Tiny tots & sweethearts raise money for Palmetto health Children’s hospital
(L–R) Front: Bryn Thurman, South Carolina’s Outstanding Tiny Tot 2010; Sarah Jekel, South Carolina’s Outstanding Little Miss 2010; Gracen Grainger, South Carolina’s Outstanding Sweetheart 2010; and Jillianna Campbell, South Carolina’s Outstanding Wee Miss 2010. Back: Aimee McElveen, co–director South Carolina’s Outstanding Miss Pageant; Emily White, South Carolina’s Outstanding Miss 2010; Savanna Brown, South Carolina’s Outstanding Young Miss 2010; Elizabeth Black, South Carolina’s Outstanding Young Miss Teen 2010; and Mims Goza, Children’s Miracle Network director, Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital.
Established in 1971, the Little Miss & Teen Miss South Carolina Pageant is one of South Carolina’s oldest youth development programs.
The program promotes and rewards community service and academic excellence while providing the participants the opportunity to perform their talents, develop communication and interview skills, and showcase their beauty, poise, and personality on stage.
In 2002, the pageant partnered with Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital as their official pageant charity. Their mission is to help raise awareness of the excellent care the hospital provides for South Carolina’s children and to raise funds to assist the hospital.
Since 2002, the pageant staff and contestants have raised more than $106,000 for Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital.
Their latest fundraiser was the South Carolina’s Outstanding Miss Pageant held May 16, 2010, in Hartsville, S.C. This event raised over $4000 for Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital and will be held annually.
The next fundraiser pageant is scheduled for May, 2011.
