Colorado families leave health check-ups every day with a new book, a first book, a favorite book, sometimes an only book. In neighborhoods where appropriate reading material is limited by geography or financial status, Reach Out and Read Colorado provides access to and ownership of brand new, high-quality children’s books. For those who never learned […]
2018 Annual BOOK Report Read More »
Custer County became a part of Reach Out and Read Colorado in 2018, since then we have prescribed a free book to every child seen in our vaccination clinic. We are very small and rural and we only provide vaccinations in our office, no other services. Our population is very small but each child that
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I work as the Mineral County Public Health Nurse for the Silver Thread Public Health District as well as a Family Nurse Practitioner for the Creede Family Practice. Living and working in Creede, Colorado for the last nine years has allowed me many opportunities to fill and serve the needs of our community. I provide
Local Spotlight: Joni Adelman, Mineral County Public Health Read More »
My name is Dee Daniels. I am the Program Director and certified pediatric nurse practitioner for the Sie Center for Down Syndrome at Children’s Hospital Colorado. I also serve as an adjunct Senior Instructor for the University of Colorado College of Nursing. The Sie Center for Down Syndrome opened its doors in November 2010 thanks
Partner Spotlight: Sie Center for Down Syndrome at Children’s Hospital Colorado Read More »
Reach Out and Read Colorado welcomed Anne Tengler as its new executive director on April 8. Anne has served in leadership, management, and volunteer board roles for leading nonprofits for over 25 years. A former CEO and business owner serving Latino communities in Colorado, Arizona, and Texas, Anne’s expertise in growing and scaling her business
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Governor John Hickenlooper has been an exceptional advocate for the Reach Out and Read Colorado program. His dedication to the mission of Reach Out and Read Colorado as Mayor of Denver and Governor of Colorado and his promotion of early literacy has been an incredibly powerful catalyst for our statewide impact. Governor Hickenlooper has sent
2019 Winner, Magdalena Aguayo Literacy Champion Award | John Hickenlooper Read More »
Blog feature by Ms. Heather, Director of the Goddard School of Littleton The Denver area Goddard Schools have completed our annual book drive. Nine Goddard Schools participated this year, and we collected a total of 5,168 books! We are so thrilled to be able to participate in this event and donate to a great cause. The building blocks
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As an advocate working in the field of early childhood health and development, I had a lot of tools at my disposal when I became a parent. I recall returning from the hospital in May of 2016, a few days after giving birth to my beautiful daughter, Nora, and immediately sitting down and opening a
Reach Out and Read Colorado Parent Story: Hanna Nichols Read More »
I’ve been able to use my lunch hour to break from my daily work routine, support an organization that does great work, and be surrounded by books—how could I not love it? I estimate that I’ve counted and sorted thousands of donated books, discarding those that are damaged and weeding out books that are outdated,
Reach Out and Read Colorado Volunteer Story: Cherie Courtade Read More »
Reach Out and Read Colorado has been on my radar screen since late 2016, when I began looking for a nonpolitical organization to which I might make holiday gift donations for my family. Nothing seemed more appealing than furthering the cause of pairing young children with something to read. I remember hoping each Christmas for
Reach Out and Read Colorado Volunteer Story: Gwen Black Read More »
It is an honor to be in touch with each of you, from the Reach Out and Read National Center, in Boston, Massachusetts, the birthplace of Reach Out and Read. I want to start with a note of appreciation and gratitude for Meredith Hintze’s leadership to Reach Out and Read Colorado over the past decade.
A Note from Reach Out and Read National CEO, Brian Gallagher Read More »
I was raised by readers. When I was young, my mother was partial to Agatha Christie and Margaret Walker. My father was a Steinbeck man, but he also loved mysteries. I read books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Lucy Maude Montgomery, Louise Fitzhugh, Beverly Cleary, Judy Blume, Louisa May Alcott, and more. In 1984, the year
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