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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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(The Newport Buzz) For the first time in five years, the Appropriations Committee finished passing all twelve individual appropriations bills with overwhelming bipartisan votes. U.S. Senator Jack Reed, a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, helped pass four key spending bills out of committee this week, ensuring Rhode Island gets its fair share of federal […]
(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, […]