Thursday, May 11, 2006

Reach out and Read

We will be riding to support Reach Out and Read, a national non-profit that promotes early literacy. We hope to raise over $6000. That's $1 for every mile ridden. There will be a couple of stops along the route at select Reach Out and Read locations nationwide. More information on this collaboration will be coming soon. Click the link below to make your tax-deductible donation. For other ways to support the ride click here.

Reach Out and Read is a national, non-profit organization that promotes early literacy by making books a routine part of pediatric care.

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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