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Reach Out and Read National Receives Record $6M Donation from Valhalla Foundation
The grant will help the nonprofit further its evidence-based early childhood development program, which uses shared reading to support early literacy and healthy relationships. Reach Out and Read, a national nonprofit leading the charge in promoting early literacy and healthy early relationships through pediatric care, today announced the second-largest grant in the organization’s 35-year history. […]
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(WellSpan Health) For Amber Reeder’s four children, going to the doctor for a checkup is more than getting an exam or a vaccination. That’s because her son and three daughters know they will leave Dr. Stephen Flack’s office with a new book from the office book nook. Dr. Flack’s practice is one of several WellSpan […]
(PBN) Providence Business News recently sat down with Aimee Falso, the Executive Director of Reach Out and Read Rhode Island and asked her five questions. Read the full story at Providence Business News here. (Image credit: PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO)
Reach Out and Read and Scholastic are excited to announce Scholastic’s 2024 Judy Newman Book Award Winner: “Jabari Tries.” Inspired by BIPOC engineers, inventors, and scientists and featuring the endearing father-child dynamic of “Jabari Jumps,” Gaia Cornwall’s tale shows how an inventive thought can become a brilliant reality. “This is a wonderful story of family […]
(American Diversity Report) Marty Martinez leads the Reach Out and Read network, which includes more than 6,000 program sites in all 50 states and nearly 30 regional, state, and local affiliates. Marty brings 25 years of experience working on behalf of young people, families and underserved communities across the Greater Boston area. He has a […]
(The Portland Forecaster) Raising Readers, which has distributed nearly 4 million free books to young Maine children over the past 24 years, will turn its work over to a national nonprofit with the same mission that is expanding into the state. “We’re working closely with Raising Readers to let clinics know that that program is ending and another […]