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2008 Albany Tulip Queen
Sarah Volk Request the Queen & Court

Sarah is a Junior studying sociology at SUNY Albany and works in Human Resources at the State Tax and Finance department. She is president of the community service club (Circle K), and volunteers for the rescue mission in downtown Albany... Keep Reading

I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July weekend but now its time to get back to work! This past Sunday the court and I went to Senior Sunday at Albany's Corning Preserve Park and we had such a great time. Everyone was very pleasant, the weather was beautiful and the DJ was playing everyone's favorite oldies. Of course the most importantly, the food was wonderful and only $2.50 for a whole plate of BBQ chicken, summer salads and more. I can't wait for July 20th when we get to attend the next Senior Sunday.

Yesterday was the kick off of 15-Love. 15- Love is a summer program that teaches kids from ages 4-18 how to play tennis. They also add in a "Life Skills" component to their programs at the end of each session. One of the life skills components is literacy.  Every summer they hold an essay contest and we are going to be judging the essays! Unfortunately I was unable to attend last evening but Kayla, Jess, Amy and Caitlin went and introduced the essay contest. I'm looking forward to attending the program tonight and meeting all the kids!

I can't forget to mention Alive @ Five this week because it is American Idol Night for all those American Idol Fans and Bo Bice will be there. The court and I will be volunteering as usual but on a night as big as this up-coming Thursday we could always use more volunteers! If you're interested you can email hickoxb@ci.albany.ny.us for more information. Thanks for reading!