Wilkes Community Partnership for Children receives Walmart Grant to support Reach Out and Read

Pictured:  Susan Cogdill, Wilkes Community Partnership for Children Executive Director, Amy Mathis, Early Literacy Coordinator, Annette Moretz, Training Coordinator (Walmart), and Britt Billings, Program Evaluator.

Wilkes Community Partnership for Children announced it has received an $800 Walmart Grant to support their Reach Out and Read Program.

 

Reach Out and Read is a program that prepares young children to succeed in school by partnering with doctors to “prescribe” books and encourage families to read together. Building on the belief that parents are their children’s first and most important educators, Reach Out and Read provides families with the books and developmental information they need to prepare their young learners for lifelong social, emotional, and academic success. Given that 90% of a child’s brain development occurs before age 5, the program reaches children during this critical window of opportunity. Reach Out and Read is designed to prevent learning deficiencies before they occur, giving children the chance they deserve to reach their tremendous innate potential. Wilkes County has 5 pediatric offices that participate in the Reach Out and Read program serving over 3,000 children.

 

The Walmart grant will be used to purchase books for approximately 400 children.  The Walmart Local Giving Program, believes in operating globally and giving back locally – creating impact in the neighborhoods where we live and work. Wilkes Community Partnership for Children is appreciative of the grant and the impact it will have on Wilkes County children.

Wilkes Community Partnership for Children is a United Way partner agency.