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In this issue...
  • Sustainability Funds
  • All RIF Shipments Have Been Delivered for the Year!
  • Target Funds RORSD As Well As Local Sites!
  • Congresswoman Davis Visits Children's Primary Care Medical Group- Children's Way
  • San Diego County Employees Charitable Organization (CECO) Funds RORSD!
  • CURRENT BOOK OFFERS

  • FUNDERS/PARTNERS
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    Welcome to Sharp Mission Park Medical Group, Oceanside
    Welcome to our new Reach Out and Read site, Sharp Mission Park Medical Group, Oceanside! Dr. Donald Rostow is eager to start ROR. We are excited to have you on board!

    ROR California Conference Call
    Join Roya Yasharpour, Statewide Program Director of ROR California for monthly teleconference. There is a morning and afternoon session to choose from; 8:30-9:10 or 12:45-1:20. The next two teleconferences are: Nov. 15th, Review of Program Manual and FAQs; Dec. 4th, 6-Month Progress Reports
    To join in call (800) 974-2164, Pass Word 899063#

    Need a Tax Deductible Donation?
    The AAP-CA3, a non-profit 501(c)3 is able to accept book money for sites and provide a tax deductible receipt. Sites that do not have this non-profit status can have donors send a check to the AAP- CA3 indicating that this money should be set aside for a particular site. After purchasing books sites can send us an invoice which we will deduct from their account. Or sites can participate in bulk book buying with the collaborative and use the money in their account. There is no charge to sites for this service.

    The American Academy of Pediatrics, CA Chapter 3 (AAP-CA3), under the leadership of Chapter President Donald Miller, Executive Director Meredith Kennedy, Associate Director Tara Milbrand, and ROR Champions within the Chapter, is the organizing agency for a coordinated Reach Out and Read effort in San Diego County.
    You can view previous issues of Storytime at

    www.aapca3.org

    StoryTime Articles

    Please send us your ROR stories to share and include in Storytime.
    Send to:

    tmilbrand@aapca3.org

    Story Time
    Reach Out and Read San Diego Collaborative Newsletter / Making Books Part of a Healthy Childhood
    October 2007

    Reach out and Read San Diego (RORSD) Collaborative is working to help expand and sustain Reach out and Read (ROR) in San Diego by recruiting new sites, providing communication among existing sites, providing support with progress reports and book inventory, sending out trainers for ROR training of new staff and physicians and assisting with and coordinating fundraising for book money. RORSD is continuing to expand in San Diego, reaching more children, with 36 active sites and several more applications in progress. For assistance or questions please contact ROR Leader Tara Milbrand at tmilbrand@aapc a3.org. Please note that she will be out on maternity leave from November 5th through January 4th. For issues that can not wait please contact Meredith Kennedy at mkennedy@aa pca3.org or Roya Yasharpour with CA ROR at r oya.yasharpour@reachoutandread.org. To learn more about ROR news across the country visit www.reachout andread.org.

    Join us for the next RORSD Collaborative Meeting on November 7th and January 30th from 12 to 2pm at AMN Healthcare in the Boardroom located at 12400 High Bluff Drive, San Diego, CA 92130. Click here for map.



    Sustainability Funds
    Funding from National ROR

    All sites, who have completed their 6 month progress report, should expect to receive their site sustainability funds from National ROR by mid November. To view your funding logon to www.myror.org then scroll down to Funding/Account Information. RIF sites remember to only order books for 3-5 year olds.
    * If your program started less than 1 year ago or you have not submitted 2 progress reports since starting your program then you are not yet eligible for additional National ROR Sustainability Funds.


    All RIF Shipments Have Been Delivered for the Year!

    Attention all RIF sites. The final RIF shipments, for the year, from Star Bright Books, Houghton Mifflin, Harcourt Publishers, and Books 4 School have all been delivered. If you did not receive one of these shipments please contact Tara Milbrand at tmilbrand@aapc a3.org right away! She will be out on maternity leave from November 5th through January 4th.

    Please note that these books are intended for 6 mos. old to 2 year old children at their well-child visit and should last through the end of January. The number of books each site received was determined by the numbers submitted in the latest ROR progress report.

    A new year of RIF funding will begin in February. We are hopeful that we will be able to at least continue at our current funding level, with RIF, and possibly increase next year to include new sites.

    We are very grateful to RIF for this generous grant and to the First 5 Commission of San Diego for the matching funds to allow us to bring quality books to all our 6 month to 2 year old children.


    Target Funds RORSD As Well As Local Sites!

    Thank you to the Target Corporation for their continual support of Reach Out and Read. RORSD received a $5000 grant from Target, local sites received funding and Target funds Reach Out and Read Nationally. They have been a great partner, donating wonderful backpacks to San Diego children at a recent event. Thank you for your continual support!


    davis CPCMG Congresswoman Davis Visits Children's Primary Care Medical Group- Children's Way
    Davis Reads to Children in Celebration of ROR

    Congresswoman Susan Davis visited Children's Primary Care Medical Group at Chldren's Way to support Reach out and Read and the clinic's efforts to prepare children for school. After a brief press conference Davis read "The Little Red Hen" to a group of children. The children were given a colorful bookbag, provided by Target, filled with items representing the "school readiness" topics that pediatricians discuss with parents such as: books, toothbrushes, floss, outdoor activities, stickers, coloring books and crayons.

    In addition to Congresswoman Davis, speakers included:
    Dr. Ingrid Martinez-Andree, ROR physician, CPCMG
    Dr. Donald Miller, Medical Director of RORSD
    Laura Spiegel, The First 5 Commission of San Diego
    Thank you to Congresswoman Davis for her continual support of Reach Out and Read.


    CECO logo San Diego County Employees Charitable Organization (CECO) Funds RORSD!

    Thank you to CECO for their generous donation of $8,500 to buy books for underpriviledged children in San Diego!

    CECO stands for County Employees Charitable Organization, an employee-managed organization that gives 100 percent of the money it collects to local non- profit agencies. CECO has no paid staff. All members volunteer their own time or get release time during working hours. Since its founding in 1956, County employees have distributed millions of dollars in the San Diego community through this grassroots program. Donations are driven by automatic payroll deductions and one-time contributions by County and Superior Court employees. The donations provide local agencies with grants that help them to serve more people or expand and improve their existing services.

    Thank you to CECO. Their generous donation truly makes a difference enabling RORSD to purchase at least 3,000 books for children in need in the next year.


    CURRENT BOOK OFFERS

    ROR Core Packs Offered by All About Books. To order call 1-866-732-3667 or email service@all aboutbooks.org.

    Barefoot Books, Fall 2007, Offer

    Gareth Stevens Inc. Special Book Offer
    Click here for an order form.

    ByeWay Books Bilingual Offer


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