Back in May, I was asked to be a Celebrity Judge at the annual North Dallas Lock-Up event for MDA - I got a gavel & everything!!
It was a Jail & Bail themed fundraiser where local business leaders are asked to raise a “bail” of $1600 leading up to the event. On the day of the “hearing,” MDA sent out volunteers as Sheriffs with an arrest warrant for each of these leaders. They were brought to the III Forks restaurant in Dallas where I was waiting to sentence them!
Here I am with a local business leader
I charged them all with having a kind heart & sentenced them to time unless they had made their bail. If they had yet to raise all $1600 before they came, I told them they were to be shackled to a cell phone for an hour calling everyone they know to help bail them out of jail!
Here I am laying down the LAW!
The participants even had their pictures taken behind bars. Such a cute idea & the event raised over $100,000!!
I even got to do a TV interview regarding the event & my title of Miss Texas International.
You can see the "jailbirds" in the background
Even though my platform is breast cancer awareness, I love doing other events in my community too! This was one was a LOT of fun! The MDA is a great organization. Part of the money raised will go toward summer camps for children. Each year, the MDA sends more than 4,000 children with muscular dystrophy to an MDA summer camp. The cost of sending just one child is $800, but none of that is put on the families! All the children are sent to camp with the funds raised by the organization & people like you!! For more information on the organization, please visit their website.
**Side note: This event was held at III Forks Restaurant in Dallas. The decor was really neat & different, & the food was so yummy! I would definitely recommend it J
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