Sanford Children's offers Reach Out and Read program
Sanford Health Newsroom
Nov. 5, 2012
Contact:
Kim Singer
Sanford Media – Bismarck Region
(701) 323-6312 / ksi...@mohs.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sanford Children’s offers Reach Out and Read program
(Bismarck, N.D.) – Sanford Children’s now offers the Reach Out and Read program in the pediatric clinic in the Q&R Tower.
Reach Out and Read is an evidence-based nonprofit organization that promotes early literacy and school readiness in pediatric exam rooms nationwide. Sanford doctors, nurse practitioners and other medical professionals will incorporate Reach Out and Read into well-child visits by advising parents about the importance of reading aloud and giving developmentally appropriate books to children. The program begins at the 6-month checkup and continues through age 5.
Craig and Shelly Larson of Bismarck gave $10,000 to the Sanford Health Foundation to make this program possible.
Sanford Children’s is the first clinic in Bismarck to offer this program. For more information about Reach Out and Read, visit bismarck.sanfordhealth.org/kids.
About Sanford Health
Sanford Health is an integrated health system headquartered in the Dakotas and is now the largest, rural, not-for-profit health care system in the nation with locations in 126 communities in seven states. In addition, Sanford Health is in the process of developing international clinics in Ireland, Ghana, Israel and Mexico.
Sanford Health includes 35 hospitals, 140 clinic locations and nearly 1,200 physicians in 70 specialty areas of medicine. With more than 25,000 employees, Sanford Health is the largest employer in North and South Dakota. The system is experiencing dynamic growth and development in conjunction with Denny Sanford's nearly $700 million in gifts, the largest ever to a health care organization in America. These gifts are making possible the implementation of the several initiatives including global children's clinics, multiple research centers and finding a cure for type 1 diabetes and breast cancer. For more information, please visit bismarck.sanfordhealth.org.
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