Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for Children's Art Exhibition 'All Kids Can...CREATE!' at...

Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for Children's Art Exhibition 'All Kids Can...CREATE!'
at Union Station

WHO:
Jennifer Veilleux, Director of Community Relations, CVS Caremark
Soula Antoniou, President, VSA arts

Representative artists: Caitlin Bates, 16, Seattle, Wash.; Ab Gokhale, 13, New
Berlin, Wisc.; Chase Hamilton, 14, Monroe, La.; Grace Martinsen, 7, Akron,
Iowa; Jakob Pereira, 8, Warwick, R.I.; Hope Peterson, 13, Alburgh, Vt.;
Morrissa Spears, 14, Burkesville, Ky.; Rayel Stader, 19, Boise, Idaho;
Rebecca Weber, 10, Philadelphia, Pa.; Lexie Williams, 8, Nashville, Tenn.

WHEN:
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. EDT

WHERE:
Union Station, West Hall
40 Massachusetts Ave, N.E.
Washington, D.C.

Soula Antoniou, president of VSA arts, and Jennifer Veilleux, director of
community relations for CVS Caremark, will be joined by 10 participating
children with disabilities from around the country for the ribbon-cutting
ceremony of the exhibition "All Kids Can...CREATE!" which will be on display
at Union Station through June 8. The exhibition includes artwork from one
student from each state plus the District of Columbia in response to a
national call for art issued last fall by VSA arts and CVS Caremark All Kids
Can to advance the role of the arts in inclusive education.

VSA arts is an international nonprofit organization founded in 1974 by
Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith to create a society where people with
disabilities learn through, participate in, and enjoy the arts. VSA arts
provides educators, parents, and artists with resources and the tools to
support arts programming in schools and communities. VSA arts showcases the
accomplishments of artists with disabilities and promotes increased access to
the arts for people with disabilities. Each year millions of people
participate in VSA arts programs through a nationwide network of affiliates
and in 55 countries around the world. VSA arts is an affiliate of the John F.
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. For more information, visit
www.vsarts.org.

All Kids Can, a program of the CVS Caremark Charitable Trust and CVS Caremark,
is a five-year, $25 million commitment to support children with disabilities.
The goals of All Kids Can are to support children with disabilities by raising
awareness in schools and in local communities about the importance of
inclusion, creating greater opportunities for physical activity and play, and
providing access to medical rehabilitation and related services. CVS Caremark
and its more than 190,000 employees plan to help children with disabilities
learn, play and succeed through partnerships with leading local and national
nonprofit organizations such as Easter Seals and many others across the
country. For more information, visit http://www.cvsallkidscan.com.

CONTACT:Stephanie Taylor, +1-202-628-2800 ext 3883, or Rachel Maleh,
+1-301-717-7553 (c), both of VSA arts

/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- May 20/

SOURCE VSA arts