Can you change kids for $10 with 10 commandments?

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From: Ron Baker
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Nashville Ministry Tempts Children to Try Morality 
Children Earn $10 Each by Learning, Reciting Ten Commandments 

By Bobby Ross Jr.
Associated Press
Saturday, December 28, 2002; Page B08 

NASHVILLE -- George Kelley believes the nation has lost its 
conscience, and he plans to do something about it -- one child 
and $10 at a time.

The 76-year-old retired flower shop owner has started a ministry 
out of his home that with the help of donations pays children 
$10 each to memorize and recite the Ten Commandments.

Kelley said nearly 7,000 children nationwide have taken 
advantage of the offer over the past five years. He hopes 
eventually to persuade 10 million children to participate.

"When I say 10 million, you say that's crazy," Kelley said. 
"Well, if you have a small dream, nobody pays any attention 
to it."

Kelley's project was born in 1997 after a part-time cook 
killed seven workers at three Tennessee restaurants -- a 
string of slayings that shocked the Nashville area. Kelley 
points to those killings -- along with reports of violence by 
teenagers against teenagers -- as evidence that many young 
people don't understand right from wrong.

"Kids were running around shooting each other for tennis 
shoes and jackets," he said.
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