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29 people are interested
Visit With Families Of Newborns At Hospitals
ORGANIZATION: Read to Grow, Inc.
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29 people are interested
A unique feature of our program is the in-hospital visit from a Books for Babies volunteer. To help all families get started, volunteers who have been trained by our program visit with parents on maternity units to introduce Read to Grow and to talk about the "how and why" of reading aloud to babies. After a brief training period, we like to have volunteers commit to 3-4 hours per week or every other week. Volunteers sit with families for 5-15 minutes talking about the importance of reading to their child from birth as a way to help with bonding, brain development and to put the child on a path to school readiness. Families will receive a literacy packet and the volunteer will review the materials with the family. This is a great volunteer job for any adult over 22.
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About Read to Grow, Inc.
Location:
53 SCHOOL GROUND RD STE 3, BRANFORD, CT 06405, US
Mission Statement
Read to Grow is a statewide nonprofit working to improve early literacy for all Connecticut children by:
- providing books
- helping fmailies share books with their babies beginning at birth
- encouraging language developemnt
- promoting an awareness of existing literacy resources
Our message is that by reading with and talking to children beginning at birth, parents can strengthen their family and help their younsters develop the early literacy skills they will neeed to succeed in school, and in life.
Description
Read to Grow meets families in the hospital when a baby is born, linking health to the importance of early literacy, language and attachment. Our programs run in 8 hospitals and in four regions (New Haven, Hartford, Bridgeport and New London) of the state.
- Books for Babies , providing 20,000 newborns with a new children's book and literacy guidance. The Follow-up program provides additional children's books and information for parents twice druing a baby's first year of life for families enrolled in the program.
- Books for Kids provides new and gently used books to children who need them, and to the programs that serve them. Last year, 100,000 books were donated to Read to Grow and redistributed through Books for Kids.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Hospitals throughout ConnecticutBRANFORD, CT 06405
DATE POSTED
August 1, 2019
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 22
- Orientation or Training