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Elise Henricks, MD, Uphams Corner Reach Out and Read Medical Consultant, to be honored at Read to Succeed Breakfast
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Elise Henricks, MD, Reach Out and Read Medical Consultant at the Uphams Corner Community Health Center in Dorchester, will be honored at Reach Out and Read's first annual "Read to Succeed" spring benefit breakfast on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at the State Room In Boston. The breakfast, which will also honor Reach Out and Read Board member Lisa Lebowitz, will feature Keynote Speaker Dennis Lehane, author of bestsellers Mystic River, Shutter Island and Gone Baby, Gone, who will discuss how his earliest experiences with books shaped his career as a novelist.
Special invited speaker U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren will speak about the importance of early literacy - and why building a nation of young readers leads to economic success. Corporate sponsorships are available for the event as well as individual tickets. To learn more, please visit: READ TO SUCCEED .
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Anne-Marie Fitzgerald Named Reach Out and Read Executive Director
 Anne-Marie Fitzgerald has been named Executive Director of Reach Out and Read following the resignation of Earl Martin Phalen. She has been with Reach Out and Read for 12 years, serving in multiple capacities, most recently as COO. We all look forward to working with Anne-Marie in her new role!
Phalen, CEO of Reach Out and Read for three and a half years, will focus his energies on his other interests and organizations, including the George and Veronica Phalen Leadership Academies and Summer Advantage USA. Reach Out and Read is grateful to Earl for his commitment to helping millions of children and their families lead happy, healthier lives filled with books and reading.
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Thank You!
Photo (courtesy of UMass Memorial Medical Center News & Views) shows Ted Ling and Peter Sherman of Barnes & Noble with Sharon Lindgren, UMMC literacy coordinator.
Barnes & Noble Book Drives Benefit Reach Out and Read
Several Barnes and Nobles across the state, including Holyoke and Pittsfield, made Reach Out and Read the recipient of their holiday book drives. The dedicated team at the Burlington B&N, headed by Community Relations Manager Dee Mandolese, outdid their past efforts by collecting 4,100 new books for local Reach Out and Read program sites. We are deeply grateful for their continuing support.
In addition, the Lincoln Street Barnes & Noble Booksellers in Worcester collected more than 1,000 new books to benefitthe UMass Memorial Medical Center's Reach Out and Read and Child Life Literacy Programs.
And additional thank-yous to.....
- The Neponset Valley Sunrise Rotary Club for its contribution to Pediatric Associates of Norwood and Franklin.
- Jean Greco, publisher of the Boston Parents Paper, for a book drive to benefit Harvard Vanguard, Quincy.
- Lisa Eustice of Helping Hands Cambridge for a book drive for Reach Out and Read program sites.
- Parent Talk in Needham for donating used books from their book and toy sale.
- Christina Pessia and her colleagues at Harvard Pilgrim in Quincy, who collected close to 300 gently-used books for Reach Out and Read program sites in the area.
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Reach Out and Read New England
Massachusetts Newsletter
Spring 2013
Serving 200,505 Massachusetts children
in 275 clinical locations
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Dear Reach Out and Read Colleagues,
I hope that many of you will be able to join us at our next collaborative conference, Fostering Lifelong Learners, this one presented with The Horn Book; publishers, literary critics, authors, educators and our Reach Out and Read doctors will share their perspectives on what makes the very best children's literature, and how that intersects with what our youngest children need the most.
I am writing this in the lobby of the Federal Reserve Building, at a different sort of conference, the Massachusetts AAP's second Early Childhood Summit. Hearing speakers from the highest level of economic policy, brain research, and politics (Governor Patrick was a warmly-welcomed guest) is inspiring, and I welcome the opportunity to hear that these "thought leaders" recognize the importance of the earliest years of child development.
But what is truly invigorating for me, and for the other Regional Coordinators around the state, is visiting the clinics and practices where this awareness plays itself out every day. Whether in parking-lot conversations over an exchange of books, or anecdotes shared at a staff meeting, or even the simple process of facilitating a Scholastic book order, the enthusiasm, attention and commitment with which you all implement your programs keeps our work feeling fresh and new.
With Warm Wishes for a Warm Spring,
 Alison Corning Clarke,MA, MSW
Massachusetts Programs Director
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Fostering Lifelong Learners Conference
Reach Out and Read Massachusetts is excited to be partnering with The Horn Book and the Cambridge Public Library to present Fostering Lifelong Learners: Prescribing Books for Early Childhood Education on April 25 at the Cambridge Public Library. The conference, which is free for attendees with a professional interest in early childhood literacy, will feature Reach Out and Read co-founder and board member Robert Needlman MD, author of the last two editions of Baby and Child Care (Dr. Spock); Reach Out and Read Massachusetts Medical Director Marilyn Augustyn, MD; and Lisa Dobberteen, MD, Reach Out and Read pediatrician at Cambridge Health Alliance, and founder/ president of READ (Read Each and Every Day).Their presentations will be followed by panels made up of publishers, librarians, critics, and educators who will discuss the different ways their fields impact early learning and literacy during the stages of child development from birth through preschool. Space is limited; Register HERE.
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Pat Hughes, Reach Out and Read Coordinator at Medford Harvard Vanguard, Receives Peer Recognition Award
 Patricia Hughes, PA, Reach Out and Read Coordinator at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates in Medford, was honored with the Paul Solomon Peer Recognition Award in January. This award honors physicians and other clinicians for their outstanding contributions through clinical excellence, patient service, teaching, or research.
Pat is well known to the Reach Out and Read Massachusetts staff for her cheerful willingness to drive anywhere, any time, to collect books for her Reach Out and Read program site, which serves children through the fifth grade. She is also a successful fundraiser, running an annual office-wide book sale that this year netted $700.
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Scholastic Inc. has generously offered the Reach Out and Read program sites the opportunity to purchase books from the catalog and receive DOUBLE the bonus packs for every $100 spent. Program sites can select any books in the catalog, choose the packs they want, and Scholastic will double the free books they receive.
In order to participate, program sites must place the order before or by May 1, 2013 and accept the books by May 31. They will be invoiced by/submit payment to Scholastic and must have funds to pay the invoice within 30 days of receipt of the invoice. Prepaid accounts can be used as well as any available funds sites may have. Sites have been sent a copy of the Scholastic order form, which must be submitted directly to Jackie.miller@reachoutandread.org in order to obtain the double bonus.
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Target Grants
Target Store Grants are a great opportunity for Reach Out and Read sites to raise ad ditional funds for books; many Massachusetts sites have applied successfully in the past. It's important to note that many sites that did not initially receive an award received funding until the second or third year of application, so if you were unlucky last year, keep trying!
The 2013 Target Store grant application is available HERE through April 30 at noon central time. Also available is an application template to guide you through the process. The application is very straightforward, and should take no more than one hour to complete. Sites that are not non-profit (501-c3) may applying using Reach Out and Read's National Tax ID number; for details please check with your Regional Coordinator.
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Hanna Andersson Partnership Continues
In the market for some new pajamas for any kids in your  life? Want to help support Reach Out and Read? Thanks to our partnership with children's clothing company Hanna Andersson, you can do both at once! Through June 17, Reach Out and Read will receive 15 percent of all of the proceeds from the sale of four styles of pajamas. The pajamas are available online HERE and at Hanna Andersson stores nationwide. Please help us spread the news (and the link) via social media, newsletters, and throughout your communities. We are excited about this opportunity to work with Hanna Andersson, and as a result, raise both funds and awareness for Reach Out and Read!
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Kids Helping Kids
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The Halifax Cadette Girl Scout Troop #75262 collected 200 gently-used books at their World Thinking Day Event and donated them to the Hanson office of their local pediatric practice, Pediatric Associates of Brockton. Dr. Peter Rappo thanked the Scouts and talked to them about what an impact their generosity would make on the lives of other children; "When a child gets a book, we get a big smile." Troop members include Kaylan Harkins, Lillianna Snell, Megan Squires, Olivia Landolfi, Sasha Gerhard. Serena Gerhard, Nicole Slager, Sandra Waterman, Sara Slager, and Skye Jafferian.
Pictured are members of the troop with
Dr. Aziza Zaman and Dr. Peter Rappo.
- Robyn and Andrew Steinberg of Newton, collected many, many cartons of gently-used books for Martha Eliot Clinic and Greater Roslindale Community Health Center as a project for Andrew's bar mitzvah.
- Amanda Cudmore and the 4th Graders at the Islamic Academy for Peace in Meuthen collected used books from their classmates and delivered them to the Reach Out and Read National Office for distribution.
- Christine Carroll,a student at Fontbonne Academy in Milton, collected over 200 books for the pediatric clinic at Floating Hospital with support from the National Honor Society and teacher Anke Herbert.
- Nauset Schools students, led by Eddy School librarian Anne Moore, collected books for the Reach Out and Read program site at Outer Cape Community Health Center. The event was a schoolwide effort in which the elementary students collected the books and the high school students delivered them.
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