Today was the day I had been looking forward to the most (with the exception of the competition nights of course!). This morning Miss Minnesota Kathryn Knuttila and the 21 contestants vying for her title visited Gillette Children's Hospital, Minnesota's official Children's Miracle Network hospital, to decorate cookies and visit with patients. It was incredible to see the children impacted by our fund raising. Thank you so much to Becky, our Gillette liaison, for coordinating this visit for us and for feeding us delicious food from Panera.
We also toured the state capitol today! It was great to see the place where my uncle Steve Dille served as a senator for so many years. Also, THANK YOU to Barb Gehlen for arranging a 15 minute meeting with Governor Mark Dayton. It was an incredible opportunity. Also note how beautiful the capitol is thanks to Vetter Stone of Mankato, who donated some beautiful stone pieces for the Miss Minnesota silent auction!
Finally, we took some sponsor photographs in St. Louis Park. We had some lovely downtime, which we spent at Starbucks. It was a great opportunity to get to know each other!
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