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Beginning at 6:00pm on June 12 Millette will be reading Fyodor Dovstoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment cover to cover in one sitting – probably about twenty-four hours – from a haunted cell in Ashburn's historic Crime and Punishment Museum.
Ashburn GA / Greg Millette is going to do some time in a haunted jail cell in hopes that a number of preschool children can avoid a similar fate down the line
Beginning at 6:00pm on June 12 Millette will be reading Fyodor Dovstoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment cover to cover in one sitting – probably about twenty-four hours – from a haunted cell in Ashburn’s historic Crime and Punishment Museum.
Why you may ask would he subject himself to sleep deprivation and possibly a ghost?
“GreenTree Learning Center provides such a valuable service both to children and their parents” said Millette. “These parents would struggle to send their children to a full-priced center and they might have to quit jobs or school without the discounted choice of GreenTree.”
GreenTree is a nonprofit day care providing a high-quality early learning experience at little or no cost to children in low-income families. Parents must be working or attending school to qualify.
“We’ve hit some hard times following the end of a major grant” continued Millette “and we’re hoping folks will support GreenTree through this rough patch.”
Research shows that early literacy is a prime indicator of success in later life. In fact some states use 3rd-grade reading level as an accurate measure of how many prison cells they will need in subsequent decades. By helping at-risk students in low-income homes get an early start on their education GreenTree can literally help reduce future crime rates and prison populations. Instead the center can provide children with a strong foundation on which they can build a pathway out of poverty to a life of financial freedom.
To support GreenTree Learning Center donate online at http://bit.ly/marathonreading or by check mailed to 767 Teresa Avenue Bldg B Ashburn GA 31714. Include the name of your favorite book on a note or as a comment and GreenTree will include it on a list of must-read books to be given to all GreenTree graduates for the next five years.
The link for a live webcast of the book reading – to see if the jailhouse ghost decides to make himself known – will be posted closer to June 15 at http://bit.ly/marathonreading.
“It would be great to face my jail time and the ghost knowing that GreenTree’s immediate future is secure” said Millette. Help us build a future for these kids filled not with crime and punishment but with big goals and fantastic dreams.”
Media Contact:
Greg Millette Executive Director
Turner County Connection-
Communities In Schools of TC
gmillette@turner.k12.ga.us
(229) 567-3413
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