“When my job ended, I would check the newspaper ads only to find that almost no one would hire a person who had not at least finished high school," said Alan Haun. "Today, it is pretty simple. If you don’t graduate, you won’t have a job.”
Pre-sale tickets are $18 for one day of touring until October 11 and then the ticket price will be $25 each. For more information, contact the Mayland Foundation Office at 828-765-7351, ext. 311 or 209.
Richard Heaton turned 48 in February and made one of the hardest decisions of his life- he picked up the phone and called Mayland Community College’s Basic Skills Department and asked if they could help him learn how to read.