Now, in addition to her personal platform, Miss America will also be a goodwill ambassador for Children’s Miracle network. This new national platform will provide the Miss America Organization the opportunity to raise funds for the Miss America Scholarship Foundation , thus maximizing exposure, awareness and impact for both organizations.

Each contestant must raise a minimum of $100 for the Children’s Miracle Network to compete in a Miss Alabama local pageant. If you compete in more than one local pageant, you must raise a minimum of $100 for each local pageant you enter up to a total of $400. Once you have raised a total of $400, you are not required to raise more money and can enter as many local pageants for which you qualify in the current pageant year. However, the $400 is just a minimum; you may raise more money for CMN is you wish to do so.

To administer the CMN fundraising, each contestant must do the following:

1. Create your personal web page on the CMN web site and designate it for the local pageant in which you are competing (see the CMN MAO Guide.pdf below for details).
2. Raise the required funds for CMN.
3. Print proof of registration and money raised to bring with you to the local pageant (or mail it in with your other paperwork). If you are personally donating to CMN by check, please make the check out to CMN (not the local pageant) and send it in with your other paperwork. If possible, please try to avoid bringing a check with you the day of the pageant.
4. If you compete in another local pageant, you must go in and update your CMN page to reflect the next local pageant you are in.
5. ALL CMN ACTIVITY FOR THIS YEAR MUST BE POSTED IN THE 2012 PAGEANT CYCLE 

Additional information can be found at:  www.missamericaforkids.org