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Welcome Lucia
Join us in welcoming Lucia Jones, the newest member to the Reach Out and Read Community Council! Lucia is a nurse and Program Manager at the Community Health Council of Wyandotte County. Before joining...
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Hitting the Road: The RORKC Partner Clinic Tour
Over the past month, our director, Mark, and volunteer manager, Jenny, set out on a series of day trips to visit each of the 51 partner clinics delivering the Reach Out and Read program. This was no...
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Summer Reading Celebration July 15, 2015
We are SUPER excited to be partnering with KCMO Mayor Sly James and Turn the Page KC to help present “Every Hero Has A Story: A Summer Reading Celebration!” at the Sprint Center July 15 from 11:45 AM...
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Gently Used Books Needed
Summer is here, which brings lots of kids into our clinics – and they all want to take home a book! We are in need of your gently used children’s books, and there’s no better time to clean out the...
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SAVE THE DATE for Books on Tap-Sept. 23, 2015
Mark your calendars for our 4th annual friend-raising and networking event for young professionals, Books on Tap, Wednesday, September 23, 2015, from 5:00 to 8:00pm. Formerly known as Books and...
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Hall Family Foundation grant funds new book at 1 month checkup
We are excited to announce the award of $25,000 from the Hall Family Foundation to fund for two years the purchase and distribution of a new book at the one month well child checkup. Providers at our...
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Books On Tap – Sept 23rd 2015
Tickets are on sale now for Books On Tap, Reach Out and Read Kansas City’s party with a purpose for young professionals supporting children’s literacy and kindergarten readiness. For just $25 in...
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Library and Museum Partnership
Reach Out and Read national recently announced the launch of the Prescription for Success Toolkit, to support collaborations between libraries, museums, and ROR program sites – natural partners that...
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Summer Reading 2015
In addition to providing books at our partner clinics, RORKC handed out over 13,000 new books to kids throughout the metro this summer as part of the Childrens’ Reading Foundation’s READ UP! program,...
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Thank You Ter’Ranay!
Let’s hear a big RORKC thank you to Kauffman Scholars’ Intern Ter’Ranay Teague. She organized book drives at the Kauffman Foundation, Hoefer Wysocki Architecture, Steel’s Used Books, and Prospero’s...
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Pathfinder Elementary Kids Helping Kids
Students and teachers at Pathfinder Elementary in Platte County celebrated International Literacy Day on September 8 by dressing as their favorite book characters and started the day with a...
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Turner House Clinic Opens Doors to Junior League Volunteers
Support for Reach Out and Read from the Junior League of Kansas City, Missouri dates all the way back to RORKC’s very beginning in 1997. Throughout the years and continuing today, the League provides...
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‘Books On Tap’ Record Breaking Success
You did it! Because of amazing volunteers and supporters like you, a new fundraising record was set for our ‘Books On Tap’ special event (formerly known as Books and Brews.) Through generous...
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Sign Up for Citywide Book Drive
And speaking of kids helping kids, sign up is underway for the 18th Annual Hooked On Books book drive competition and we need your help. Organize a drive in a school near you, or contact Jenny if you...
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Free Books from First Books
We are so grateful to First Book, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to providing equal access to literacy and educational opportunities for children in need, for supplying for free over...
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Green Eggs & Ham – SAVE THE DATE
You would not, could not want to miss, a Celebration such a this! So mark your calendars for our 10th annual Green Eggs and Ham Breakfast, Friday, March 4, 2016, from 7:30 to 9:00am. Join honorary...
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Our Parents Report Success
Results from our 2015 annual survey of parents have been tallied and we have good news to share! Of the 1090 families reporting between late August and late October, 99% of families said they received...
View ArticleHoliday Book Drive at Barnes & Noble
Once again the fine folks at Barnes and Noble, Oak Park Mall are hosting a holiday book drive for Reach Out and Read KC, going on now through the end of December. The brand new books for this drive...
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Books from Reading Is Fundamental and Macy’s
Reach Out and Read Kansas City was able to give children 2,037 books from Reading Is Fundamental thanks to a longstanding partnership with Macy’s. Funds were raised through the hard work of store...
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Volunteers Make it Happen
It was a busy and productive month for Reach Out and Read volunteers. In addition to our devoted crew of waiting room readers, we hosted teams from Farmer’s Insurance and Blue Valley North to our...
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