Global Down Syndrome Foundation

2010 Dare to Play and Cheer Cast

The Ed McCaffrey Dare to Play and Dare to Cheer Camp culminated in what was dubbed, "The Super-Duper Bowl" on Saturday, June 26th at Valor Christian High School. The football and cheerleading camp participants ranged in the ages of 10-29 years old.
Each football player had a "Buddy" from the Valor football team. My son, Chaz was partnered with one of the star players from the Silver Team, Cameron Cassily. While Chaz was assisting with football fundamentals, my younger son Payton and I helped in preparations for the Tailgating Party.
The Global Down Syndrome Foundation organized the event with the help of Ed McCaffrey. Ed's fellow Broncos, Al Wilson and Darrel Reid coached the teams, who ultimately ended the game with an unprecedented 28-28 Victory.
Starz Entertainment filmed the event and will air a series on their network this Fall.

with my son Chaz and his Buddy, Cameron

with Dare to Cheer Cheerleader, Megan

The Girls with Payton (my son) and his friend Jordan

Congratulations!

On June 19th I found myself back at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House. This time, I was in the audience watching a fantastic group of Colorado's young women pursuing their dreams.

Congratulations to the newly crowned Melaina Shipwash - Miss Colorado America 2010, Lexie O'Dowd- Miss Colorado Outstanding Teen 2010, and Kayla Thomas- Miss Colorado Teen 2010. Kayla and her family have been a part of our lives for several years and I'm so excited for them. As Kayla's mentor, I am proud of her accomplishments on and off the pageant stage! She is becoming a remarkable young woman.

with Kayla Thomas, Miss Colorado Teen 2010

Lexie, Melaina, and Kayla

Bolder Boulder 2010

Memorial Day was celebrated in style with a group of willing friends! We put together "Team Colorado" -all of us wore red, and strutted our stuff amongst the other 50,000 runners at this year's Bolder Boulder 10k. My pageant training and physical fitness award were put to the test. I was pleasantly surprised with my 52 minutes finish - I've only added 10 minutes to my all time record! Thank you Team Colorado! It was fun running with all of you....okay, it was fun running with my competitive friend, Sarah. Thanks for pushing me.

Part of "Team Colorado"

Sarah and I, pre-race.

Mrs. Colorado on Everyday!

On June 4th, I had my first television interview as Mrs. Colorado. Being in front of the camera brought back memories of my Broadcast Journalism career following college. Natalie Tysdal conducted the interview. Everyday can be seen on Channel 2, "everyday" at 10:00 am. It's a great show to find out what events are going on in Colorado.

With Natalie Tysdal, Everyday host

Retreat with Mimi Wilson

One of my greatest privileges in life is being a Discussion Leader for Bible Study Fellowship. My service with BSF began over five years ago. BSF is a 30+ week bible study that centers around one topic or one book of the bible. This past year we studied the book of John and this coming year we will be studying the book of Isaiah. The class I attend is under the direction of Teaching Leader Adele Funk. On Saturday, June 5th, Adele blessed her leaders with a Thank You retreat. She invited Christian Author, Mimi Wilson to speak on how we have been "Spoken For." It was a beautiful day of refreshing and learning.

With Christian Author, Mimi Wilson

A "Mrs. Colorado" road trip to Wyoming

The Mrs. Wyoming America 2010 pageant was held on Saturday, May 29th. I had the pleasure of driving to Cheyenne, WY with my fellow queen sisters Megan Yarberry and Christina Sacha to watch the show. The drive to the pageant was a great time for me to get a crash course in what I called, "Mrs. Colorado 101." Thank you Christina and Megan for putting up with all my questions!

Congratulations to the beautiful Lauren Sowerwine, Wyoming's representative to the Mrs. America pageant. Best of luck in your preparations and may your year be blessed!

With Lauren Sowerwine, Mrs. Wyoming America 2010

SCTNow Stiletto Run - 2010 Kick Off Event at Saks

On Monday, May 24th, I made my first official Mrs. Colorado appearance. The Stop Child Trafficking Now organization held a kick-off event at Saks Fifth Avenue's Cherry Creek store, for the Denver Stiletto Run they will be hosting this coming Fall. The evening was centered around an inspirational talk with SCTNow's President, Founder, and Author Lynette Lewis. Mrs. Colorado looks forward to partnering with the organization and doing what we can to bring awareness to the very disturbing crime of Child Trafficking. To learn more about the organization and the Stiletto Run coming to Denver, go to www.sctnow.org. I have a feeling the Mrs. Colorado State Finalists have a leg up on the Stiletto Run competition. Ladies, sign up now and start practicing!

With SCTNow Founder, President and Author, Lynette Lewis