Reach Out and Read Virginia at CVC Charity Fair

Greetings readers! On October 29th, 2010, Reach Out and Read was one of the ten charities who attended the CVC Charity Fair, sponsored by Richmond City Health District. We were fortunate enough to be extended an invitation by Judy Marston and had an information booth at the event. At this kick off, Reach Out and [...]

Alpha Delta Kappa Tidewater Collects over 1,000 Books for RORVA!

On Oct. 9th, 2010, Virginia’s Alpha Delta Kappa, “ADK” an Honorary Sorority for Women Educators (Tidewater District)  held a book drive for RORVA, at the Norfolk Yacht Club, in Norfolk, VA.    Nancy Watkins, the Tidewater District Co-President and her fellow eductors, collected over 1,000 books for RORVA, during their Tidewater District Founder’s Day luncheon.  RORVA has been adopted [...]

Students talking to students about RORVA

Amy Rogers, a freshman at The University of Virginia, took the time out of her busy schedule to interview Grant Mathews, our Southern Education Foundation Summer Intern, and ask about his experience with Reach Out and Read Virginia. Here is her report: Grant Mathews has taken his bachelors degree in English from Virginia to Cambodia [...]

Target sets it’s sites (sic) on RORVA

A BIG thank you to  Target for $4,000! This money will help Infant Jesus Children’s Clinic in Chester, Colonial Heights, and Hopewell. This grant will also help the Richmond area clinics. Target has been ROR’s national sponser for many years and they believe as we do that families reading together prepares America’s youngest children to succeed in school and that [...]

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 [...]

Delegate Joe Morrissey Reads Aloud to the Pediatric Center Families!

Our first delegate here in Richmond joined us at RORVA and read to families in the waiting room at the Pediatric Center in Richmond. Delegate Morrissey entertained the audience by reading Goodnight Moon and Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed. Thanks so much! We would like to invite other delegates to become acquainted with [...]

Carmax

A resounding cheer rang from the small offices this week as our friends from CarMax funded us $25K to our RORVA Adopt-A-Clinic program! A gift like this means that we can have a broader reach to our program sites in areas where CarMax employees live and work. A gift like this means that ROR can [...]