Yancie Mitchell, an East Wake senior, was crowned Miss North Carolina Teen Volunteer on February 20, 2022.

Yancie’s platform is ALWAYS READY - Advocating for First Responders, has donated over 3,000 stuffed animals and visited over 85 stations across the state. Yancie will represent North Carolina at the Miss Teen Volunteer America Pageant in April in Jackson, Tennessee. She won a prize package worth over $34,000 including a cash scholarship!

Miss North Carolina Volunteer Pageant is a statewide, service-oriented scholarship program seeking to empower young women through education and opportunity. As a provider of scholarships for young women across the state of North Carolina, the Miss North Carolina Volunteer Pageant Organization will ensure Scholarships are received, Education is pursued, Responsibility is learned, Volunteerism is fulfilled and as a result, the young women of North Carolina are Empowered.