Do you remember what it was like to sit on your parent’s lap and read a book together?
I have such strong memories of what that felt like, and that is why, as Reach Out and Read Georgia’s Medical Director and President of the Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, I love what Reach Out and Read means for my patients and their families.…
I knew of Dr. Terri McFadden long before we met in person. I’ve yet to meet a single person in the medical community in Georgia who did not have some familiarity of Dr. McFadden. I once mistakenly referred to Terri as the “grandmother” to all Georgia’s children when I meant to say “godmother.”…
Meet Jacque DaSilva, Senior Accountant at Reach Out and Read National. Jacque is the proud mother of two amazing children, Cristiano and Adriana. Jacque juggles being a single, working mother of two children and making reading aloud with her children a priority.…
Nearly 30 years ago, Dr. Jay Berkelhamer brought the Reach Out and Read program to the University of Chicago pediatric outpatient clinic. The Reach Out and Read program was in its infancy much like the young patients it serves, and, through implementing the model, Dr.…
ATLANTA (FOX 5 Atlanta) – He’s known to music fans around the world as a member of the Grammy-winning Zac Brown Band. But it’s his successful – and unexpected – career as a children’s book author that recently brought Georgia-native Coy Bowles to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Hughes Spalding.…
We caught a sweet parent-child moment while visiting Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. This adorable four-month-old was mouthing a Reach Out and Read Georgia bookmark and soon this cutie will be holding his bookmark and his book with his pincer grasp.…
I am excited to share that Reach Out and Read has now reached Platinum Level, the highest possible rating, on GuideStar. As you may know, GuideStar is an online database of nonprofit organizations that is frequently used by funders and potential partners to research nonprofits and make funding decisions.…
This update of a School Readiness Technical Report from the American Academy of Pediatrics, published in Pediatrics, cites the Reach Out and Read program as “the most studied and scaled primary prevention program” seeking “to prevent gaps in readiness before they occur.”…
Reach Out and Read is thrilled to be a philanthropic partner of Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity, the oldest and largest pharmaceutical fraternity in the United States. …
Reach Out and Read is pleased to announce that it has been identified as a Health Services Initiative in the state of Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA), in partnership with the University of Oklahoma (OU) College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics, is working to increase the number of well-child visits and developmental screenings for SoonerCare members by expanding the use of the Reach Out and Read program.…