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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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(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 […]
(WISTV 10) Nonprofit literacy group Reach Out and Read recently received record-setting funding. Watch the full segment on WISTV 10WISTV 10 here. (Image Courtesy of WISTV 10)