Media Advisory from United Way on Tomorrow’s press conference with Mayor Karl Dean:

Mayor Dean and United Way Announce Education ProgressWHAT/WHY: Press conference to announce critical progress that has been made in getting Nashville’s most at-risk children (those from low-income homes) ready for school this fall through Read to Succeed, a United Way of Metropolitan Nashville initiative.

WHERE: United Way of Metropolitan Nashville
250 Venture Circle (in MetroCenter), Nashville, TN 37228

WHEN: Friday, June 26, 2009, 12:45 p.m.

Press conference is just prior to United Way’s June Day of Action, Stuff the Bus.
At 1 p.m. volunteers will begin loading four metro school buses with school supplies (backpacks, binders, pencils, etc.) and deliver them to 42 United Way partner agencies where they will in turn be distributed to families and children who need them.

SPEAKERS: Nashville Mayor Karl Dean
United Way Board Chair Tony Heard

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