Princess Amelia Sullens is the daughter of Kyle and Marci Sullens, and sister to Olivia, 13, and Sophia, 10.
She chose to fundraise for Manna, which serves free, hot meals three times a week through Sweet Home United Methodist Church for those in need.
“I chose Manna as my nonprofit because it started as Dinner with Daisy in the 1980s, and Daisy Ashton was my great-great-grandmother,” Sullens said. “The name was changed to Manna years ago, but they still do the same thing.”
In high school, Sullens participated in soccer, cross country, basketball, track and wrestling, and was a member of the National Honor Society and 4-H. She currently works for Cascade Timber Consulting.
Her personal goals for her senior year at school are to place in the top three at the state wrestling tournament, have a 4.0 GPA, earn college scholarships and be a positive role model for the underclassmen.
Sullens joined the Sportsman’s Holiday Court “to be more active in our community and be a positive role model towards others.”
Her and her family’s favorite Sportsman’s Holiday tradition is watching the parade. Most particularly, she enjoys when the float with all the princesses passes through.
“I remember girls like Kami Hart, Haley Nunes and Zoey Erevia, who I didn’t know at the time but I am now very close with all of them.”
Sullens said the best parade-watching spot, in her opinion, is between the post office and high school. And her best advice for parade watchers? “Bring camp chairs and water because the parade can be long and hot.”
Now that she sits on the Holiday Court, Sullens said she’s looking forward to being in parades, herself. She also appreciated time spent earlier this year with children.
“Reading to kindergarteners at Hawthorne had a big impact because we also did some class work and hung out with them for about an hour,” she said.
If she could meet someone from a different decade and have dinner with them, Sullens said she would like to meet Amelia Earhart and ask her why she was so determined to achieve what she did in a male dominated profession.
Going with this year’s Sportsman’s Holiday theme, “Diamonds and Decades,” Sullens was asked which decade she identifies with from a fashion standpoint.
“I absolutely love 1970s fashion,” she responded. “I would love for my wardrobe to look like it’s from the 1970s because of the type of clothes and the color schemes.”
Sullens described how she would showcase Sweet Home to a friend.
“For breakfast we would get donuts from Sugar Vibes and coffee from Sunshine Espresso, then we would go to Sunnyside to play sand volleyball and go swimming,” she said. “For lunch we would go to A&W and on a drive up to River Bend to float the river. For dinner we would get food from Angie Tack Food Service and go to the lake to watch the sunset over the hills.”