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Reach Out and Read Awarded Holiday Impact Prize in New York Times
(The New York Times)By Nicholas Kristof Forget the necktie that will sit in Dad’s closet or the perfume that your sister Sue will soon regift, for I have some better ideas. … Help a child learn to read! Books were my childhood’s magic carpets that lifted me on the lifelong journey that now leads me to write […]
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(Aspirus Health) The pediatrics team at Aspirus Plover Hospital & Clinic is passionate about the benefits of reading to infants and children. “The families we care for trust us to guide them on all aspects of their child’s health and development,” said Jolyne Check-Ostrowski APNP, a pediatric nurse practitioner at Aspirus Plover Clinic. “That’s why we incorporate […]
(Fronteras Desk) The Indian Health Service has awarded $200,000 grant to the nonprofit Reach Out and Read to buy more than 30,000 children’s books for clinics nationwide. Sites in New Mexico, Oklahoma and South Dakota will benefit from this funding, but nearly a fourth of the 45 IHS clinics are located in Arizona. Listen to […]
(SuperTalk Mississippi) Marty Martinez (CEO – Reach Out and Read), Dr. Susan Buttross (UMMC), and Susan Garrard (President/CEO – MS Children’s Museum) join the discussion to give some insight into the Reach Out and Read partnership. Watch the interview above or on SuperTalk Mississippi’s YouTube channel here.
(Casper Star Tribune) The Indian Health Services site at Fort Washakie, along with 44 other IHS sites, will receive children’s books to distribute free of charge at well-child visits. Reach out and Read, a nonprofit dedicated to bringing books to pediatric care and inspiring families to read aloud together, received $200,000 from Indian Health Services […]
(Red Lake Nation News) A generous grant will allow national nonprofit Reach Out and Read to distribute tens of thousands of children’s books to medical clinics on tribal and native sites for an entire year. Nearly doubling past efforts, Indian Health Service (IHS) has awarded Reach Out and Read $200,000 to purchase more than 31,000 […]