58th Annual Bristol Carol Sing ~ December 01!!

It's official, the Holiday Season is finally upon us. Tonight, Dec. 01 at the 58th annual Bristol Carol Sing everyone had a blast!! Mr. Ferris led us in singing, introduced Troy to sing a solo, (which by the way was wonderful) and I was also lucky enough to sing "Rockin Around The Christmas Tree". Trinette, Brianna, Meridith and I enjoyed singing all of our favorites like Rudolph, Frosty and of course "Silent Night" ended the evening. The City of Bristol is amazing, many thanks to all of the wonderful volunteers who make the Holiday events a success. Looking forward to Breakfast with Santa, The Forestville Carol Sing, Holiday Parade and many more volunteer appearances throughout December! Martha we missed you, but we will see you soon. I LOVE this time of the year!! :-)

Miss Nagatuck Valley Pageant & Santa Sunday at the Carousel Museum

I cannot begin to tell you how much fun I had at the Carousel Museum on 11/30 for Santa Sunday!! I was so lucky that I got to help out with the Elf next to Santa taking Email addresses so we can email pictures to the families of the children while visiting Santa. It was so much fun watching every single child that went up to Santa!!! Thanks to the Museum for allowing us to help out on this amazing day!!! The day also consisted of a drawing contest and tours of the museum!! I need to go back and visit real soon. Linda, thank you for the Carousel Pin for my sash... It meant a lot and is very special.

Brianna & I attended the Miss Naugatuck Valley Pageant on Saturday, November 28th. Congratulations to Kirsten who was crowned Miss Naugatuck Valley 2010 and Maggie, Junior Miss Naugatuck Valley. Everyone was amazing!! Brianna & I missed Martha & Merideth who attended Miss Twirl. Congrats to our new Miss Twirl and Little Miss Twirl.

Miss Mum's Turkey Drive/Miss Hartford County & Imagine Nation Museum

Bristol Eastern High School VS. Bristol Central High School at Muzzy for the Thanksgiving Day game!! GO EASTERN!! 5th year with the Bell! YES!

It was so much fun beginning the day making Thanksgiving Day placemats for the Bristol Hospital and other places that are serving Thanksgiving Dinner. We made over 150 placemats in a couple of hours...

On Saturday, My sister Brittany won Miss Hartford County 2010!!! YAY
Congratulations to Kate Ottavio, Miss Rocky Hill 2010, and my sister Brittany Decker, Miss Hartford County 2010! Also, congratulations to Andreanna Buccheri, Rocky Hill's Outstanding Teen 2010, and Haylee Rochler, Miss Hartford County's Oustanding Teen. I cannot wait to get to know all of you this coming year!!

Sunday, November 22 ~ Miss Mum Turkey Drive

November 7, 2009 ~Little Miss and Pre-Teen Miss Bristol 2010/Miss Wolcott Pageant

Martha, it was so much fun co-hosting the pageant with you. Congratulations to Brianna & Meredith! I am so excited to begin our year together and we are going to have such a blast! I would also like to mention that every single contestant was amazing and looked so beautiful! Melissa, Linda & the board, thank you for putting on a great show and for making the start of our year so incredible already! :-)

The night ended with all of us going to our first appearance together to the Miss Wolcott Pageant. Meredith was so exhausted after all of the excitement she even fell asleep sitting in her seat. Congratulations to Becky Albini Miss Wolcott 2010 & Erin Ward Miss Wolcott's Outstanding Teen 2010. I am looking forward to getting to know you both!



Pre-Teen Miss Bristol 2010 Brianna Beyers, Tara & myself celebrating!! Tara, thanks for always being so supportive.. Love you both!! :-)

Martha, Brianna, Meredith & Myself!!

Little Miss Bristol 2010 Meredith Valley & I!! :-)

October 31st ~ Halloween Parade at Intraham Manor

Today was an exciting day when many girls & boys showed up to parade around Ingraham Manor and show off their wonderful Halloween Costumes! It was rewarding to see that we succeeded in putting smiles on the faces of all the residence! A big thank you goes out to Mom, Dad, grandpa, grandma, Linda, Martha, Brittany & Aaron for their help AND we could not have done this without all of the wonderful friends who came dressed up. THANK YOU!

Special Olympics Bowl-A-Thon, Family Bake off & Exchange Club Diaper/Baby product Collection

Saturday, October 25th was an extremely rewarding and exciting day for me!! It began at 8:15 in the morning when I bet Martha & Linda at Spare Time Bowling Alley to volunteer at the Special Olympics Bowl-A-Thon! It was so amazing to see the excitement and anxiousness in the eyes of the athletes as they waited to begin the games. Martha did a great job presenting the opening ceremonies. It was a blast routing for our team as they knocked down the pins. They are all great bowlers! The best part was presenting the awards at the end of each tournament seeing their smiles as they received their ribbons.
Next we were off to the Family Bake off at the Bristol Library that Trinette, her mom & grandmother invited us too. We enjoyed all of the amazing snacks. Martha was also very excited to receive the pop top collection that Trinette’s Girl Scout Troup collected for her to give to the Ronald McDonald House! Great job Trinette!
We then went to collect Diapers and baby products at the Forestville Stop & Shop with the Exchange Club. This was amazing for me! Mr. Bailey explained that these items will go to the Parent and Children’s Services in Bristol so young or single parents can come in to collect diapers and other baby products several times during any week. I was so sad when Mr. Bailey told me that girls even my age come in for these items because they have babies already. I even learned that there is one girl that is 11 yrs old and pregnant right now. I plan to volunteer at this location to hand out these items; maybe I’ll even get a couple of my friends to join me. It will be eye opening!
Finally, back to the Bowl-A-Thon, to hand out awards for the 2nd tournament of the day! So much Fun!! I learned today that so many adults give up so much time to do such wonderful things for so many people in Bristol!! Martha & I had a GREAT DAY!! THANK YOU LINDA!!

Blanket Collection/Donation for Seniors

Please join me, Miss Bristol’s Outstanding Teen 2010, make Seniors Smile and keep them warm during the upcoming chilly season.

You can participate in two ways:
1. Donating a new blanket
OR
2. Cash donations to assist in the making of new blankets

All blanket donations will directly benefit seniors living in the local Bristol area.

Donations must be made no later than November 15th, so that blankets can be made, wrapped and delivered during the Holiday Season.

Contact Information:
Sarah Decker
54 Burton Street, Bristol
(860)620-7069

Sarrdecks@yahoo.com
Bdecker@sbcglobal.net

Donations can be mailed to the above address or arrangements can be made for pick up at your home or business.

Your support is greatly appreciated!!!

Forestville Pumpkin Festival ~ October 17th

Today, October 17 began at Friendlys with Melissa & Martha talking about so many things. Boy do we have a lot going on this year. I'm so excited.. It was also a fun day at the Pumpkin Festival. All the pumpkins were amazing.. My favorite was the "Twighlight" Pumpkin and it ended up winning first place in the "Theme" category. However, they were all amazing! The scarecrows were awesome too. The childrens custome parade and the Pet parade was so much fun to watch. We danced with the children and Martha judged a pumpkin for the Miss Bristol America prize!!! She chose the military pumpking.. :-) It was nice to see so many people there to support this event..

Mum-A-Thon

We began Sunday morning with the Mum-A-Thon. What a great day for a run/walk. Everyone did so well. It was so much fun greeting the runners at the finish line and handing out awards! Thanks to the Mum Committee once again for a great time!

Mum Bingo

My Birthday, Saturday, Oct. 10th ended with MUM BINGO!!! Jess & I had such a great time playing bingo. B15???? So Funny! And the best part of the night was I WON $62.50!!! Linda, Dina and the rest of the Mum Committee, thanks for such a great birthday night. Trinette, thank you for your card & present. Linda, I love my Vera Bradley!!

Mum Festival with Martha!!

Great Day!

Martha, Mr. Mayor & I

Mr. Kevin :-)

Baby Sheep 2 weeks old So cute!

Mr. Storz!!!

The Mum Festival Festivites at Memorial Blvd was our first appearance together. We had such a great time visiting all of the craft booths, looking at all the really nice cars and most of all meetings lots of new friends and seeing many familiar faces.. I am also adding some pictures of the day.

Miss Bristol's Outstanding Teen 2010

I had such an amazing time getting to know Courtney O, Alyscia, Sabrae and the Miss Bristol Contestants, Brooke, Courtney S. & Kristi! You were all great in the show and I'm happy that I got to know all of you.

Martha, I'm looking forward to the great year we are going to have together. I can't wait for all of the fun times we have ahead of us.

Thanks to the Miss Bristol Organization for organizing this pageant. Without all of you, it would not have been such a wonderful experience. I am so excited to spend my year with all of you!!

I'm so proud to be representing Bristol, the City that I live in. There is so much to offer everyone who lives here and I plan to work hard giving back to my wonderful community and showing my appreciation.

Sarah Decker
Miss Bristol's Outstanding Teen 2010