A Message from Executive Director Brian Gallagher...

 

Dear Colleagues

I always enjoy meeting up with our regional leaders and hearing the latest news from our Reach Out and Read network. Last week, I had the pleasure of spending time with Megan Wilson, her team, a few national board members, and medical providers and site coordinators at Reach Out and Read Colorado's bi-annual statewide conference in Denver.   And Lynne Burke, Director of Reach Out and Read Minnesota, stopped by the National Center while in town to root for her daughter in the Boston Marathon.  

 

In Colorado and Minnesota, Reach Out and Read is being integrated into community and statewide efforts as part of a broader system to support children and families. This is reflective of developments in Reach Out and Read across the country. As a result of your hard work, relationship building, seizing of opportunities, and collaborative approach, we are becoming a program that is an integral piece of the pie, or spoke of the wheel, in early childhood development. I'm proud that our two federal grants - from Innovative Approaches to Literacy and the Institute of Museum and Library Services - are part of this growing movement.

 

Through creative partnerships, we are bridging progress in health and education, bringing children's doctors into broader conversations about early childhood education and family engagement strategies, to have a collective impact on the futures of America's youngest children.  

 

With best wishes,

 

Brian

 
Start-Up Timeline
Letters of Support/Disbursements due: 5/18
Application review: 5/20
Coalitions notified of Approved needs training/Approved wait-listed sites: 5/21
Scholastic account request sent for active sites: 5/21
Coalitions notified of active sites: 5/28
Welcome
to Karolina Klinker, who joins Reach Out and Read Georgia as Program Manager.
2015 Annual Medical Consultant Survey

A head's up that this survey will be e-mailed to each Reach Out and Read site's Medical Consultant later this week.

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National Center and Coalition Fundraising

Please review this updated

list before approaching a new funder. The list includes all proposals for $10K+ in the last 5 years. Contact Maddy if you have questions!

 

Reach Out and Read in the news

Reach Out and Read press coverage in Mar/Apr 2015

 
Take a Look at Our NewsBlog
Keep up-to-date with news from Reach Out and Read by following our NewsBlog, launching this Saturday May 2nd. 

We plan to post a new blog every two weeks, covering topics such as the latest research about the benefits of reading aloud, collaborations and grants, and our impact around the country.

Please spread the news, and invite the Reach Out and Read community in your area to sign up (use the sign up button on the blog). We welcome your participation - please let Nikki know if you have ideas for the blog, or would like to contribute an article.

Recent posts include:

Coalition Corner
This week we are highlighting a map prepared by the Wisconsin coalition, as a good way of presenting the Reach Out and Read sites in the various counties of Wisconsin. Karin Mahoney, director of Reach Out and Read Wisconsin says "We purchased a map template and update the map at least twice a year, as our growth is pretty nuts"! 
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