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Reach Out and Read Announces Plan to Serve 10 Million Children by 2030
The nonprofit’s new strategic plan outlines a goal to reach half of U.S. kids under 5, focused on under-resourced areas Reach Out and Read, a national nonprofit that fosters parent relationships through shared reading, announced today a new growth plan, focused on more than doubling its reach, to serve 10 million children by 2030. Its […]
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(North Carolina Health News) At the Cone Health Mom+Baby Combined Care clinic in Greensboro, reading is part of every child wellness check. At a recent checkup, family medicine physician Kimberly Newton read from “It’s Bath Time” to a 4-month-old patient. “That’s a donkey. That’s a pig,” she read as the baby grabbed at the pages. “Do you know […]
Why does Dr. Jawaad Hussain of Cooper Pediatric Care in Camden, N.J., believe that Reach Out and Read should begin at the very beginning of a child’s life? “Starting at birth felt like I was walking in with a present every single visit,” Dr. Hussain said. “By receiving the book, parents were so receptive to […]
(King 5 News) Reach Out and Read provides children and families with free books and resources to promote early childhood literacy. It’s an evidence-based model backed by research that proves the importance of reading aloud and the impact it’s had on a child’s brain development. (Video credit: King 5 News)
(National Native News) The Indian Health Service is working to provide tens of thousands of children’s books to Native families across the country. The federal agency gave a $200,000 grant to Reach Out and Read, a national nonprofit that integrates reading into pediatric care. The group will use the money to buy more than 30,000 children’s books. […]
(Live 5 News) Reach Out and Read is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring every child’s cognitive, social, and emotional well-being by incorporating books into pediatric care. Deb LaRoche, a Program Manager at Reach Out and Read South Carolina, shares how this unique program works, where children visiting the doctor’s office receive age-appropriate, beautifully illustrated, […]