Miss Central Avalon Achievement
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Miss Summer Holidays/
Miss Central Avalon Achievement 2007
(c)2008 Tony Higdon, One Stop Photo
Kristi Bourne
Photos 2007 (c) Rodney Carpenter
Kristi is an 18 year old, 1st Year Memorial University.
Talets:
She is currently completing Grade 9 Piano for the Royal Conservatory of Music
under her own instruction, and has won awards in poetry and math competitions.
Accomplishments:
- One of only 2 cadets from NL to be selected to receive the International
Air Cadet Exchange trip and traveled to the
as a youth ambassador for our country.
- Attended; Senior Leaders Course, the top Air Cadet course in
Musician Course in 2003 in
- Air Cadet Awards:
* The Lord Strathacona Medal,
* The Eric Chubbs Memorial Scholarship
*The Royal Canadian Legion Medal of Excellence,
*The Air Cadet Service Medal,
*Top Cadet for 2005-07,
*Best Dressed Cadet for 2005-07,
*Top Fundraiser each year from 2002 to 2007,
*Best in Band 2004
*100% Perfect Attendance for all cadet meetings, activities, and outings each
year from 2002 to the present.
*While at Cold Lake in 2005, earned the position of Lynx Squadron Deputy
Commander for the graduation parade.
*Completed all the requirements for the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Level Award
with the exception of the 4-day journey, which she hopes to complete as soon
as opportunity permits.
*Selected for a staff position at CFB Greenwood this summer.
- Regional winner for the Effective Speaking Competition in 2005 and 2006 &
placed 6th in NL overall in 2005.
- Winner of the 2007 Canada Day Youth Award
- Honoured at the House of Assembly in May 2006 for her many accomplishments
and community service.
- Recieved 2 gold, 2 silver, and 1 bronze medal in her weight class for wrestling.
- As well she was one of 30 national finalists for the Canadian Morehead
Scholarship earlier this year, and
- Was one of only 4 provincial finalists for the very prestigious Terry Fox
Humanitarian Award valued at $28,000.00 which was awarded in June.
Volunteer Work:
-Volunteer band instructor with her Air Cadet squadron on Sunday afternoons for the past
3 years.
-She organizes her squadron’s participation each year in “Cadets Caring for Canada”
& has been fortunate to be
- Volunteer counselor at Burry Heights Youth Camp for the past 2 summers.
- Participates annually in the Terry Fox Walk, the 30 Hour Famine, & the Parkinson’s
Society Walk.
- She was also a volunteer at the 2006 NL Special Olympics Winter Games and
- The Support Our Troops Concert just a couple of months ago.
- Favorite charitable activity is fundraising for the Royal Canadian Legion and she has
been the top fundraiser for Branch 23 in Carbonear for the past 5 years, personally
selling over 1500 hot dinners in her community. She also volunteers at Legion special
events and dinners and is looking forward to becoming a member of the organization.
Pageants:
-In March she competed in the Miss Teen Achievement Pageant and placed 2nd
Runner-Up overall and 1st Runner-Up for the Talented Teen for NL 2007.
As well, she was awarded the VOCM Cares Foundation Charitable Activities Scholarship.
- In September Kristi was a participant in the Miss Newfoundland & Labrador Pageant
Career Goal:
"To become an Engineer.' She has been accepted into the Faculty of Engineering at
3 universities and has received scholarship offers for academics and leadership at
each one. She is currently attending Memorial.
Kristi lists her passions as :
Cadets, playing and teaching piano, wrestling, public speaking, and the Royal Canadian
Legion.
Her pet peeves:
Racism, mean people, and favoritism.
Her goal is, " to become a mentor for young people, especially young women, seeking a
professional career and, most of all, to make a positive difference in the world."
