Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Annual Breakfast
Release of the
2008 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook

The Factbook was released to an audience of over 500 people and presented to policymakers and community leaders on Monday, April 8, 2008. The 2008 Factbook contains the latest available statistics on 62 different aspects of children’s lives for Rhode Island's 39 cities and towns.

The breakfast began with a performance by the West Warwick High School Jazz Band and welcoming remarks by Elizabeth Burke Bryant and William J. Allen:

West Warwick High School Jazz Band
Winner of the Berklee College of Music
39th Annual High School Jazz Festival

Elizabeth Burke Bryant,
Executive Director, Rhode Island KIDS COUNT

Keynote Remarks were given by:

 A Youth Speaker – Tatiana Ash

William Bentley,
President and CEO, Voices for America’s Children

The 2008 Factbook was presented to the following elected officials and community leaders: Governor Donald L. Carcieri, Senator Jack Reed, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Rabbi Alan Flam, Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Roberts, Majority Leader M. Teresa Paiva-Weed, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, Teny Gross, Attorney General Patrick Lynch, Mayor David Cicilline and Mayor Scott Avedisian

Governor Donald L. Carcieri

Mayor David Cicilline

Below are additional pictures from the breakfast:

The West Warwick High School Jazz Band, the school's director of instrumental music, Metro A. Narcisi III, Bill Bently, and Elizabeth Burke Bryant

The Honorable Tom Izzo, Elizabeth Burke Bryant and The Honorable Thomas Slater