FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2007                      
CONTACT:  Natalie Alford
                  Information & Communication Specialist
                  (704) 636-2889, ext 233

Miss North Carolina 2007 will read to visitors at the N.C. Transportation Museum on Saturday, December 15
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY!

SPENCER, N.C. – As a part of her platform issue Read to Me: Parental and Community Involvement in Youth Literacy, Jessica Jacobs, Miss North Carolina 2007, will read Santa’s Christmas Train to visitors of the N.C. Transportation Museum on Saturday, Dec. 15 at 2:15 p.m.

Jacobs is a strong advocate for youth literacy, and developed and implemented the Read to Me program in 40 public school systems statewide.

Visitors are encouraged to join Miss North Carolina in the Roundhouse Orientation room to hear her read the holiday tale, pose for pictures, and sign photographs and copies of the book.

WHAT:    Jessica Jacobs, Miss North Carolina 2007, to read Santa’s Christmas Train by Joseph Caro.
WHERE: N.C. Transportation Museum, Spencer, NC
WHEN:    Saturday, December 15, 2:15 p.m. during the Museum’s Santa Train Event.

The N.C. Transportation Museum, located in historic Spencer Shops, the former Southern Railway repair facility for steam locomotives, is part of the Division of State Historic Sites, Department of Cultural Resources.

The museum offers free admission and is located just five minutes off I-85 at Exit 79 in Spencer, N.C., and about an hour from Charlotte, Greensboro and Winston-Salem.

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Division of State Historic Sites, N.C. Department of Cultural Resources
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