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Our Mission: Reach Out and Read prepares America's youngest children to succeed in school by partnering with doctors to prescribe books and
encourage families to read together.
Doctors, nurse practitioners, and other medical professionals incorporate
Reach Out and Read's evidence-based model into regular pediatric checkups,
by advising parents about the importance of reading aloud and giving
developmentally-appropriate books to children. The program begins at the
6-month checkup and continues through age 5, with a special emphasis on
children growing up in low-income communities. Families served by Reach Out
and Read read together more often, and their children enter kindergarten
with larger vocabularies and stronger language skills, better prepared to
achieve their potential.
+ About the ROR Model | Our History +
RORSD is part of the nationwide Reach Out and Read organization
Events:
Become a Part of Reach Out and Read's Summer of a Million Books Campaign
June 21 - September 6, 2010
In conjunction with United We Serve's "Let's Read. Let's Move." initiative, Reach Out and Read is launching a bold, new campaign to put one million brand-new books in the hands of American children before Labor Day.
That means that every day between Father's Day and Labor Day, Reach Out and Read's participating pediatricians will need to distribute more than 18,500 books to the children we serve. Every time they hand a book to a child, our pediatricians also provide parents with age-appropriate reading tips and advice about the importance of reading aloud every day.
If we succeed, we will provide one million more families with the tools and the guidance they need to prepare their children to succeed in school. But we cannot accomplish this goal without your support.
Campaign supports include Border’s Book Store.
Click here to find out how you can get involved http://www.reachoutandread.org/summer/
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Making Headlines:
- Read and Romp 2010 pictures
- ROR's CEO Earl Phalen on ABC World News
- ROR PSA
- Reach Out and Read on the Pentagon Channel
- RORSD Early Childhood Literacy Summit - March 21, 2009.
- Dr. Miller, RORSD Medical Director, interviewed by Bill Griffith of Channel 10 news
- NBC Nightly News features Reach Out and Read in "What Works" series!
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