(Fox 5 San Diego) Jacky Brown from Goodwill talks about teaming up with Reach Out and Read to help improve literacy rates in San Diego. Watch the full story on Fox 5 San Diego here. (Photo credit: Fox 5 San Diego)

(Aiken Standard) Reach Out and Read is a nonprofit organization that provides children in low-income families with books from birth to age 5. The program primarily operates in pediatric offices, allowing doctors to give out books during check-ups and encourage parents to read to their children. One of the program’s supporters, Dr. Susan Goldberg, is […]

(NBC 29) Pediatric Associates of Charlottesville has teamed up with Reach Out and Read to bring books into examination rooms, and the programs were spotlighted on NBC29. Reach Out and Read Dr. Gemila Bouber was the focus of a community conversation, and Reach Out and Read Regional Director Callee Boulware was interviewed about the program. […]

(Fox Carolina) Reading to your kids at an early age could help them understand words and phrases sooner. A nonprofit in the Carolinas, called Reach out and Read, is providing free books at doctors appointments and they say it’s having a big impact. Betsy Flowers reads to her daughter Mary Margaret everyday. She believes it’s […]

(The Oklahoma City Sentinel) The Effect of Exposure to Reach Out and Read on Shared Reading Behaviors, a multi-year study, demonstrates that the delivery of the national nonprofit’s model effectively encourages parents/caregivers to read with their young children using strategies that promote parent-child bonding and connection. This study builds upon earlier evidence that shows families who participate in […]