Wilkes Community Partnership for Children holds Tastefully Simple fundraiser to Support Reach Out and Read

Wilkes Community Partnership for Children is holding a Tastefully Simple fundraiser to raise money to support local Reach Out and Read medical practices in Wilkes County. Dr. John Pontzer, Wilkes Pediatric clinic, helped kick off the fundraiser November 18^th at the Wilkes Community Partnership for Children and spoke about the importance of the Reach Out and Read program and the impact it makes with young children and developing early literacy skills.

 

Reach Out and Read is an evidence-based program that partners with medical providers to promote early literacy and school readiness in pediatric exam rooms nationwide by giving new books to children and advice to parents about the importance of reading aloud. Reach Out and Read builds on the unique relationship between parents and medical providers to develop critical early reading skills in children, beginning at 6 months of age. Reach Out and Read families read together more often, and their children enter kindergarten better prepared to succeed, with larger vocabularies and stronger language skills. During the preschool years, children served by Reach Out and Read score three to six months ahead of their non-Reach Out and Read peers on vocabulary tests. These early foundational language skills help start children on a path of success when they enter school.

 

Wilkes Community Partnership for Children coordinates the Reach Out and Read Program in Wilkes County in five medical practices and is hoping to expand.  Tastefully Simple Consultant, Linda Greene, is giving 25% of the total sales to Wilkes Community Partnership for Children to support the Reach Out and Read program.  If you would like to place an order to support the cause go to the following url address: http://tinyurl.com/mj46syk  or call 984-7142. Orders will be taken up until December 1^st so that merchandise can be received by Christmas.  

 

Wilkes Community Partnership for Children, a local Smart Start agency, is a United Way supported agency.