Ferrari & Friends

I had a great time at the Ferrari & Friends Parade today! Thanks to everyone who came out on Sunday to support Make A Wish CT.

Emmy Award

I'm so honored to have won my first Emmy for Make A Wish Mondays! This organization is incredible! Thank you Mike Burke, CEO of Make A Wish CT, for helping me come up with this idea. Mike Dominick for helping me with every wish story! Make A Wish CT for making me feel like a part of your wish family. And to all the Make A Wish kids... you have touched my life more than you know. I am changed, truly impacted forever because of you. Thank you.

Make A Wish Gala

It was truly an honor to host Make A Wish CT's 25th Anniversary Gala at Mohegan Sun. Everyone was so generous. We raised more than $400,000! Hosting with Joe D'Ambrosio was a blast - voice of the UCONN Huskies! But we were all there for one reason... to raise money for all the Make A Wish kids. These children sometimes lose their childhood... fighting illnesses, going through surgeries, etc. But Make A Wish gives them a day or a week to forget all that. It's an amazing organization, and I was truly honored to host this event. Thank you to CEO Mike Burke for the beautiful trophy. It means so much to me, and thank you Make A Wish for everything you do.

Kyleigh's Story

Toys for Tots

Thanks to everyone who came out and donated to Toys for Tots on Friday at the Shoppes at Buckland Hills. I'm pictured above with Jerry Kristafer (102.9 WDRC-FM) and Second Lieutenant Matthew Blumenthal (son of Senator-Elect Richard Blumenthal).

Upcoming Toys for Tots events include...

• Friday, Dec 3 & Saturday, Dec 4 – Brass Mill Center, Waterbury
• Friday, Dec 10 & Saturday, Dec 11 – Westfarms, Farmington

Happy 4th of July

Happy 4th of July! I enjoyed a great BBQ at Sharon's house - she's a FOX CT photographer. Sharon had about 40 people over to her house. We ate hot dogs, hamburgers, pork tenderloin, potato salad, mac n' cheese, and desserts galore! And we couldn't have asked for a better day!

Miss Missouri 2010

Congratulations to Erika Hebron, our 2010 Miss Missouri. It was our 40th Anniversary, and I was honored to emcee again this year.

Click here to view a photo gallery

2010 Emmy Awards

Click here to watch the 2010 Emmy Awards

(I was a presenter for the night, click part 9)

FOX 61 also won an Emmy for our coverage of the death of our dear friend and colleague, Alice Morrin. This was a bittersweet award, but our former News Director, Bob Rockstroh, gave a phenomenal speech. He even received a standing ovation.

Sentinel Record article...

Jerry Springer on FOX

Jerry Springer joins the FOX News Team to talk about his show, life & Sarah's Granny!

Click here to watch Jerry's interview!

Katie Stevens @ FOX

IN THE COMPANY OF WOMEN LUNCHEON

I had the honor of speaking at the youth reception before the

IN THE COMPANY OF WOMEN LUNCHEON.

The Creating Opportunities Youth Reception, sponsored by the YWCA, welcomed young women from all across the state to participate in the reception prior to the luncheon. I shared a motivational speech to the young women - which focused on journalism as a career and personal insight about the field as a woman. I wanted to motivate the young women to pursue their dreams and actively engage opportunities throughout their lives.

2010 Hartford St. Patrick's Day Parade

The crowds were way down at the annual Hartford St. Patrick's Day Parade, but the hearty, stalwart souls who turned were determined to come and enjoying every minute. Nor did the inhospitable weather deter the parade itself. The usual array of fife and drum corps, bagpipers, twirlers and Irish dancers were all in attendance, many, though not all, sporting serious rain gear.

Thank You USA Gymnastics!

First, I want to thank USA Gymnastics for donating a VIP Package for the 2010 National Championships - which will take place at the XL Center!

Be sure to attend the Morrin Education Benefit tonight.

Click here for more info.

Also, since I'm a gymnastics fan, I've included a link to my blog from last summer when I covered gymnastics at the US Olympic Games for the Olympic News Service.

Click here for my 2008 Olympic Games blog from Beijing, China!

I've included a few pictures for you as well...