Mississippi
Day of Service: First Lady, Miss Mississippi partner to clean up Vicksburg – The Vicksburg Post
- Elee Reeves, First Woman of Mississippi, addresses members of the Sampler Vintage Membership Friday on the membership’s November 2021 assembly, her most up-to-date go to to the River Metropolis. (Photograph by Terri Cowart Frazier | The Vicksburg Submit)
As a part of a statewide day of service, Mississippi’s First Woman Elee Reeves will likely be in Vicksburg on Saturday to volunteer with visiting royalty.
Reeves, in collaboration with Miss Mississippi 2021 Holly Model, Preserve Mississippi Stunning and Volunteer Mississippi, will start the day of service on the Vicksburg Conference Middle and work to scrub the encompassing streets within the downtown Vicksburg space.
Reeves and Model will likely be joined by the 31 candidates competing on this 12 months’s Miss Mississippi Competitors, with every younger girl representing her particular person hometown, metropolis and neighborhood.
“I’m extremely excited to assist host at the present time of service,” Reeves stated. “Volunteerism is essential to bettering the lives of others and serving to to foster a stronger sense of neighborhood.”
In recognition of the First Woman’s announcement of the cleanup effort that can happen in downtown Vicksburg, the governor, in a proclamation, declared June 18, 2022, as “Mississippi Serves – A Day to Volunteer” and is encouraging all Mississippians to volunteer for a service undertaking throughout the state on Saturday and to make volunteer service as a part of their every day lives.
David Blackledge, who serves as the manager director for the Miss Mississippi Company stated, “We’re very grateful that the Governor and First Woman have chosen to honor the Miss Mississippi Company and our Miss Mississippi, Holly Model, by offering a statewide day of service known as Mississippi Serves in Vicksburg on June 18, 2022. We’re additionally excited to have our First Woman, Elee Reeves, and our Miss Mississippi candidates be a part of us in Vicksburg to kick off this statewide occasion.”
Preliminary competitions for the Miss Mississippi Competitors start Wednesday, and Blackledge stated the day of service clean-up effort will function a worthwhile undertaking for the candidates to take part in earlier than the competitors will get underway.
For anybody curious about taking part within the day of service or studying extra, e mail ann.beard@govreeves.ms.gov.
About Terri Cowart Frazier
Terri Frazier was born in Cleveland. Shortly afterward, the household moved to Vicksburg. She is a part-time reporter at The Vicksburg Submit and is the editor of the Vicksburg Residing Journal, which has been awarded First Place by the Mississippi Press Affiliation. She has additionally been the recipient of a First Place award within the MPA’s Higher Newspaper Contest’s editorial division for the “Greatest Function Story.”
Terri graduated from Warren Central Excessive College and Mississippi State College the place she obtained a bachelor’s diploma in communications with an emphasis in public relations.
Previous to coming to work at The Submit a bit of greater than 10 years in the past, she did some freelancing on the Jackson Free Press. However for many of her life, she loved being a full-time keep at residence mother.
Terri is a member of the Crawford Road United Methodist Church. She is a lifetime member of the Vicksburg Junior Auxiliary and is a previous member of the Sampler Vintage Membership and City and Nation Backyard Membership. She is married to Dr. Walter Frazier.
“From staying knowledgeable with native governmental points to listening to the tales of its individuals, a hometown newspaper is important to a neighborhood. I’ve felt privileged to be a part of a devoted workforce at The Submit all through my tenure and hope that with theirs and with native assist, I will proceed to develop and hone in on my abilities as I assist share the tales in Vicksburg. When requested what I like most about my job, my reply is all the time ‘the individuals.’
Extra by Terri Cowart
