Help a Source Become Miss Wyoming

Associated Content is an awesome place because of the variety of people who contribute to the site. Every day, we hear or read a new, cool story about our Sources.

This week's story is about Becca M. Becca is a college student in Wyoming who has been writing for AC for a little over a year. She reached out to us because she's currently competing for the title of Miss Wyoming and, if she's successful, Miss America. Her pageant experience informs some of the articles that she's written on AC, and she covers lots of other topics of interest to college students.

We asked Becca to talk a little bit about AC and her quest to become Miss Wyoming. Please join us in wishing her the best of luck!

AC:Why did you enter the Miss Wyoming pageant?

BM:I entered Miss Wyoming because I feel that it is an opportunity to learn skills and have amazing experiences that I would not be able to have or gain by any other means.

AC: Have you used Associated Content, or do you plan to, in your quest to become Miss America?

BM: I have used Associated Content as a general information resource when writing papers, studying and as a source to cure my curiosity about random topics. I plan to use Associated Content as a resource to gain knowledge about numerous topics to prepare for my Miss America interview and for appearances.

AC: You do a lot of charity outreach in the course of your pageants. Which charities do you sponsor and why?

BM: My platform in Focused on the Future: Mathematics and Science Education, which I chose because of my involvement with the Society of Women Engineers and because I am a Petroleum Engineering major, so I am exposed to the importance of these subjects everyday.
I am also involved with the Make-A-Wish Foundation, I love this organization and what it does for children with life-threatening illness and their families.
Lastly, I am involved with the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness, which is an organization that is very dear to me because I have Celiac disease.

AC: How can your fellow AC Sources help you to achieve your goal?

BM: There are a couple of ways that other AC Sources can help me achieve my goal to become Miss Wyoming. First, I am currently raising money for the Children's Miracle Network through their online email donation program. Donations are completely tax deductible and go to an amazing cause. In order for the donation to support both me and the Miss Wyoming pageants efforts to raise money for CMN, you have to follow a link from an email that I can send you. Visit my profile and send me a message if you're interested.
Second, as a means of supporting the pageant, all contestants are required to sell ads in the program book, these ads are also a tax deductible donation. Again, you can contact me at any time about supporting Children's Miracle Network or the Miss Wyoming Scholarship Foundation. And thank you for your help!

Charitable Causes on AC

Content producers publish their work at Associated Content for a variety of reasons, ranging from supplementing their income to gaining experience writing on the web. There quite a few individuals and organizations using Associated Content to raise awareness and money for their charitable causes by publishing their work here, too.

The folks and groups listed below are a sampling of the wide variety of causes represented on AC.

All articles categorized on AC as nonprofit can be found here.


Gayle Crabtree is the founder and Executive Director of Hope for Healing.Org in Tennessee. Hope for Healing.Org works with victims of domestic violence, juvenile offenders and assists with the personal emergencies of local citizens battling poverty.

Dee is a prison activist and advocate in MA. She writes on AC to raise awareness and bring reform to the U.S. prison system. She is also the founder of the The Abolishment Movement website, dedicated to abolishing the death penalty. Dee's articles cover news and issues related to all aspects of the prison system including taxes, death row and even interviews with inmates.

Mindy Block is the founder of Quality Parks, a registered 501(c)(3) charity. All of the proceeds from her work on Associated Content go to the foundation. She writes about nature conservation and outdoors as well as the occasional Trekkie article. Drop her a line if you'd like to help out.

Solution Writers is a group focused on using writing exercises to help individuals with physical and mental disabilities. Based in the U.S and Canada, these writers are encouraged to complete various writing exercises, writing poetry, prose and articles, which help them heal emotionally and gain sense of being and independence. They're eager for help from Content Producers who are therapists, psychologists and educators. Write to solutionwriters [at] gmail.com with the subject "article" to learn more and to help them out.
Carol Rucker teaches inner-city women how to create and sell jewelry.

*Update (5/1/09), Nikki published an article called How to Make Money for Charity Using Your Computer that is an essential guide to online charitable earning and donation. She offers suggestions like using Goodsearch.com and Goodshop.com to raise money, simply by using their website!

If I missed you, drop me a line in the comments and I'll get you added to this roll-call.

These generous souls are not uncommon on AC. Many of our Content Producers donate their time and money to a wide variety of causes, as a few briefly discussed in the Forum. At the request of our CPs, Associated Content is currently working on developing a program that will enable direct donations of AC payments to charity through the site. It is a ways off yet, but we're committed to making it happen. We'll keep you updated here as things develop.