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Reach Out and Read


Our Mission...

Reach Out and Read makes literacy promotion a standard part of pediatric primary care so that children grow up with books and a love of reading.

Our Model...

In the exam room, trained doctors and nurses talk to parents about the importance of reading aloud.
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At each check-up from 6 months to 5 years, the child receives a new book to take home.
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Clinic waiting rooms are transformed into literacy-rich areas with volunteer readers modeling techniques of reading aloud.

Our Advisory Board

The Honorable Bob Franks

Ann Isom
Sanofi Aventis

Wendy Lazarus
Pfizer

Claire Majisu, M.D.
Newark Beth Israel

Lucinda Florio

Ellen Lambert
Merck

Kathy Grant-Davis
Primary Care Association

Dorothy Strickland
Rutgers University Professor and Early Literacy Expert

Rebecca Taylor
BTaylor Public Affairs

Haskell Berman
Healthcare Institute of New Jersey

Beth Searing
Statewide Program Director
Reach Out and Read New Jersey

 

 

 


 

Founded in 1989 at Boston City Hospital (now Boston Medical Center), Reach Out and Read programs are now located in almost 3,000 pediatric practices, hospitals, clinics and health centers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the virgin Islands.