Miss America Cara Mund speaks to ND Girl Scouts about her time in the group
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FARGO Miss America 2018 and Girl Scout alum Cara Mund got to share her story with fellow scouts Tuesday, June 19, about how her involvement with the organization impacted her life’s journey.

Mund delivered the keynote address at the inaugural Gold Award Leadership Luncheon at the Fargo Air Museum, speaking to Girl Scouts from around the state about her long history with the group. “Even though I wasn’t a Girl Scout anymore by that point, I got to give back to the organization.”

Mund served as her sorority’s vice president of community service and said she had the courage to run for the position because of the empowering organization she had been involved with as a kid.

Mund, the first woman from North Dakota to be crowned Miss America, also said she credits Girl Scouts for instilling in her a “never give up” mentality. “All things that are fostered right here in the Girl Scout program.”

She added the organization instills leadership skills and teaches youth about giving back to their community.

Mund said she was excited to be at Tuesday’s luncheon to celebrate North Dakota women and recipients of the Gold Award, the highest achievement awarded by the organization, and said it was important to be there to support them.

Wendy Allen was there with her daughter, Olivia Allen, and said Mund is a role model for her fourth-grade Girl Scout.

“She shows that coming from North Dakota, anything is possible, and that if you keep trying, you can achieve your goals and dreams,” Wendy said.

Olivia Allen said she is in pageants and hopes to follow in Mund’s footsteps to someday become Miss North Dakota.