Reach Out and Read
South Carolina
Making Books Part of a Healthy Childhood
www.reachoutandreadsc.org
Fall 2007
2007 Read and Romp
A Day to Remember!
Reach Out and Read-South Carolina held its third annual Read and
Romp Family Benefit Event on Sunday, October 7th at the South
Carolina State Museum. The event was a fun time for children and families to come together and spend the afternoon traveling through the adventures of their favorite children’s books. The afternoon was a great
success, and brought families together to enjoy books and celebrate literacy. More than 225 children participated in the event,
and proceeds raised more than $13,500 to support the ROR program in South Carolina.
True to the mission of Reach Out and Read, the Read and Romp
event demonstrated to families the fun and enjoyment that books
bring. At Read and Romp, children were engaged in fun, learningbased activities themed around favorite children’s books. In addition to the 12 interactive story book stations, there was a magician, a caricature artist, face painting, guest book characters, arts and crafts, and much,
much more! Story book booths carried children through the adventures of The Very
Hungry Caterpillar, Charlotte’s Web, Clifford, and many more favorites.
Children were able to visit with their favorite characters such as Cocky, Clifford, and
Richie the Racoon. The event owes it success to wonderful champions of the Reach
Out and Read-SC program as well as to the many volunteers and sponsors who made
this event possible.
There were more than 100 volunteers involved at the event, and their help and commitment made the event possible. Children and parents had a wonderful time and we
look forward to our fourth annual event in 2008.
If you are interested in learning more about Reach Out and Read or if you would like
to help with the event in 2008, please contact the ROR-SC state office at: 803-4342523, email contact@reachoutandreadsc.org or visit www.reachoutandreadsc.org.
Read and Romp 2007
Booth Sponsors
Read and Romp 2007
Event Contributors
Ellen and Stan Adkins and Family
Ben and Jerry’s
International Reading Association
Kiwanis
MUSC Department of Family Medicine
Ryland Medical
Diane and Bob Moody
Sandhills Pediatrics
SC Center for Children’s
Books & Literacy
Scholastic
Snelling Personnel
USC Department of Pediatrics
Aktion Club
Anonymous
EdVenture
Kindermusik by Janna
Walt Lardner
Palmetto Health Children's Hospital
SC Source Kid’s Magazine
Target
Texas Roadhouse
The Happy Bookseller
The Illusionist
Waffle House
Wings & Ale
*special thank you to Joe Pinner and
to Kara Gormley Meador
In This Issue...
Read and Romp 2007 ...................... 1
A Note from the State Office............. 2
Thank You! ....................................... 2
Coordinator’s Corner ........................ 2
UNESCO Literary Prize .................... 3
Calendar ........................................... 3
Holiday Giving Ideas......................... 3
ROR-SC Site List.............................. 4
Thank You to our 2007 Sponsors!
Presenting Sponsors
Title Page Sponsors
Storybook Station Sponsors
Bookmark Sponsors
Update from the
ROR-SC State Office
As always, I want to say a special THANK YOU from the State
Office for all the wonderful ROR practitioners, supporters and
champions across South Carolina who make our sites and our
Coalition so successful. We could not do this without you, and
hats off to your commitment, creativity, and support.
As we look together towards 2008, I want us each to challenge
ourselves to give our best to ROR, to be great advocates and
supporters for the program, and to go the extra mile to ensure
quality, well-funded programs in South Carolina. Let’s take the
opportunity to think strategically and in a new way about ROR,
how we can work together, push ourselves harder, and eventually reach even more children with the important ROR program
model. We are fortunate to have 2008 mark our 10th year as a
Coalition in SC – This is a time for celebration, but also a time
for reflection on where to take ROR in the next 10 years. We
look forward to working with all of you on this exciting journey.
Oh behalf of the Reach Out and Read-SC Pediatric Literacy program, I wanted to say a heartfelt THANK YOU to
the Greenville Friends of Josh Groban group. At an
event preceding Josh Groban's summer concert in
Greenville, SC, FOJG decided to honor Mr. Groban and
his time in the upstate by bringing children's books to donate in his honor. Through the generosity of FOJG, more
than 500 books were donated to ROR programs in the
Greenville area, and for this we are so grateful! Fans
brought beautiful books that our ROR families will greatly
appreciate. We are very thankful for the excitement and
enthusiasm that the FOJG shared for this project.
...and thank you to the following donors who have
recently supported Reach Out and Read-SC with
grants and donations
Callee Boulware, ROR-SC State Coordinator
callee.boulware@palmettohealth.org
Reach Out and Read
South Carolina
5 Richland Medical Park Drive
Columbia, SC 29203
803.434.2523
803.434.2605 fax
www.reachoutandreadsc.org
contact@reachoutandreadsc.org
Jane Connor
Hope Derrick
Bonnie Loomis
Tammie Epps
Joel Lourie
Sheri Love
H. Biemann Othersen, MD
Laura Rickenmann, MD
Susan Shirley
Ellen Stringer
Staff
Callee Boulware
Emily Bartels
Candace Perry
Gail Phillips
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Corner
Coordinator’s
Board of Directors
Aiken Junior Women’s Club
Central Carolina Community Foundation
The Joanna Foundation
Richland Kiwanis
The Lipscomb Family Foundation
ROR National Center
Target
Women Making a Difference
Ready to add something new to your ROR program?
Here are some great ideas!!
1. Have the medical provider at your ROR site sign each book given
out.
2. Decorate each room based on a different child's book—you can
even get book posters!
3. Post a “wish list” for ROR supplies in your waiting room or administrative area. This is a great way to let patients and employees
know your needs—whether it may be gently used children’s books,
used set of shelves for your waiting room or volunteer services to
put away large book orders.
4. Have the administrator that checks each patient out ask the child
what book they received. This will help generate excitement for
the child and parent.
5. Recruit a volunteer to be solely responsible for maintaining the
reading area. This ownership will generate pride in your Reading
Corner.
Reach Out and Read Receives 2007
UNESCO Literacy Prize
We would like
to thank our
Partners for their
continued support.
Reach Out and Read, (ROR) a program in which medical providers give books to
low-income children ages six months to five years at check-ups and advise their parents about the importance of reading aloud was awarded a UNESCO (United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Confucius Prize for Literacy for its
work within the U.S. healthcare system.
The awards were announced by the UNESCO Director-General, Koichiro Matsuura, on the recommendation of an international jury. The theme for this year’s prize
was “Literacy and Health”, in particular, literacy related to general health care, nutrition, family and reproductive health and health-related community development. Other
recipients were literacy programs in China, Nigeria, Senegal, and the United Republic
of Tanzania.
This year ROR doctors and nurses will distribute 4.6 million books to 2.8 million
U.S. infants, toddlers and preschoolers with a special emphasis on children growing
up in poverty. Reach Out and Read has more than 3,300 programs at clinics, hospitals
and public health departments throughout all 50 states, the District of Columbia,
Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Reach Out and Read distributes carefully selected new, developmentally and culturally appropriate books—starting with board books for babies and moving on to more
complex picture books for preschoolers. Through Reach Out and Read, each child
starts kindergarten with a home library of up to 10 books and a parent who has heard
at every health supervision visit about the importance of books and reading. Bilingual
books are available in 12 languages.
Endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, Reach Out and Read has one of
the strongest records of research support of any primary care intervention. Studies
show that parents who get books and literacy counseling from their doctors and
nurses are more likely to read to their young children, read to them more often, and
provide more books in the home. Low-income children exposed to Reach Out and
Read show improvements in language development, a critical component of school
readiness.
Every year, 35% of American children start school without the language skills necessary to learn to read. While Reach Out and Read has grown steadily since it was
founded in Boston in 1989, it currently reaches only about 25% of children who live at
or near poverty in America. Some 46,500 medical providers have been trained in the
Reach Out and Read strategies of early literacy guidance.
A non-profit organization, Reach Out and Read receives funding from private, corporate, and foundation sources, as well as through the U.S. Department of Education.
-PNN Online, July 19, 2007.
Top 3 Reasons to add ROR-SC to your
Holiday Giving List
1. $27.50 will provide 10 new books - one for each
check-up visit from 6 months to 5 years
2. ROR-SC depends almost solely on private funds
from SC for the sustainability of our more than 125
sites across the state.
3. Reach Out and Read has been given 4 stars by
Charity Navigator (http://www.charitynavigator.org/)
ROR-SC Calendar
Mark your calendar for these
important dates:
ROR Board Meeting
November 15, 2007
12:30pm
Columbia, SC
Advisory Committee Meeting
December 10, 2007
11am-1pm
Columbia, SC
I want to donate to Reach Out and Read! Please accept my contribution of $______
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Reach Out and Read—SC
5 Medical Park Drive
Columbia, SC 29203
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Reach Out and Read - South Carolina Program Sites
New sites since our last newsletter are highlighted in bold and underlined.
A Child's Place Pediatric Clinic, LLC
Aiken County Health Department
All Children's Pediatrics
Angel Oak Family Medicine
AnMed Child Health Center
Barnett Family Practice
Beaufort Pediatrics, P.A.
Brookland/Cayce Medical Practice
Brookland/Cayce Pediatrics
Calhoun Falls Family Practice
CareSouth Carolina Bennettsville Center
CareSouth Carolina Bennettsville Pediatrics
CareSouth Carolina Bishopville Center
CareSouth Carolina Hartsville Center
CareSouth Carolina McColl Center
Carolina Pediatric Associates
Cherokee Children's Clinic
Chester County Health Department
Chesterfield County Health Department
Children and Family Healthcare Center
Children First Medical Center
Children First Medical Center - Chester
Children's Hospital Outpatient Center
Clarendon County Health Department
Clemson Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
Clemson/Seneca Pediatric and Adolescent Med
Darlington County Health Department
DHEC - Rock Hill Health Department
Dillon County Health Department
Dr. William J. Westerkam
Easley Pediatrics
Edisto Pediatrics
Edisto Regional Pediatrics
Enterprise Health Center
Florence County Health Department
Franklin C. Fetter Family Health Center
Gabriel C. Fornari, DO
Great Falls Health Department
Greenville County Health Department
Greenville Memorial Hospital
Greenwood Community Children's Center
Hartsville Health Department
Health Care Partners of South Carolina, Inc.
Indian Land Primary Care
J. Verne Smith Human Resources Center
John A. Martin Primary Health Care Center
Kershaw County Health Department
Kershaw Family Medicine Associates, LLC
Kudchadkar Clinic, P.A.
Lake City Health Department
Lancaster County Health Department
Landrum Family Healthcare Center, P.A.
Laurens Family Practice
Lee County Health Department
Low Country Pediatrics
Lowrys Family Medicine
Mackey Family Practice, P.A.
Margaret J. Weston Medical Center
Marion County Health Department
Marlboro County Health Department
McCormick Family Practice
Medical University of South Carolina - Pediatric
Emergency Department
Palmetto Health Richland - Medically Fragile
Children's Program
Michael Parrino, MD
Middle Tyger Community Health Center
Midlands Pediatrics
Moncks Corner Pediatrics
Moncrief Army Community Hospital
Montgomery Center for Family Medicine
MUSC Department of Family Medicine
MUSC Pediatric Primary Care
MUSC-Children's Care-Moncks Corner
MUSC-Children's Care-North Charleston
New Horizon Family Health Services - Simpsonville
New Horizon Family Health Services - Slater
New Horizon Family Health Services Inc.
North Augusta Health Department
North Central Family Medical Center
North Greenville Pediatric Clinic
Oconee Pediatrics
Orangeburg Family Health Center
Pediatric Associates of Florence
Pediatrics of Batesburg/Leesville
Pickens County Health Department
Piedmont Pediatrics
Port Royal Medical Center
Regenesis Community Health Center
Richland Family Medicine PHR
Rock Hill Pediatric Associates - Fort Mill
Rock Hill Pediatric Associates - Rock Hill
Saluda Family Practice
Spartaburg County Public Health Office
Sea Island Medical Center - Johns Island
Sea Island Medical Center-Hollywood
Sea Island Pediatrics, PA
Smith Medical Clinic at Baskervill
Spartanburg Regional Health Services District
St. James Santee Family Health Center, Inc.
St. James-Santee Family Health Center, Inc.
Sterling Sharpe Pediatric Center
Summerville Clinic-DHEC
Sumter County Health Department
Sumter Family Health Center
Sumter Pediatrics, P.A.F
Sunshine Pediatrics
Synergie Health Centre
The Pediatric Care Center, LLC.
University Family Medicine
Upstate Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Uptown Family Practice
Woodruff Family Medicine
York Pediatrics, P.C.
Our Mission
Reach Out and Read makes literacy promotion a standard part of
pediatric care so that children
grow up with books and a love of
reading.
Reach Out and Read trains doctors
and nurses to advise parents about
the importance of reading aloud and
to give books to children at pediatric
check-ups from six months to five
years of age. A special focus is
placed on children growing up in
poverty. By building on the unique
relationship between parents and
medical providers, Reach Out and
Read helps families and communities
cultivate early literacy skills so that
children enter school prepared to
succeed at reading.
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