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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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(UT Physicians) Young patients and their families at a UTHealth Houston subspecialty clinic will soon experience the benefits of Reach Out and Read Texas, which is part of a national program that incorporates books into pediatric care for children from 6 months to 5 years old. It’s a win-win that helps not only the families at […]
(UW Oshkosh Today) A lifelong love of reading led Kallena Pluemer to spend her final weeks at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh organizing a book drive. The Platteville native and senior accounting major grew up in a home full of books and came from six generations of educators. She remembers the book store being her […]
(NBC29) A program that aims to give children books during doctors visits says it distributed thousands of books in Virginia this year. Reach Out and Read gives free books to every child up to the age of 5. It says this year, books were distributed during 205 visits. Reach Out and Read also expanded to 96 […]
(WCNC) The Reach Out and Read intervention is unique for its unparalleled access to children through the medical home, supporting families through the trusted voice of the medical provider. At Reach Out and Read, they believe all families should have the tools and information they need to make reading aloud together a daily routine. They […]
(KUNR) The Indian Health Service is working to provide tens of thousands of children’s books to Indigenous families across the U.S., including parts of the Mountain West. The federal agency, which provides health services to Native Americans and Alaska Natives on tribal lands, gave a $200,000 grant to Reach Out and Read, a national nonprofit […]