"Our Friend Mikayla" Associated Press Article on THOUSANDS of Media Outlets

Yesterday, Clay's Daily Double reported that Clay had visited the students who wrote the book, "My Friend Mikayla" and read the book to them. In addition, Clay signed books for all these students as well as students for the whole school, sang a song to Mikayla, and arranged for limousines to take the students back to their elementary school.

This and more was written up in a wonderful Associated Press Article which has in turn now been included in online news sites around the United States. I counted over 60 sites myself. One of the great things about this is that this wonderful article talks of the things that Clay holds nearest to his heart...the inclusion of children with special needs, giving an example of inclusion in the book that was written about Mikayla and the opportunity Clay had to be with these students and sing to Mikayla. In addition, it shows the giving nature of Clay in signing books for all the students and arranging for the limousine to give the excited students a first class trip back to their school. Finally those who read these articles will get to see some of the many reasons why his fans adore him so much and why he is such a top notch classy person.

Just a few of the sites where you can find this article are listed below. Clay...thank you for all you do!!

• McCall.com
• USAToday.com
• NJ.com (The Express-Times)
• CentreDaily.com
• MercuryNews.com
• Salon.com
• HappyNews.com
• Ohio.com (Akron Beacon Journal)
• TimesDaily.com
• FOXNews.com
• CBSNews.com
  

Here's a quick sampling of the AP's wonderful article:

Two girls fell out of their front row seats when "American Idol" runner-up Clay Aiken strode on stage at the school assembly.

Aiken, who was appearing Monday night at the State Theatre in Easton, read to the student body of more than 680 from the book, talked with the 19 authors, and posed for many photographs. To Mikayla, he sang a few lines from "When I See You Smile." Then he announced a final treat: limousines to take the students back to Lower Nazareth Elementary.

In the cars, boys popped open cans of soda and girls giggled. "Is this a dream?" said one boy, Michael Allen. "It is like the first time I'll be in a limo. It is so awesome!"

You don't want to miss these non-AP articles too:

• E! Online - "Season two runner-up Clay Aiken created a stir at a Pennsylvania high school Monday, when he turned up at an assembly celebrating a group of elementary students who wrote a book called Our Friend Mikayla, about a classmate who suffers from cerebral palsy."
  

Pictures of Clay with the students can be found here at the McCall site or on our post from yesterday.

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