As a member of the Shared Message Bank (SMB) Mentor Team with the ECCP, I was honored to review Reach Out and Read Colorado’s A Story about Reading¸ which was developed as part of the New Parent Empowerment Initiative. The SMB Mentor Team frequently receives requests from partners to review materials and language to ensure […]
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Site Coordinator Spotlight: Emma Tomlinson, Pediatric Partners of the Southwest
My name is Emma Tomlinson, and I work as the Family Advocate and Reach Out and Read Colorado Site Coordinator at Pediatric Partners of the Southwest in Durango, Colorado. Pediatric Partners has given me almost three years of an inspiring and motivating work environment. I love my job because I get to work one-on-one with […]
A Message from Benefit Breakfast Co-Chair & Board Member, Anne Chandler
Growing up, reading was a fundamental part of my life. My parents both loved to read – books, magazines, newspapers – and they constantly instilled their love for the written word into my siblings and myself. My mom was a newspaper and magazine fiend, subscribing to The Rocky Mountain News, The Denver Post, The Douglas […]
Site Sponsorship | Denver Health: Park Hill Family Health Center
Working on literacy is incredibly important for a lot of reasons. As you probably know, children from disadvantaged backgrounds struggle with a number of issues (like crime, poverty, early pregnancy, diabetes and obesity). Education can help to combat these issues. A good education helps people to get good jobs so they can avoid crime and […]
A Story About Reading | The New Parent Empowerment Initiative
Reach Out and Read Colorado is encouraging expectant moms to read aloud to their babies in utero as a pathway to improving literacy through the New Parent Empowerment Initiative. This pilot project is the first known program of its kind to introduce the concept of reading to baby during the prenatal period. Currently, Reach Out […]
The Reach Out and Read Colorado Regions
Our program implementation is as unique and diverse as this great state. Together, with more than 300 clinics, from the mountains to the plains, we are creating change and possibility for Colorado families. Front Range = Denver, Broomfield, Boulder, Jefferson, Douglas, Arapahoe, Adams, El Paso, Teller and Park The Front Range Regional Coordinator is Annie Immele, email […]
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