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Make a Difference in Nashville! Feed the Mind Through ‘Reach Out and Read’ Reach Out and Read (ROR) is a program that promotes early literacy by bringing new books and advice about the importance of reading aloud into the pediatric exam room. This national program has more than 2,000 sites throughout the country, with locations in every state plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam. Doctors and nurses give new books to children at each well child visit from six-months-old to five-years-old, and accompany these books with developmentally appropriate advice to parents about reading aloud with their child. By building on the unique relationship between parents and medical providers, ROR helps families and communities encourage early literacy skills so children enter school prepared for reading. Since 1989, ROR pediatricians have been prescribing books and reading aloud for their young patients, with a special focus on children growing up in poverty During the annual meeting in Nashville, books will be donated to Jo’s Reach Out and Read Book Club at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital. For more information, visit http://www.vanderbiltchildrens.com/interior.php?mid=971 -- Make a financial contribution. Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital accepts financial contributions to purchase children’s books. Make your check payable to Jo’s Reach Out and Read Book Club at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital and either bring it to the ASAE Fellows booth in the Gaylord Opryland Hotel & Convention Center or mail it to ASAE Fellows – Feed The Mind, 1575 I Street NW, Washington, DC 20005. -- Donate a book. ROR programs accept donations of new, developmentally and culturally appropriate books. A list of more than 100 favorite books is available at www.Amazon.com, under “Wish List,” Feed the Mind. When you select a book from this list, you can ship it directly to Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital. If your purchase totals $25 or more, Amazon provides free shipping. Or if you choose to select your own book, please send hardcover picture books with brightly colored pictures and interesting stories and those that are ideal for ages of six-month to five-years-old. Books about sensitive issues such as divorce, abuse or death cannot be accepted. You may also bring a book or a financial contribution to the Feed the Mind booth located in Delta B in the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center. |
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