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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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(Defense Visual Information Distribution Service) The magic of reading and storytelling is a typical setting at the Beale pediatrics’ clinic after Beale pediatricians partnered with the Reach Out and Read program. Maj. Scott Corrigan and Capt. Michael Migita, pediatricians with the 9th Healthcare Operations Squadron, continue the charge to incorporate reading into clinical visits. The […]
(Washington Post) “There is no Frigate like a Book, to take us Lands away,” wrote poet Emily Dickinson. But fewer and fewer kids are choosing to jump aboard. The statistics are startling. The number of 13-year-olds who read for fun most days has halved in a decade. It is now just 14 percent, according to […]
(KMBC News) The Kansas City Royals gave 50 kids a very special opportunity on Wednesday. They got to read a book with Vinnie Pasquantino at Kauffman Stadium. It was for KU Health System’s Reach Out and Read Program. Watch the video on KMBC News here.
(Spectrum News Charlotte) A nonprofit that gives free books to families received a major boost from a billionaire philanthropist. Reach Out and Read just received $8 million from MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Reach Out and Read distributes free books through pediatrician offices nationwide. Alex Hurdle, a teacher in Durham County, […]
(Yahoo! Finance) Age and language appropriate books will be distributed to children ages 6 months to 5 years at clinics across King County to promote healthy brain development, language acquisition and family bonds. Amerigroup Washington, one of the state’s coordinators of Medicaid managed healthcare benefits, has joined Reach Out and Rea, International Community Health Services […]