IN THIS ISSUE Creating A Respectful Environment in our Society
EDITOR-PUBLISHER
DEB LANDRY CYCSACO@GMAIL.COM CROWN CARES MAGAZINE
FEBRUARY 2024 PUBLISHED BY
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From the Editor Welcome to the Crossroads Crown CARES Magazine. Whether you are a pageant contestant, director, or spectator, this magazine will empower you to impact your community especially this special issue celebrating New York Fashion Week and our 25th Anniversary for our parent organization, Crossroads. For all the hard work and service our members give, we want to give back by producing our first NYFW show hosted by Beauty It’s Everywhere and featuring the amazing designer Whitley Marshall. The social impact Crown CARES offers is to find your passion, not only when asked by a pageant, but to carry on after the competition, to make volunteering pare of your life. We hope this magazine inspires you to find your passion to change your community. You might think the difference you can make is insignificant, but no matter what corner of the world you live in, the smallest acts create ripples for good in this world. Just read our featured article on Kasey Jordan. Her determination will change many of lives for women veterans in Maine. OurCrown CARES platform is a free program for anyone to use, it is how we give back to you. It may be used as a personal, state, national, and international pageants, schools, agencies and programs. As always thank you for reading our publication. In love and kindness,
Deb Landry Editor in Chief
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The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans predicts that homelessness among women veterans is expected to rise as increasing numbers of women in the military reintegrate into their communities as veterans. Nationally, women currently make up 8% of the total veteran population and 14.6% of the active-duty military, increasing to an estimated 16% by 2035.
Building New Lives, which is a transitional house initiative for women veterans to have a home to start rebuilding their lives. COVID put a strain on fundraising and in-kind donations, but Kasey didn’t let that get her down. Growing far beyond the Girl Scout project that began six years ago, the construction began one
One Maine woman is tackling this issue head-on. Kasey Jordan, Miss Maine Ambassador, a University of Maine, Fort Kent sophomore, is making headlines and making headway in building a transitional home for female veterans in Hancock, a small town in Downeast Maine. What started out as a gold award Girl Scout project in her freshmen year of high school has turned into a truly dedicated work of love and community. The gold award is the highest achievement within Girl Scouts and challenges girls to identify a problem in their community and make a lasting change. In a recent interview, Kasey remarked that every veteran who comes back from servicing their country should at least have a house to live in. That should be the bare minimum. This was when she created her project Tiny Steps:
year ago. From the ground up, the home should be completed by the end
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