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| Welcome to Sharp Rees-Stealy (SRS) Pediatric Clinics |
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Congratulations to Dr. Norman Gollub, who persevered and championed Reach Out and Read for all of the Sharp Rees-Stealy pediatric clinics. ROR San Diego as well as the Sharp Foundation are committed to helping get the financial resources and books needed for the thousands of children served by Sharp Rees-Steely. Establishing a ROR site at SRS adds to the variety of offices that we have as part of RORSD, from community clinics to large private groups, from individual pediatric offices to small diverse groups across the county.
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| ROR California Conference Call |
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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: 2/21 -Easy, quick and effective ways to secure money for ROR books; 3/27 Book Ordering
To join in call (800) 974-2164, Pass Word 899063#
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| Need a Tax Deductible Donation? |
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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.
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| 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. |
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You can view previous issues of Storytime at
www.aapca3.org
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Please send us your ROR stories to share and include in Storytime.
Send to:
tmilbrand@aapca3.org
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Story Time
Reach Out and Read San Diego Collaborative Newsletter / Making Books Part of a Healthy Childhood
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Dec 2007
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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 Program Manager
Tara Milbrand at tmilbrand@aapc
a3.org. To learn
more about ROR news across
the country visit www.reachout
andread.org.
GET INVOLVED!- Join us for the next RORSD
Collaborative Meeting. We'll see you there!
January 30th and May 7th from
12 to 2pm at AMN
Healthcare in the Boardroom located at 12400 High
Bluff Drive, San
Diego, CA 92130. Click here
for map. Please note that map is incorrect. Turn left
onto High Bluff if heading north on El Camino, not right.
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Golden Book Award
Sharon Sternfeld at CPCMG Escondido
The Golden Book Award goes to Dr. Sharon Sternfeld
at Children's Primary Care Medical Group, Escondido.
As soon as the site was trained Dr. Sternfeld began
pursuing fundraising options! She sent out holiday
cards with requests for a donation in honor of her
father to benefit the Reach Out and Read program at
CPCMG, Escondido. We applaud your drive and
determination. Dr. Sternfeld is making a difference in
the lives of children, one book at a time.
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ROR Volunteer Training
March 4th at 4:00 PM
Mark your calendars for Reach Out and Read San
Diego's first volunteer training session on March 4th
from 4:00-6:00 PM. Location TBD. Training to be
conducted by Pat Downs, Youth Services Coordinator
for the San Diego County
Library and ROR trainer. Some of the topics to be
covered are:
Importance of Modeling Reading, Dialogic Reading,
Tips on Engaging Children, Expectations of the clinic,
and
How to Create a Literacy Rich Waiting Room.
If
you have other topics you'd like to have covered
please send your ideas to Tara Milbrand at tmilbrand@aapc
a3.org. Email Tara by February 29th to sign up
volunteers. There is no cost and refreshments will be
provided. Location TBD in the Central or North County
area.
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RORSD Distributes $100,000 worth of books!
The numbers are in- Reach Out and Read San Diego
Collaborative delivered over 37,000 new books to 34
sites across San Diego County in 2007. The value of
these
books was more than $100,000! Thank you to
everyone who has participated in the collaborative and
to all our donors for making literacy promotion a
standard part of pediatric primary care. A special
thanks goes to Reading is Fundamental and the First
5 Commission of San Diego County for providing
more
than 33,000 of these books.
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Reading is Fundamental- RIF
New Contract to Begin in February 08
RORSD's contract with RIF will renew in February.
Our RIF contract allows us to provide all children aged
6 months to 2 years, participating in the Reach Out
and Read program, with 2 new books a year*. Five
new
sites, approved as ROR sites in 2007, will be added
on to this
contract and will be contacted when final approval is
received from RIF.
RIF sites- Do not order books for children 6 months to
2 years
old! You will receive all the books you need for this
age range. Books are shipped quarterly by RORSD.
The first shipment will arrive late February or early
March- more details to come. If you have any
questions or requests please contact Tara Milbrand at
tmilbrand@aapc
a3.org.
*Sites must be eligible for federal funds in order to
participate.
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National ROR's Call To Action
Legislative Advocacy
Dear ROR Providers and Friends,
The "Prescribe a Book Act"(S.1895) was introduced
this summer in the U.S. Senate, legislation that
authorizes Reach Out and Read and is urgently
needed to help restore ROR's federal funding after
two years of significant cuts. Thanks to your hard
work, we currently have 41 sponsors/cosponsors - a
tremendous achievement! For the most recent list,
visit: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-
bin/bdquery/z?d110:SN01895:@@@P.
On December 11th, a companion bill was filed in the
House (HR 4449) by Congressmen Donald Payne (D-
NJ) and Mark Souder (R-IN). We must now work on
securing House cosponsors, and we need your help
in this campaign to make it a success.
Please follow the instructions below, and take a
moment to call your Representative today. Thank you!
1. Go to our Legislative Action Center: http://capwiz.com/ro
r/home/.
2. Under "Legislative Action Center" you will
see "ACTION ALERT" Click on "Call NOW."
3. In the CALL NOW box, type in your zip code and
hit "go."
4. Your Representative's phone number will come up.
Call your U.S. Rep, using the talking points to make
the phone call a success.
5. After the call, fill out the feedback form so that we
can keep track of who has been called and follow up
with Congressional offices.
If you have any questions, contact Abbie Bloom at 617-
455-0642 or
abb
ie.bloom@reachoutandread.org
Thank you again for your diligence and
responsiveness. This bill is the single most
important effort we've organized in Washington. I hope
we can count on your continued efforts!
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ON A TIGHT BOOK BUDGET?
Check Out these Book Offers
Books 4 School
Books 4 School was the supplier of those great
bilingual board books RORSD/RIF sent to sites
titled "My Spanish Book of... Animals, Colors, or
Numbers".
800-752-3131
http
://www.books4school.com/catalog.html
Byeway Books Winter 2008 Warehouse Sale.
Books are 50% off listed prices! Many books for
less than $1.00.
Visit their website at www.byewayboo
ks.com to view their catalog.
Bright Baby Bilingual & Natural
Baby Board Books.
Receive 40-58% off
listed
prices- see order form for details. Click on links to
view:
Bright Baby Bilingual Board
Books
Bright Baby Bilingual Chunky
Board Books (3x3)- 97¢ before discount
Natural Baby
Macmillan Order Form
All About Books
1-866-732-3667
www.allaboutboo
ks.org
First Book Marketplace
In honor of Black
History Month they are featuring a great board
book "Ten, Nine, Eight" by Molly Bang for $2.00 a book.
Please note these books must be bought in boxes of
a single title.
http://www.fbmarketplace.org/ser
vlet/StoreFront?tr=y&auid=3332746
Jonathan Dragon
302-654-6922
http://www.jon
athandragon.com
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