Recent Greene County High School graduate Maddie Mc Carthy was a cheerleader at the July 20 Iowa Shrine Bowl All-Star Football Game inside the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. Her six days in Cedar Falls culminated with the North beating the South team 49-28, but in a week filled with memorable moments, perhaps meeting with some of the kids the Shriners help through their hospitals and clinics was at the top of the list.

She told Raccoon Valley Radio a July 19 Kid’s Camp for Shriner’s Children inside the Dome really stood out. “I understood the cause, but I didn’t expect to be so moved by it. Seeing those kids at the Camp and at the dinner the night before, they were so happy! They look forward to this all year! We hung out with them, played games with them, entertained them, and it put such a big smile on their faces!”

Mc Carthy will soon be moving to Iowa City to attend the University of Iowa and study nursing.