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Robbery Update

Good News someone found some my things! A man who works for the DOT found two things on 93. Bad news I didn't realize all that was gone. First I forgot my checkbook was in my bag that's how the man found my number to call me. Second the man found my crown box. One problem.............the crown wasn't in it! The sash and little pillow were there but not the crown! What are they going to do with the crown????? Makes me so mad! I am thankful that some of my things were found. Last night when I got home I talked to myself for a good hour before I went to bed about how I thought it would show up somewhere. Luckily it did. Let's wait until I actually pick the bags up until we get too excited. Stay Positive. The Ipod and Crown are still missing and I'm not sure what else but I will shortly know!

Glass of America will come tomorrow to fix my window so I can drive my car again with out freezing my face off.

over and out.
~Alicia

MLK Food Drive Partnership

I recently hosted a food drive with my mom at Timberland that was a part of the Manchester Vista Project MLK Food Drive. I brought the food to the NH Food Bank today and the weigh in was 101 pounds!

MLK food drive a success in N.H.

January 19, 2010 6:22 PM

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Martin Luther King Food Drive in New Hampshire has collected more than 3,000 pounds of food and other items from around the state.

The three-week food drive was planned to replenish dwindling supplies at local New Hampshire pantries and was one of many activities planned to honor King's legacy.

Organizers say 64 collection sites were set up in 35 towns while 40 organizations planned their own food drives.

http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20100119-NEWS-100119765

I'm venting about my run in with the 3rd Yama: Asteya

Every month I write an Essay for Yoga school and for January 17th I wrote about the word Asteya.

"Asteya is the third yama and is commonly known as honesty or abstinence from theft. Acknowledging what is truly yours and being content with that is a struggle for a lot of people. People have a hard time being content with what they have." ~Alicia

Right after I wrote this essay I ran into the word Asteya right after coming out of the mall of NH on January 19th. My passenger side window was smashed in and I had 2 things stolen out of my car.

I had my work bag stolen with my work clothes, a beautiful scarf from my aunt, my book to study to be a CPT, ALL my note cards and notes that I have spent hours on, my Ipod Touch (which is my bible for telling me where I need to be and when it's mainly my planner). SO SAD!

At first I was angry because they broke my window, then I was angry because they stole something that WASN'T a purse, and then I was sad when I realized what was gone. When I realized they took my scarf that my aunt got for me I began to cry. It meant so much to me.

I am sorry for those who feel the need to take things from others. I am lucky that nothing happened physically to me and that they did not take more from my car. I practically live out of my car-you name it-it's in there- I'm the "Just in Case Girl"!

"When following asteya we should try not to be greedy, instead we should try to be happy with what we have, how we are, where we live, where we went to school, who our friends are, the car we drive, the jewelry we have, the husband we have etc."

"Good things will come your way if you are genuine, kind, and giving. Each time you stray away try to think of Asteya."

I hope that the people who took my things have a safe place to stay and at some point I hope they realize that what they did was not cool and it really hurt my trust for others. They most likely didn't get hugged as a child, or read to, and their mom probably didn't make up stories every night about the bubble gum fairy like my mom did. Some day they will grow up and realize what they did was wrong. I hope they enjoy my ipod it's got a lot of AKON on it!!!

I drove home with a window open at the end of the snow storm, I was freezing and couldn't put my gloves on because they were covered with glass.

Frustrated!
~Alicia

Would anyone like to help me host a food drive?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

December 28, 2009 CONTACT: Jen Greer

MARTIN LUTHER KING FOOD DRIVE KICKS OFF DECEMBER 28TH

CONCORD, NH – In an effort to carry the spirit of goodwill into the new year, Volunteer NH announces the statewide Martin Luther King Food Drive which will run from December 28, 2009, through January 15, 2010. Food collected during this time will follow the holiday seasonal food drives and help replenish dwindling supplies at local pantries throughout the state.

The MLK Food Drive is one of hundreds of activities that cities and states throughout the country are organizing to honor Dr. King’s legacy of service. This initiative is a partnership among Volunteer NH, United Ways of NH, Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and local organizations and businesses that are hosting food collection sites.

Food assistance donation programs are facing increased demand and pressure as more people seek help during the holidays and year-round. During its first year of operation, 2-1-1 NH, the statewide information and referral service, fielded 987 calls related to food assistance. Food was the most-often searched subject on www.211nh.org from June 2008 to June 2009.

“The needs of New Hampshire citizens have increased and unfortunately donations to food pantries have declined,” said Volunteer NH’s Executive Director Tim Dupre. “The Martin Luther King Food Drive offers an opportunity for New Hampshire’s strong volunteer base and compassionate citizens to overcome this challenge and combat hunger in the Granite State.” With over 60,000 people seeking food assistance in New Hampshire each year, it is clear that hunger doesn’t stop after the holidays.

Volunteer NH is a nonprofit organization with a mission to promote the tradition of service in New Hampshire. Building on that strong volunteer spirit, Volunteer NH supports and sponsors national service initiatives and provides training, recognition, and a central site for volunteers and volunteer programs to help them strengthen their communities.

For information regarding the food drive and collection locations, please contact Kara Swedlow by phone at 603-271-7211, by email at vista@volunteernh.org; online at www.volunteernh.org

Miss NH Fashion Show and VEGAS

The other night we were graced by the presence of Miss NH 2009 Lindsey! We were able to view her wardrobe and wish her luck at Miss America. She has a lot of great dresses and I can't wait to see her on stage! I leave for Vegas on the 23rd with my sister. We are ready to have a fun time! If you are going make sure you check out Regalia, Togate, and Kriss Cosmetics at the Trade Show!

Final Tally!

I have some very exciting news! This year I have won the most amount of scholarships I've ever won in a year. I have totaled $8,533.00 in four local competitions!
Miss Greater Derry $2,700 (2nd Runner-Up and Community Service winner)
Miss Winni and W. Beach: $700 (1st Runner-up)
Miss Rockingham County $2,533 (1st Runner-up, Talent winner, Interview tie, Community Service Award, & Peoples Choice Award.
Miss Manchester $2,600 WINNER and Interview award

Thank you to: Danielle and Gary, Tina and Gary, Paula and crew, and Debbie! You have made this year a little bit easier financially because I graduated and loan payments started this month it has been hard.

Thank you!

Thank you to everyone who has contacted me to say congratulations. I have gotten a lot of emails, texts, and messages on facebook. I even got a letter in the mail today! It's nice to know how many people are supporting me! It really means a lot to me and really gives me the strength to keep going.
xoxo
Alicia

Pound for Pound Challenge!

I just got a great message from Audra about the Pound for Pound Challenge! I challenge you to go to: http://www.pfpchallenge.com/ and sign yourself up!

I have taken a pledge to lose weight and help fight hunger by signing up for the Pound For Pound Challenge. For every pound I lose, 14¢ will be donated to Feeding America®–enough to deliver one pound of groceries to a local food bank. Maximum donation of $800,000.

Feeding America provides groceries each year to 25 million Americans at risk of hunger. I urge you to take the Pound For Pound Challenge and join me in the fight against hunger.

Thanks for your help.

Alicia
PS I only signed up for 5 pounds if you think you are healthy enough to lose weight then do so! Challenge yourself in the new year to lose anywhere from 1-50 pounds!
Ready
Set
GO!

Miss Manchester 2010!

1) IT'S GO TIME
2) What a way to start off the new year!
3) Thank you to the 5 people who decided that I could do the job of Miss Manchester
4) I was in the paper twice in 2010 and it's only been 3 days!!! How COOL

Ok so I say it's go time because now that I am Miss Manchester the count down starts for Miss NH 2010! I am so excited for the competition and to be a part of such an amazing production. The moment Jamie Staton says "This is it" (or something along those lines) and the music pounds and I remember my first dance moves (yes it takes a lot of concentration) my heart pounds and I can't wait to hear the crowd cheer! It's such a good feeling something that's hard to describe.

So really as we all know different day different judges different winner. It could be anyone and I really thank those 5 judges for everything. It's going to be a great year. I have already thought about what I can do in the Manchester area! Did you know the NH FOOD BANK is in MANCHESTER...how perfect! I woke up yesterday to an email from Melanie Gosselin, the ED of the NH Food Bank wishing me luck and thanking Kelsey and me for our donation. She said "It's the work that our community does that makes what we do possible."

I woke up today with an email from Michele Garron the Operations Manager of the NH Food Bank she wanted to congratulate me on winning Miss Manchester and she said: "If you need any support from the NH Food Bank please let me know and again thank you for your continued support of our program. I am sure with your talent and dedication you will go far!"

These two women have really done great work at the Food Bank. As far as I am concerned we have the hardest working staff in all of America. We have a garden which produces fresh food to be distributed to food pantries across the state, we have a beautiful kitchen that is a job training facility, check out their website it's just amazing what they have done.

It is nice to know that after four long and hard years of working for the Food Bank they truly believe in me, support me, and know that the work I have done has been because I love to do it!

I am thankful for the opportunity to work in the Manchester Community, to work with Debbie to prepare for Miss NH, and thankful for one last chance to be Miss New Hampshire.

Cheers to 2010
over and out
xoxo
~Alicia

PS I won a $2,500 Scholarship THANKS DEBBIE you are the best! I also won the interview award ($100.00), a membership to GOLDS GYM, and a Dental cleaning and whitening from Dr. Ernani Domingo!

Local women fight against hunger | SeacoastOnline.com

Local women fight against hunger | SeacoastOnline.com

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January 01, 2010 2:00 AM
EXETER — Two local girls have teamed up to fight hunger with Share Our Strength (SOS) and the New Hampshire Food Bank.

Alicia Rossman of Brentwood, a 22-year-old University of New Hampshire graduate with a nutritional sciences degree, and Kelsey MacDonald, a sophomore at Exeter High School, have been working together to make a difference in their New Hampshire community by hosting Great American Bake Sales around the Seacoast and donating the money to SOS and the NH Food Bank.

They have hosted bake sales at the Exeter Concert Series on Swasey Parkway, at Timberland, and at the Stratham Fair — just to name a few.

In the past four years, the girls have raised close to $6,000 for both organizations.

The girls recently helped the NH Food Bank meet a goal of matching $100,000 to earn $100,000 from the Trustees of the Madelaine G. Von Weber Trust in just 10 days. Rossman and MacDonald delivered a check for $300.

The girls thank the team of over 20 bakers who helped them throughout the process as well as local businesses and bakeries and stress that the NH Food Bank is always in need. To learn more, visit www.nhfoodbank.org.

Salvation Army Toy Shop

with Kelsey MacDonald at the Salvation Army Toy Shop 12/23/2009. We are joined by Bob and Paul! Kelsey and I volunteered at the Radisson at the Expo Center in Manchester where we were paired up with parents who needed help getting presents for their children. The parents were able to pick 3 toys for each child they also got to pick out stocking stuffers, socks, hats and gloves, underwear, tooth brushes, and at the end they got a gift card from Hannafords to buy their family a meal for Christmas. It was a very rewarding day! Kelsey and I had a lot of fun.

NH Food Bank Donation

Donating a $300.00 check with Kelsey MacDonald! The donation will be matched by the Madelaine G. Von Weber Trust. The NH Food Bank was challenged to raise $100,000 and the Trust would match it. Kelsey and I held Great American Bake Sales over the summer and raised $600 which we donated half to Share Our Strength and the other half to the NH Food Bank!

Operation Frontline

Operation Frontline is now over at the New Outlook Teen Center in Exeter. The kids had a lot of fun and everyone graduated from the program. It was sad to leave and I will miss the kids. At the last class we made vegetable lasagna, baked mozzarella sticks, a green salad, and they had chocolate covered fruit and dried fruit.

Patriots!!!

I've never actually been to a Patriots game to watch...I've always gone to volunteer. This Sunday I will be at the game! I am so excited and after work I will be on my way to get hand and foot warmers- it's going to be cold!

First time Teaching

Yesterday was my first time getting a taste of teaching Yoga! Ruth teaches a class at UNH to the students so we know each other and she also knew that I was in yoga school. At the end of class Ruth asked me if I would go through a sun salutation with the class. There were about 50 students in the class, and I was a little bit nervous but how could I say no? It was so much fun and I did pretty well. She said she would give me the opportunity to teach again. It was a great experience.

Cooking Video

The other day I tried to enter a contest through WMUR news 9. It was a contest to submit a cooking video and have the chance to appear on cooks corner and to have the dessert on the Common Man's Dessert Menu and have a portion of the profit go to the NH Food Bank. I had a lot of fun making the video! I learned how hard it is and how long it takes to actually film something and then edit it. Unfortunatly my video didn't upload to WMUR's website on time. I couldn't even get it to upload. I hope they do the competition again next year so I can just use my recipe from this year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq9H7-KUVDA

Miss Rockingham County Scholarship Program

Last weekend I had the opportunity to compete in Miss Rockingham County. I won a lot of scholarship money that will help me pay off my loans! I won talent, evening gown, peoples choice award, the community service award, and there was a 3-way tie for interview. I won over $2,500 in scholarship and was first runner up. This was my first time in all 5 years of competing that I was able to compete in Miss Rockingham County. The next program I will compete in is Miss Manchester. Training started November 30th.....I needed at least one day off :)

Singing Go Make a Difference

Singing one of my favorite spiritual songs at Miss Lakes Region 2009 when I gave up the title and crowned Erica! The video is shown sideways due to the way the camera was held. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Operation Frontline Video

Check out how much fun the kids are having!

Operation Frontline Week 3 Fruit and Vegetable Week

This Tuesday was so much fun!  Below you will find a picture of Tracy, myself, Sheryl, and Amelia!  Amelia volunteers for the New Outlook Teen Center and the rest of us volunteer for the New Hampshire Food Bank as Nutrition Instructors and Chefs!  At the beginning of class we did apple taste testing.  We had 12 different apples that each student got to try...and the teachers too!  The apples all had such a different taste and texture it was a great learning opportunity for everyone.  Below the picture of us you will see the girls learning how to prep vegetables for vegetable soup.  They also learned how to cut potatoes and how to make cajun sweet potato fries and regular potato fries.  They learned how to make kale chips (olive oil and salt bake at 425 until crisp) they were so good!  They learned how to make apple pear sauce...SO EASY: apples, pears, and water what a healthy snack.  They then asked what to do with all the left overs and we said make some snack bags!  The kids really had a lot of fun this week. They are learning so much.  I am thankful to work with Tracey, Sheryl and Amelia we really make a good team and have a lot of fun together.

Weekend Yoga Retreat with Rama and friends

Fashion Show in Boston- a great success for the American Cancer Society

Saturday November 14^th, I was a special guest at Rock the Runway II Masquerade Ball Fashion Show at the Hyatt on the Harborside in Boston!  The event was a fund raiser for The American Cancer Society.  I have always wondered what a designer fashion show would be like and Saturday I got the chance to find out!

I arrived at Isabelle’s Designs at 1:00pm for my fitting.  She was a fun woman who really brought energy into the room.   I loved the dress she picked out for me. 

At 4:00pm I pulled up to the hotel for hair and make up.  I was asked to walk around and thank guests for being a part of this special evening.  Many people commented on the designer’s choice for me and were excited to see what else was to come…

At 10:30 there was a buzz of excitement and the show began.  I was thrilled to be a part of this special evening for such a worthy cause.  

Getting excited for the Fashion Show I'm in Tomorrow at the Harborside Hyatt Hotel in Boston!

Rock the Runway II - Masquerade Ball Fashion Show

To Benefit the American Cancer Society: Making Strides Against Breast Cancer

Type:	Causes - Fundraiser
Network:	Global

Start Time:	Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 6:30pm
End Time:	Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 12:00am
Location:	The Harborside Hyatt Hotel, 101 Harborside Drive, Boston

Description

Rock the Runway II – Masquerade Ball Fashion Show to benefit the American Cancer Society will showcase the talent of fashion designers and upscale sponsors including – Bedagi Fashions, Lit Boutique, Cameo Couture, Lily & MIGS and Isabel Originals. These collections will include lavish accessories by Catalina de La Torre®, dramatic makeup by Motives®, and trend-setting hairstyles by INDRA Salon - Best of Boston.

The night will be filled with incredible fashion, great music, gift bags, HYPNOTIQ® drinks, and will also include special guest appearances by Miss Massachusetts 2009 Miss Alison Cronin, Miss Lakes Region 2008 Ms. Alicia ROSSMAN, Miss Boston 2009 –Ms. Carly Marciano and will feature Tarot Card readings by Ms. Angela Gallant. There will be special guest performances by The Jamie Lynn Hart Band and the Pulse of Boston and with over 25 local and national well-recognized sponsors, this show will be yet another incredible Boston Fashion event produced by Reggie B. Production team for another great cause.

Proceeds to benefit the American Cancer Society Strides Against Breast Cancer. Advance tickets price $22.00. Tickets available at the door are $27.00. To order tickets online go to www.reggiebproductions.com

Hiking Mt. Major!

CROP HUNGER WALK in Exeter

I had a lot fun at the Exeter Area Interfaith CROP HUNGER WALK.  This was my third year being able to sing and speak at the event.  I sang the song "I Was Here" and "Go Make a Difference".  I just got an email from Andrea Renz one of the main organizers of the event and she said the event raised over $17,000.  It was a huge success and all of the money raised will help a lot of people in need.  Congratulations to the committee for a successful walk.  The next walk is scheduled for October 24th 2010!

Check it out!

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The Shaw's Neighborhood Rewards Program donates a portion of your purchases to the Food Bank!

Here is how to participate in the new Neighborhood Rewards Program:

1. Register your Shaw's Rewards Card for the program at www.shaws.com/neighborhoodrewards.  Enter the NH Food Bank's ID number, which is 49001018472.
2. Shop on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, and 1% of your purchases will automatically be donated to the NH Food Bank.  Shaw's will mail us a check every 3 months for all proceeds.
3. Re-register your card every year to continue supporting the Food Bank through your Shaw's shopping trips.

In 2008, the Shaw's Receipt Rewards Program raised over $7,500 for the NH Food Bank.  Let's keep it up in 2009 with this new program!