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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">Please take a moment to read the request from Helen Blank and either write something or encourage someone else to share a story. It is important to get parents to weigh
in as well. <o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">Together, we can make an impact.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">Thank you. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">Lorraine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Lorraine Kinney-Kitchen, Director<br>
Child Care Council<br>
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida County <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Helen Blank, National Women's Law Center [mailto:action@nwlc.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 11, 2013 10:30 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Lorraine Marie Kinney-Kitchen<br>
<b>Subject:</b> What do you see?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#4C557C">Dear Lorraine,
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Remember the beloved children’s book
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?</span></em>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Like many of us, you’ve probably read it 100 times. Maybe even 100 times in one night!
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">But to recap, Brown Bear saw a lot of things on his journey in the woods.
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Now it’s time for a new story to be told — your story. The story of what “you see” when you see high-quality early learning in action. This is a story you already know — the story of how
high-quality early learning can transform individuals, classrooms, even entire communities.
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Here is what we are looking for:
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a high-quality early learning program. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Stories from early care providers about the positive impact that high-quality care has on a child’s development.
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Stories from elementary school teachers who have seen how high-quality early learning has prepared students for success.
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Stories from parents who have seen their children develop critical skills by being in a high-quality early learning environment.
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