DJ Chivis Sr. Ms. Global United 2013/2014

DJ Chivis - Sr. Ms. Global United 2013/2014

I write this last blog with a tear in my eye as well as excitement.  The excitement is that in just a few days, I will see all of my 2013/2014 pageants queens.  I will be part of coaching delegates during pageant festivities as well as participate in crowning the new class of queens!

The tear in my eye is my last appearances being your Sr. Ms. Global United.  It was a wonderful year, and Wendy Lindberg is a great pageant Director.  To kick off the week and subsequent crowning, we received a memorable pageant week with plenty of food, outstanding activities, wonderful surprises and prizes and Wendy’s awesome support!

I will cherish my title forever and I am sad that the crown will retire because it is the most beautiful ever! The Kids Cancer insignia in the very center of the crown hit close to my heart. Kids cancer is the most devastating illness to deal with, because it takes so many forms, and these are just kids!  Let’s pray there are cures in our lifetime.

I was part of Linc Rock the Block festival, and walked in the Hollyhock 4^th of July parade side by side my daughter, County Commissioner Candace Chivis (D-17^th District) who is running for re-election next month.  I also took some photos with neighborhood girls who bugged me for days to try on my state crown and take photos!

My final appearances will be at the 2014 Global United Pageant in Minneapolis in just a few days! I must say, please consider becoming a delegate in this wonderfully organized, Kids-Cancer National-Platform Pageant.   You’ll never regret the experience and who know?  You may just walk away with the national title and crown, like I did!

I thank God first, and then my family for their support, as I was given this wonderful opportunity.

DJ Chivis - Sr. Ms. Global United 2013/2014

After 118 inches of snow for the season, spring is finally here!  In fact, it’s almost summer and those days of winter are well in the past! However, at the peak of the snow season, you can see the snow mounds almost above my shoulders (and I am a tall person).  I didn’t let the weather get me down, so I participated in several inside events.  I volunteered to make popcorn in February, March and April at New Branches Charter School where my grandson attends.  I also attended Linc First Friday Community event with my daughter, Kent County District- 17 Commissioner, (D), Candace Chivis.  In March I donated gift bags to the outgoing Ms. and Miss queen and delegates for the Ms. Wheelchair Michigan Pageant.  I judged the Sunburst regional pageant, and was a guest queen at the Mrs. Michigan America Pageant.

Due to the mounds of snow around my house, I could get all of my donations out of the house and into my car, so when the snow melted, I was finally able to donate to the Salvation Army and In the Image.  And I had collected many, many items!  I also brought 22 bags and 2 boxes of personal care items to the Mel Trotter Mission, which is a homeless shelter for men, women and children. I had never visited a homeless shelter and I was very enlightened and humbled.  I could not take photos inside – only of the sign outside.   I was given a book about Mel Trotter, and his homeless shelter and mission serves to be everything he prayed about to help people who had been through hopeless times in their life, much like his life, before he founded the mission.