“The Book Man” brings hope and Reach Out and Read to children in Mississippi

Anthony Jackson, or “The Book Man” as he is known in the areas he serves, has been driving the Gulf Coast Children’s Health Project Mobile Unit for over two years delivering books and smiles to over 2,500 children per year through the Reach Out and Read program. The Mobile Unit, which serves three different counties, [...]

Bedford Falls Book Fairs Partners With RORVA.

Thanks Gary Odom and Beford Falls for a great summer! ROR sites across the state loved seeing Gary and helpers pull up in his ROR ‘bookmobile,’ climbing on and picking out books for the children.

Rep. Jim Moran visit – Sun Gazette article and interview

Thank you to Scott Cafferty for his great article: Updated: For Rep. Moran, Reading to Kids Is Chance to Set Example for Others U.S. Rep. Jim Moran (D-8th) on Aug. 18 visited the Arlington Pediatric Center to read to children as part of “Reach Out and Read,” a national initiative designed to encourage young people [...]

RORVA – Mutual of Omaha “aha” moments

A few weeks ago, Susan Rockwell received an email from a woman at the Mutual of Omaha telling us about an opportunity to get our name out there a little bit more. Mutual of Omaha had started a program of traveling around in an Airstream Camper turned recording studio. Sue had forwarded the contact email [...]

RORVA at Northside Family Learning Center Grand Opening!

On August 7th Reach Out and Read Virginia will be participating in the grand opening of the Northside Family Learning Center, the new location for Partnership for Families Northside. Among the partners participating, there will also be Kool Smiles dental services, Goodwill, YMCA, Family Lifeline, Chip, United Way, players from the Richmond Revolution indoor football [...]

Sunsets for Reading

The kind of sunset perfect for reading with a child.

RORVA Gives Children a head start on the “Race to the Top”

The Following Piece by earlyed.newamerica.net was forwarded to me the other day, and I could not help but notice how what Reach Out and Read has been doing for years supports the success of this program. Even as a key element for the success of the Common Standards program the most basic premise that ROR [...]

Earl Phalen, our ROR CEO on ABC!

The following article on Earl was just posted on ABCNews.com as part of their “American Heart” series. It is an online-only piece, but is still incredible for both Earl and for our organization! http://abcnews.go.com/WN/earl-phalen-helping-millions-kids-ceo-reach-read/story?id=10178167 American Heart: Earl Phalen, Teaching Kids to Read Abandoned at Birth, He Went on to Yale and Harvard, Now Helps Millions [...]

Perri Klass in the news

Perri Klass the ROR National Medical Director is featured in this month’s issue of Woman’s Day magazine, as one of 50 women who are “changing the world,” in recognition of her work with Reach Out and Read!   She has some impressive company, as Oprah, Wendy Kopp (of Teach for America fame), Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, and [...]

News from Northern Virginia

Reach Out and Read Virginia had a display at the “Pediatrics for the Practitioner” conference on Nov. 13 and 14th that was sponsored by Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children.  Over 150 pediatricians from N. VA and Maryland attended and there was good interest among the doctors for starting more Reach Out and Read programs.  The booth [...]