Actress and Save the Children artist ambassador Jennifer Garner went to Mason County’s Ashton Elementary School on Friday to announce six new programs that will give almost 2,500 rural students access to quality early education, literacy, physical activity and nutrition programs.
Save the Children’s U.S. programs work to break the cycle of poverty and improve the lives of children by ensuring they have access to the resources they need, like a quality education, healthy foods and opportunities to grow and develop in a nurturing environment.
“Nothing makes me happier than being here today to officially open six new sites in West Virginia,” the former Charleston resident said to a packed gymnasium full of elementary school students. (more…)
