Lancaster Co. Reach Out and Read Coalition

Cause Area

  • Children & Youth
  • Education & Literacy
  • Health & Medicine

Location

% SouthEast Lancaster Health ServicesPO Box 598Lancaster, PA 17608 United States
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Mission Statement

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

Reach Out and Read trains doctors and nurses to advise parents about the importance of reading aloud and to give books to children at pediatric check-ups from six months to five years of age. A special focus is placed on children growing up in poverty. By building on the unique relationship between parents and medical providers, Reach Out and Read helps families and communities cultivate early literacy skills so that children enter school prepared to succeed at reading.

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Volunteer readers in ROR programs transform clinic waiting rooms into literacy-rich areas for children and parents, and help families learn the joys and the techniques of reading aloud. Volunteers come from all walks of life but have two important traits in common: a love of books and stories, and a genuine interest in helping children.

Volunteers read to children, modeling book-sharing techniques for parents and showing them by example that reading aloud is fun for parent and child. Volunteers also support ROR by conducting book drives.

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