BRAXTON COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) – Mikaela Taylor said she was excited to get her daughter involved in pageants, and the opportunity to help others drew her to register for the Sweethearts of Easter pageant in 2022.
“We just love to help children, honestly, because we were foster parents at one point and we don’t have a lot of money, but we like to help out,” she said. “We were definitely down to help out with that cause any way we could.”
Taylor said she was told by the pageant’s director, Gary Beamer, the contestants had opportunities to raise money for St. Jude’s Research Hospital leading up to the event.
“We started a bake sale because we couldn’t really think of a way to really bring in money because we live in such a small community and a lot of people do like to get behind fundraisers around here. But that’s …