![]() I love music and when I found out they have a talent portion in the pageant, I thought it would be a great way to express my love for performing and music. is to make it easier for my family to pay for my education. “School and getting a good education is everything to me. “I love how this pageant is scholarship based!” she said. That’s why Phoenix decided to compete for Miss Nebraska’s Outstanding Teen this spring, to share a message and grow as a person. “I also want people to know how amazing this pageant system is and how much young women can learn from an opportunity like this.” “I want civilians to be aware of what goes on behind their freedom and how military families make it happen,” said Phoenix. This military spouses bill is important to Nebraska, especially District 3 and 45.” State Senator Carol Blood later posted on Facebook: “Thank you to Miss Sarpy County Outstanding Teen for her outstanding testimony on LB 88 this week. This brave 12-year old advocated for LB88, a bill that would prompt the state to issue temporary professional licenses to military spouses during the procedural wait time it takes to secure a permanent license. Just last week, Phoenix did something most adults never commit the time or dedication to she went to Lincoln to testify before members of the Nebraska Legislature. I truly enjoyed being a part of this religious and cultural celebration! Proud to be a young Filipina! Performing at this year’s Santo Niño Festival was an honor! I had the pleasure of meeting our Nebraska Governor, Pete Ricketts, and Bellevue city mayor, Rita Sanders. Got to help out at Offutt Air Force Base’s Thrift Store today! The revenue that is brought in goes toward many base organizations, off base community organizations, as well as scholarships for high-school seniors and military spouses. Her most recent pictures show a glimpse of all of her hard work from the Remembering The Fallen exhibit on display at her school, to her volunteer efforts to raise money for military families. Phoenix is engaging her peers, her school and community members both in and outside the military. ‘Beyond the Yellow Ribbon’ is about helping kids and teens go through these difficult moves, and also spread the word to civilians to let them know that not only do their parents serve, but us as the youth serve, too.” This is why I want to give back to the men and women who serve and still continue to serve. “The military has blessed my family and I with incredible opportunities that most people don’t get. “Because this is something I can strongly touch base with and it is an issue that kids and teens have to go through, I wanted to make a difference,” said Phoenix. When she became Miss Sarpy County’s Outstanding Teen 2017, she put a name on her mission: ‘Beyond The Yellow Ribbon: Support for Military Children.’ Phoenix took her own experiences and set out to help others facing the same challenges. I’ve learned that the many who go through things like this soon give up the will to want to make new friends because they know that they are just going to move again.” After having moving here, I met more military children. ![]() ![]() I was terrified to start school not knowing anyone around there. ![]() I missed my British food, I missed living in Europe and seeing medieval buildings around me. It was a difficult transition when I moved. Having to leave my childhood friends behind devastated me. “All my friends were British and all the activities I was involved in were all done with the local nationals. That was where I first started school,” said Phoenix. “I was raised in England and spent most of my childhood there. Phoenix has touched communities around the world, literally, due to her military upbringing. “I believe helping out those who are less fortunate and donating your time to an event helps people to rise.” “My parents have raised me since I was 5 years old to always be involved in giving back to the community,” Phoenix told me recently. When I was 12, I set a new Tetris record on my Nintendo.) She can’t get in to a rated R movie, yet this girl has already testified before the Nebraska Legislature, been a featured guest at several high profile events and spent countless hours volunteering across Sarpy County. Miss Sarpy County’s Outstanding Teen 2017 Phoenix Stanford
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