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Reach
Out and Read The
mission of Reach Out and Read at is to make literacy promotion a standard part of pediatric
primary care, so that children grow up with books and a love
of reading. ROR at Bellevue is in its eleventh year.
ROR introduces children as young as 6 months to the world
of books through the combined efforts of pediatricians, educators,
and volunteer readers. Volunteer readers turn our hospital waiting
room into a “reading room” while educators talk
to parents about the importance of talking with their babies,
looking at pictures and reading to them. Their doctor then
provides additional literacy guidance, and before they leave,
children are given a book of their own. When parents read
it to them at home, the circle of learning and caring becomes
complete.
Children of Bellevue is grateful to The Dreyfus
Corporation, The HGI Foundation, KiDS of NYU Medical Center,
Reach Out and Read National Center, Reach Out and Read of
Greater New York, and The Reisert Foundation for their support
for Reach Out and Read.
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