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Saint Catherine's Read-a-thon
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Celebrating their own love of reading and Reach Out and Read Virginia Week, the pupils of Saint Catherine's School in Richmond ran a sponsored Read-a-thon to raise funds for local ROR programs.
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Reach Out and Read Virginia Week
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Our second Annual Reach Out and Read Week was a great success, exceeding expectations with over 8,500 new and gently used books collected.
Our ROR friends love to read and inspire our recipients annually by helping out with Reach Out and Read week. So many found the time and energy to organize book drives, and sponsor Read-a-thons and Jeans Days to encourage Virginia's children to read and be successful in school.
Thank you to our ROR friends!
Saint Catherine's School
Collegiate School
Shady Grove Elementary School
Twin Hickory Elementary School
Markel
IAAA
All the Primrose Schools of Greater Richmond
Oakton High School
Burke School
Chester Middle School
Gayton Moms Group
Nuckols Farm Elementary Girl Scout Troop #560
with more to come...
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Plan A Vacation - Do A Good Deed!
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Are you planning a trip to one of the far rural areas of the state this summer? Perhaps to visit friends or family? Would you consider taking a couple of boxes of books for our Reach Out and Read programs in those areas? Please e-mail Sarah Eichner Ludley at seichner@rorva.
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ABC Features New ROR CEO
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Earl Phalen, CEO of Reach Out and Read, was featured recently on ABC World News with Diane Sawyer in an article entitled "American Heart: Earl Phalen, Teaching Kids to Read." Follow the link for the full article: Click here |
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Dear Friends
Spring brings rebirth, from leaves on the trees to gardens
filled with colorful flowers and plants. Trees and flowers start by creating
roots and then bud after bud, they blossom. I am reminded of why I love ROR!
That's how our children's brains develop, one bud at a time from ages six
months to five years old. The more we read to them, the more their language skills, creativity and imagination are stimulated. Those early years are crucial to propagating
the 'buds' in our children's brains.
Our ROR doctors help us do that daily in their practices by
coaching parents to read aloud and giving children books to love. Our
volunteers do that by reading in waiting rooms and donating books. Our donors
do that by providing us with the funding to help our programs grow across the
state!
In this newsletter, you will see
as always the support and hard work generously donated by many groups and friends around VA to
inspire school success in our children.
Thank you and enjoy the Spring!
Sue Rockwell
Director, RORVA
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TowneBank Reads for
ROR!
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Children's Hospital of the King's Daughter celebrates the
partnering with TowneBank!
KK West, ROR coordinator for CHKD, graciously
accepted
a generous donation of $10,000 for the Reach Out and Read program from
the
TowneBank Management Associates class. They completed more than 100
hours of reading to raise the money which will be used for books and
program
support of the CHKD Reach Out and Read program in the Tidewater area.
Thank you, TowneBank!
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Hill Day 2010
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Sue Rockwell and Congressman Bobby Scott
Sue Rockwell, RORVA director, and 34 other state directors from across the nation gathered in Washington, D.C. for the annual Hill Day! VA legislators have continued to be informed, interested and supportive in the continued growth of ROR across VA. We had 39 Senators sign onto our Senate Appropriations letter and 113 Members of Congress sign on to our House Appropriations letter! RORVA would like to thank Congressmen Bobby Scott and Tom Perriello, and Senator Mark Warner for signing the 2011 appropriations letter. Since summer recess is around the corner, we look forward to hosting our legislators at a clinic in their district! |
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~Clinic Corner~
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Welcome to Stoneybrook Physicians in Newport News, Lakeview Medical Center Pediatrics in Suffolk, Culpepper Pediatric Services in Culpepper, the Caroline Christian Health Clinic in Ladysmith, and The Pediatric Center in Richmond.
Our Adopt-a-Clinic program is running full steam ahead - if you would like more information about how your local community can become involved in the program please contact Sue Rockwell srockwell@rorva.org
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RORVA Reading Tip
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Select books that relate to what is happening in your child's world - starting preschool, going to the dentist, getting a new pet, or moving to a new home
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Thanks for Helping Change Lives, One Book at a Time
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