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• First Lady Jane Beshear Announces Overwhelming Success of ‘Shop & Share Day’
  Monday, February 06, 2012
  First Lady Jane Beshear today announced the overwhelming success of “Shop and Share Day,” a one-day drive to provide domestic violence shelters with needed goods. Surrounded by donated items packed into the capitol rotunda, Mrs. Beshear said the combined goods and monetary donations were estimated at more than $782,000.
• First Lady Jane Beshear Urges Kentuckians to participate in ‘Shop & Share Day’
  Thursday, January 12, 2012
  First Lady Jane Beshear today joined anti-domestic violence advocates to urge Kentuckians to volunteer and participate in the annual “Shop and Share Day” on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. “Shop and Share Day” is a one-day drive to gather goods and necessities for domestic violence shelters across Kentucky. The initiative supports victims and their children.
• First Lady Jane Beshear announces 2011 Winter Reading List
  Thursday, December 22, 2011
  In an effort to increase youth readership during the winter months, First Lady Jane Beshear today announced her Top 10 Winter Reading List as a part of the First Lady’s Reading Recommendations Initiative.
• First Lady Jane Beshear Delivers ‘Toys for Tots’ Gift to Louisville Fire Station
  Wednesday, December 21, 2011
  First Lady Jane Beshear today delivered a gift to the Toys for Tots program in Louisville, encouraging Kentuckians across the Commonwealth to join her in making a charitable contribution this holiday season.
• First Lady Jane Beshear encourages Kentuckians to support local businesses, buy Kentucky products during the holidays
  Monday, November 28, 2011
  First Lady Jane Beshear today showed her support for buying Kentucky products, as she presented a proclamation at the Kentucky Artisan Center declaring December “Give a Gift from Kentucky” Month.
• Gov. Beshear, First Lady attend Fourth-Annual ‘Horses and Hope Race Day’ at Churchill Downs
  Sunday, November 20, 2011
  Gov. Beshear and First Lady Jane Beshear today attended Churchill Downs’ fourth-annual “Horses and Hope Breast Cancer Race Day” in their continued efforts to raise breast cancer awareness and honor breast cancer survivors.
• First Lady Jane Beshear Announces Free Ovarian Cancer Screening Program in Appalachia
  Wednesday, October 19, 2011
  First Lady Jane Beshear joined local officials and University of Kentucky (UK) representatives today to announce the expansion of an ovarian cancer screening program that will provide free services to women in northeastern Kentucky Appalachian counties. The UK Markey Cancer Center Ovarian Cancer Screening Project will establish a satellite facility for the program at the Greenup County Health Department.
• First Lady Jane Beshear Announces Adventure Tourism Agreement for Brush Mountain Trail in Harlan County
  Thursday, October 13, 2011
  A new equestrian trail in Harlan County in southeastern Kentucky will connect to Cumberland Gap National Park, First Lady Jane Beshear announced today.
• First Lady Jane Beshear Promotes October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Kentucky
  Wednesday, October 05, 2011
  In an effort to increase breast cancer awareness and encourage women to get screened, First Lady Jane Beshear today promoted October as Breast Cancer Awareness in Month at the University of Louisville’s (UofL) James Graham Brown Cancer Center.
• First Lady Jane Beshear announces 2011 Fall Reading List
  Wednesday, September 28, 2011
  In an effort to increase youth readership, First Lady Jane Beshear today announced her Top 10 Fall Reads as a part of the First Lady’s Reading Recommendations Initiative.
• First Lady Jane Beshear attends Fourth-Annual ‘Horses and Hope Race Day’ at Turfway Park
  Wednesday, September 28, 2011
  To help promote breast cancer awareness and honor cancer survivors, First Lady Jane Beshear today attended Turfway Park’s fourth-annual “Horses and Hope Breast Cancer Race Day.”
• First Lady Jane Beshear celebrates Kentucky’s 100th ENERGY STAR School
  Tuesday, August 16, 2011
  First Lady Jane Beshear today visited Millbrooke Elementary School in Christian County in a recognition event announcing Kentucky is now home to more than 100 ENERGY STAR labeled public school buildings. During the summer, Millbrooke, Indian Hills, Lacy and Belmont Elementary schools, each part of Christian County Public Schools, were notified that their buildings received the ENERGY STAR label, which brought Kentucky to the 100th school building mark. Five other schools in the Commonwealth have since earned the label, with more on the horizon.
• First Lady Jane Beshear presents signed legislation at Blue Licks Battlefield State Park to promote Kentucky products
  Friday, August 12, 2011
  First Lady Jane Beshear today presented a signed copy of legislation that will help promote Kentucky grown products at Kentucky State Parks.