- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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7 people are interested
Bilingual English-Spanish Children's Book Drive
ORGANIZATION: Open Door Family Medical Centers Inc
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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7 people are interested
Open Door Family Medical Centers participates in Reach Out and Read a national literacy program designed for medical offices. The goal is to help promote preschool literacy for children living in poverty and help them become more kindergarten ready. It is so simple, volunteers and doctors alike read aloud to our young patients, provide tips for parents to read with their child and give them a book to take home to promote reading at home.
The national Reach Out and Read program states that p arents served by Reach Out and Read are up to four times more likely to read aloud to their child.
Many of the families Open Door serves speak Spanish as the first language in the home. We would love to make bilingual books available for these families. Our volunteers can read to the child in English at the health center and the families can read to their child at home in Spanish.
Our goal is to collect 200 Bilingual English-Spanish children's board books and picture books for each of our 5 health centers. That 1,000 books. Gently used books are welcome.
Can you host a book drive to support the young patients at Open Door?
Individual donations are also welcome.
Please contact Alicia Ward at award@odfmc.org for more information or a book drive flier to use.
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About Open Door Family Medical Centers Inc
Location:
165 Main Street, Ossining, NY 10562, US
Mission Statement
Open Door Family Medical Center’s mission has remained consistent since it opened in 1972: to provide high-quality health care that is affordable, accessible and efficient. From prevention and wellness programs to the treatment of diseases, Open Door keeps the families of Westchester, Putnam and Ulster counties healthy and strong, regardless of their ability to pay.
Description
As a pioneer Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), Open Door serves nearly 60,000 individual patients- with more than 40% of patients having no health insurance coverage. Primary care, dental care, behavioral health care, clinical nutrition, wellness programs and chronic disease management are the foundation of Open Door’s clinical programs. For nearly 50 years, Open Door has developed a proven model of cost-effective, preventive care for patients that benefits entire communities. Open Door currently operates health centers in Ossining, Port Chester, Sleepy Hollow, Mount Kisco, Brewster, Mamaroneck, as well as eight School-Based Health Centers in the Ossining and Port Chester school districts, and a comprehensive dental facility in Saugerties. Open Door is accredited by the Joint Commission, recognized by the National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA) as a Patient-Centered Medical Home, and recognized as the leading Health Disparities Reducer in NYS by the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA). Open Door achieves clinical results that consistently surpass national benchmarks for patient outcomes related to diabetes management, blood pressure control and asthma, among others.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
2 Church Street, Suite 101Ossining, NY 10562
DATE POSTED
April 17, 2017
SKILLS
- Child Development
- Literacy / Reading
- Healthcare
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
N/A