in
2009 for her 4th of July
Neighborhood Parade she designed
and implemented.  She also
decorating the home of a active
solider for the holiday.
Congratulations to this Patriotic
Princess!

The Miss Memorial Day Royalty
Miss Memorial Day, Audra
Gibson, Junior Miss Memorial
Day, Alley Adler, Teen Miss
Memorial Day,Jessica
Huntington and Princess,
Brooke Martin, gather to add
finishing touches to the 2007
service project, The Patriotic Pen
Pal Program.  The girls lead
through volunteering.
An invitation to the
Governor's Mansion is
always a special event.
The Friends of the
Mansion are working
towards restoring items and
rooms in the Mansion.  
Pictured is the state china
with the state seal in gold.
    
The Great State of Georgia
Seal, embedded in the
marble entrance foyer of
our state Governor's  
Mansion, is just one of the
treasures at the Mansion.
The Friends of the Mansion
are working to raise funds to
restore the Mansion.   
The Patriotic Pen Pal Program
The 2007 Service Project
Our queens served to gather over 400 Letters Of Goodwill to
send to our active troops in harms way, the Veterans in our
local Veterans Hospital and to the returning wounded at Walter
Reed Army Hospital in Washington DC.  The letters were
written by the parade goers at the 2007 Dacula Memorial Day
Parade and Festival and then were sorted, addressed and
mailed by our Queen and her Court.    

Our 2007 Miss  Memorial Day
Queen, Miss Audra Gibson
enjoys a military escort on
Parade Day in Dacula.  There
was an air of pride and
patriotism as the Queen meet
with the men of this military
unit.  Our Finest and Bravest
were on hand to be in the
Dacula Memorial Day Parade.
Military service provides our
country the freedoms to enjoy
Life,  Liberty, and the Pursuit of
Happiness.  
The Dacula Memorial Day Parade and
Festival  is in honor of the United State's
Veterans.  Memorial Day is set aside for the
country to honor and remember our fellow
citizens who gave their lives for our freedom.
This slice of Americana, a thirteen year
tradition, is designed and managed by
Parade Director, Marvin Atherton. Once a
small town gathering with entries touting
themselves, the parade now works to have
entries be patriotic in nature, colorful in style,
honoring of our military, promoting our
country, and recognizing our Veterans.  This
change can be seen in the many floats and
decorated units that pass through the city
parade route each Memorial Day come rain
or shine.
The Governor's Mansion
Junior Miss Memorial Day
2009, Breonne Rittinger
practices her painting skills in
preparation for "FREEDOM
FACES"
TEEN Miss Memorial Day
2009, Kaitlyn Robertson show
phones collected for "Kaitlyn
Kares" Minutes for the Military
Program she has designed.
KNOCKING
ON DOORS
Miss Spirit of
America, 2009
Brooke Martin, is
working along
side the 2009
Queens as they
invite they public
to participate in
Memorial Day
Parade and
Festival Activities.

Practicing their
skills for  
"FREEDOM
FACES", the
Queens design
and ready for the
Festival 2009    
                         "2010 Yes Sir, Sergeant!"  

"We will be Respecting, Honoring and Remembering Christopher by taking care of his
family on Memorial Day and throughout the year", said Director of the Miss Memorial
Day Organization Cynthia Montgomery.

In the past, we have had the following Service Projects;  Friends of the Mansion, Relay
for Life, and Adopt A Platoon. This year we wanted to be more personable and work
with a specific family and are thrilled to be honoring Sgt. Christopher Boucher of the
US Army. In honor our of 5th Year as the Official Queens of the Dacula  Memorial Day
Parade, we will be SALUTING OUR MILITARY with a new float for the parade.

Funds collected will be used to design,build, and decorate the 2010 Miss Memorial
Day Queen's Float and   a honor with a special tribute to the Sergeant Christopher
Boucher,  who is currently deployed in Afghanistan.  His wife and children will be the
guest of the Miss Memorial Day Queens on Memorial Day as they enjoy patriotic face
paintings, pony rides, and lunch at the Dacula Memorial Day Parade and Festival
.Parade goer's can donate $3 towards the, "2010 Yes Sir, Sergeant! 'Service Project to
have there faces painted by LOVIE the CLOWN of Magic Ladder Entertainment.  
Proceeds will be used to host a R&R cookout and other events for Sgt. Boucher's
children while he is deployed for the next year.   Proceeds will also be used to host a
baby shower for the new son of Sgt. Boucher who was born 2 weeks after his
deployment and Christmas Clothes as well. Please come by and get your face painted
for a wonderful cause.