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Janice Gruendel (Branford) Co-President, Connecticut Voices for Children Janice's daily activities are dedicated to improving the lives of young children. In addtion to this work, she plans to: Ask folks in her neighborhood to talk about the public goal and recruit at last half of these families as Friends. Seek opportunities to serve as a public voice on the readiness issue, by contacting her local paper and urging coverage of Ready, Set, Grow Write two letters to the editor between September and December Listen and make notes of arguments against the idea of early care and education