Cornbread Festival Research Paper

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The Cornbread Festival is one of the world's most popular festivals. It consists of over 50 different stands, boosts, carnival, cook-off, and stage nights. The purpose for the Cornbread Festival is to make money for other organizations and give back to the community. One specific organization is the EYES Program. The EYES Program is to help young youth realize that's its more than life than just drugs, violence, and gangs. They take troubled teens and take them on trips around Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, and other states to see what's out in the world. The reason I chose to help with the EYES Program is because I used to be one of those kids that thought it was cool to be bad and fight and just go crazy. So the things that

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