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Volunteers Needed at May Day Festival
Date: May 4
Time: 11am - 7pm
Location: Powder Horn Park in south Mineapolis
We will be at the Park reaching out to the community about the need to vote with kids in mind. Volunteers are needed, but you don't have to stay all day (just a couple of hours). Kids are welcome.
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(photo courtesy of Heart of the Beast Puppet Theatre)

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District #6 - Michele Bachmann
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Statistics on Children
  • There are 1,229,578 children under 18 in Minnesota.
  • Children Living in Poverty (2006) - 151,605
  • Children Not Covered by Health Insurance at Any Time in 2006 - 104,000
  • Children’s Health Care Covered by Government Assistance (2006) - 262,000
  • Children Reported Abused (2005) - 18,843
  • 2 Year Olds Not Immunized (2006) - 12,021 (17.4%)
  • Child Abuse Deaths (2000-2005) - 93
  • 3-4 Year Olds Not Enrolled in a nursery school, pre-school, or pre-kindergarten education program (2006) - 81,209 (57.7%)
  • % of 4th Graders Scoring below Basic Reading Levels (2007) - 27
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