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Roark hasinvested capital in resources to support management's plans for the continuedgrowth of the system. Visit to watch the wish video, listen to audioof highlights of the voice message wishes from Primrose students across thecountry and learn more about Primrose School's '200 Wishes For America'sChildren' initiative. About Primrose SchoolsFounded in 1982, Primrose Schools is the country's leader in early childhoodeducation. Primrose Schools' foundation is based on providing quality, earlyeducation and child care services with a balance of learning, characterdevelopment and play. Developed by and taught exclusively at Primrose Schools,the school's Balanced Learning curriculum dynamically blends child-initiatedplay and teacher-guided instruction. The company's success, fueled by parents'demand for quality child care, is sustained by individual school owners andteachers. It is the first educational preschool to achieve accreditation byCITA/SACS CASI and CITA/NCA CASI, the prestigious associations recognized as thegold standard in evaluating local public and private schools and universities.Primrose Schools currently operates more than 200 schools in 16 states.

Theexcellent reputation that Primrose Schools has enjoyed for over 25 years hasallowed its growth as a franchising company to continue and flourish. For moreinformation: Reach Out and ReadReach Out and Read is a national, nonprofit children's literacy program thatworks with medical providers to reach the children at greatest risk - childrenaged 6 months to 5 years living at or near poverty. Low-income children exposed to the program haveshown improvements in language development, a critical component of schoolreadiness. Children who participate in Reach Out and Read score 4 to 8 pointshigher on vocabulary tests, giving 2-year-olds a 6 month head startdevelopmentally. Reach Out and Read is working to make literacy promotion a standard part ofpediatric primary care.

More than 50,000 doctors and nurses have been trained byReach Out and Read since its founding in 1989. This year Reach Out and Read willprovide 5.7 million new books to 3.5 million children at 4,121 health care sitesin all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S.Virgin Islands. International programs modeled on Reach Out and Read have beenstarted in Italy, Israel, the Philippines, England, Bangladesh and Canada.UNESCO awarded Reach Out and Read an international 2007 Confucius Prize forLiteracy in recognition of its particularly effective contribution to the fightagainst illiteracy. For further information, please visit Reach Out and Read'swebsite at About VoiceQuiltVoiceQuilt creates keepsake gifts personalized with a lasting collection ofrecorded voice messages and memories that make unique gifts for commemoratingholidays, birthdays, anniversaries, graduations and other special occasions.Simply by calling a toll-free number from anywhere at any time, family members,co-workers or friends record toasts and tributes, congratulations,encouragement, stories and more.

These personal messages - that delight,inspire, encourage and celebrate - are played and preserved by handcraftedkeepsake boxes which can be shipped anywhere in the U.S. For more information,visit or call 678-424-6597. MEDIA:Primrose SchoolsKim Englehardt, 770-529-4100Director, PR & Copyright Business Wire 2009. The gift is an interactive personneldirectory and map kiosk to be installed at PAMFs Mountain View Center, formerlyknown as Camino Medical Group.