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By Fox 41 | Louisville News
Michala Riggle is taking her “Beading to Beat Autism” project to prison. Wednesday the 13-year-old from Louisville spoke to nearly two dozen inmates at the Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women. The women have volunteered to bead bracelets to be sold on her website.
KCIW Warden Janet Conover explains, “I think the inmates get a sense of giving back to the community. You know they’ve committed some crimes, been convicted by a court, and this is their way of giving back to society in a positive way.”
Jail officials say more than thirty inmates signed up, but only 23 are participating. The program’s goal is to help in raising $300 million to build the most comprehensive autism research and treatment center in the world.
Source: http://www.fox41.com/Global/story.asp?S=12197465
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