Over the past decade, Reach Out and Read Colorado and I have grown up together. And, this nimble organization and I have been lucky to share our experience with the support and guidance from some incredible health care providers across Colorado. When I joined the Reach Out and Read Colorado in 2009, it was a […]
Executive Director Transition Marks Exciting New Chapter for Colorado Nonprofit
Meredith Hintze announces her resignation from Reach Out and Read Colorado and her next role as the Director, Foundation Operations and Community Engagement at COPIC. Denver, Colorado (Monday, January 14, 2019) – Meredith Hintze, Executive Director of Reach Out and Read Colorado since 2016, announced her resignation this week. During her tenure, Hintze made respect […]
LIVE! Colorado Community Health Check Up: Early Literacy Edition with Dr. Larry Wolk & Dr. Simon Hambidge
[ NOTE: sound cuts in at 19 seconds] On Wednesday, August 30th Reach Out and Read Colorado hosted our first Colorado Community Health Check Up: Early Literacy Edition LIVE! with Dr. Larry Wolk & Dr. Simon Hambidge. Dr. Wolk and Dr. Hambidge discussed early literacy in a health care setting, population health, prescribing books to […]
200 health care professionals come together for the Reach Out and Read Colorado Statewide Conference
Denver, Colorado (April 10, 2017) – Reach Out and Read Colorado, one of Colorado’s leading early literacy organizations, kicked off its biannual Statewide Conference today in Aurora, presented by Children’s Hospital Colorado. The conference is a celebratory gathering of more than 200 advocates and health care professionals from throughout Colorado. At the event, community partners […]
Meet the Reach Out and Read Colorado Board Officers
Board Chair – Simon Hambidge, MD, PhD Simon Hambidge, MD, PhD, is Chief Ambulatory Officer at Denver Health and the Chief Executive Officer of Denver Community Health Services (DCHS). A pediatrician by training, Dr. Hambidge was previously the Director of General Pediatrics for Community Health Services for 8 years. He is a Professor of Pediatrics […]
Simon Hambidge Elected Chair of Reach Out and Read Colorado Board
I was first exposed to Reach Out and Read as a pediatric resident at the Westside Pediatric clinic in the mid-90s. As I was in training, I assumed that all pediatric care involved early language and literacy promotion by health care providers! I didn’t realize that Westside was the first clinic in Colorado and one […]
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