The Murray County Early Childhood Initiative (ECI) is looking for groups, businesses, and individuals in our community willing to take part in the Jail & Bail fundraiser. This lively event is a fun way to positively impact the youngest children of Murray County. Jail & Bail will take place during the fair on Wednesday, August 14.
Murray County ECI sponsors educational outreach programs focused on children from birth to age five (the age-range when most brain development occurs in a person’s lifetime) to increase school readiness and support families. Families Reading Every Day (FRED) events, Preschool Open Gym & Open Swim, Books for Businesses, children’s music concerts, the Annual Family Fair, visits to area daycares by ECFE on Wheels, and many other projects for local children are funded with the money raised during Jail & Bail.
Jail & Bail participants will have the option of turning themselves in at the courthouse lawn or being “arrested” and transported by the Slayton Police Department. They will be “incarcerated” in a mock-jail where they will stand before a community judge to be charged with their “crime.” The inmates then begin making phone calls to raise their bail goal of $100. Bail can either be raised in the form of donations or pledges. If you are unavailable on August 14th, but would still like to participate, bail money can be raised ahead of time.
Everyone is invited to visit the “jailbirds” on the east lawn of the courthouse in Slayton from 2:00-7:00 p.m. on August 14th and help raise funds for Early Childhood Initiative activities in Murray County.
For more information about volunteering for the annual Jail and Bail event or having a friend, relative, or coworker arrested by the SPD, please contact Marilyn Carlson at 507-360-9721 or email Marie Paulzine at murraycountyeci@gmail.com.
