NYS Assembly Member Richard Gottfried at the William F. Ryan Community Health Center during Early Literacy Awareness Week, August 2009
Half-Day Literacy Conference
Thursday, October 21, 2010 Scholastic, Inc.
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August 8-14, 2010
This August, we celebrated the 2nd annual
Early Literacy Awareness Week. Held in conjunction with National Health Center Week, and ROR's Summer of a Million Books, this week is a time to encourage families to read together to foster a love of reading in our youngest children and prepare them for success in school. Last year, we kicked off the week with a proclamation from Mayor Bloomberg. This year we continued the tradition with legislative visits, author readings, and health fairs.
Events
- Monday–Friday August 9-14: Montefiore Medical Center staff at the Family Care Center on Kossuth Avenue will be reading aloud to children in the pediatric clinic. Children’s librarians from the New York Public Library will hold story time on Monday, August 9 from 1:00 to 3:00pm and Tuesday, August 10 from 9:30am to Noon.
- Tuesday, August 10 , 11:30am - 2:30pm: Early Literacy Awareness Day at Morris Heights Health Center - Come for Children's Story Time, raffles, prizes, adult & family literacy resources, and a book fair, with a special appearance by Arthur!
- Thursday, August 12, 1:00pm: Early Literacy Awareness Day at the William F. Ryan Community Health Network's new Women and Children's Center in Manhattan. Come for Children’s Story Time with a special appearance by a character from Toots and Puddle!
- Thursday, August 12: Book Distribution for Reach Out and Read Program Sites. Volunteers from NY Cares and The Estée Lauder Companies will help distribute thousands of donated books to Reach Out and Read Program Sites (RSVP by Program Sites required).
- Throughout August: The East Harlem Asthma Center of Excellence is holding a book drive during August to benefit Reach Out and Read of Greater New York.
Support us by shopping Borders bookstores this summer!
Donate books at participating book stores or use vouchers to shop online or at participating stores during "Benefit Days". When you present a voucher at check-out during "Benefit Days," a portion of your sale will be donated to Reach Out and Read. Here is a list of participating stores:
- July 20-August 30 – Borders bookstores in Bohemia, Commack and Riverhead, Long Island, will conduct book drives to benefit local Reach Out and Read program sites.
- Friday, August 13 – Sunday, August 15: Borders bookstore in Bohemia, Long Island will hold “Borders Benefit Days” for Reach Out and Read. Present your voucher at the store or use use promo code ROR8135NY online, and a percentage of the sale will be donated to Reach Out and Read of Greater New York. Click Here for the 8/13-15 Voucher!
- August 20, 21, 22 – Borders bookstores will hold “Benefit Days” for Reach Out and Read. Present your voucher at any Borders store or use promo code
RORD8202V online to have a percentage of the sale donated to Reach Out and Read. Click Here for the 8/20-22 Voucher!
Legislator Visits
City and State legislators will be visiting pediatric clinics throughout the summer, touring facilities and reading books to children.
- Monday, July 26, 12:30pm – Assemblyman William Colton and Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny visit Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn
- Tuesday, July 27, 9:30am – Assemblywoman Joan Millman visits the Pediatric Ambulatory Clinic at Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn
- Tuesday, August 3 , 11:00am – City Council Member Robert Jackson visits Heritage Healthcare Center in Harlem
- Wednesday, August 4, 2:00pm – City Council Member Daniel Garodnick visits Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center Teen Parenting Program in Manhattan
- Thursday, August 5 , 11:00am – Assemblyman Nelson Castro visits Morris Heights Health Center in the Bronx
- Monday, August 9, 10:00am – City Council Member James Van Bramer visits Floating Hospital-Long Island City in Queens
- Monday, August 9 3:30pm – State Senator David Valesky visits SUNY Upstate, Syracuse
- Tuesday, August 10 , 11:15am – State Senator Suzi Oppenheimer visits Open Door Family Medical Center in Ossining
- Tuesday, August 10, 3:00pm – Assemblyman Marcos Crespo at Urban Health Plan-Bella Vista in the Bronx
- Wedensday, August 11 , 10:00am – City Council Member Stephen Levin visits Greenpoint Community Health Center in Brooklyn
- Wednesday, August 11 , 3:30pm – State Senator Frank Padavan visit Queens Hospital Center Ambulatory Pediatrics
- Thursday, August 12, 1:00pm – US Congressman Charles Rangel, State Senator Bill Perkins, Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, Assemblyman Daniel O'Donnell, and City Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito visit the William F. Ryan Community Health Network's new Women and Children's Center in Manhattan
- Friday, August 13, 11:30am – Assemblyman Dean Murray visits Stony Brook Primary Care in Patchogue, Long Island
- Friday, August 13, 10:00am – Assemblyman Timothy Gordon visits Schaghticoke Family Health Center/Seton Health Pediatrics in Schaghticoke, NY
- Monday, August 16 , 1:00pm – State Senator Malcolm Smith visits St. John’s Episcopal Hospital Pediatric Clinic
- Thursday, August 19, 2:00pm – State Senator John Sampson visits East New York D&TC in Brooklyn
- Monday, August 23 , 10:30am – Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel at Steven & Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York in New Hyde Park, Long Island
- Tuesday, August 24 , 2:00pm – US Congressman Steven Israel at Dolan Family Health Center
- Tuesday, August 31, 11:00 am – Assemblyman Michael Benjamin at Dr. Martin Luther King Health Center in the Bronx
- Thursday, September 9, 11:00am – US Congresswoman Yvette Clarke and Assemblyman Karim Camara at Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn
- Friday, September 17 , 12:00pm – City Councilman Daniel Dromm at Elmhurst Hospital Pediatrics in Queens
Check again for regular updates about coming events. If you would like to participate, please contact ROR GNY Program Director Monique Hardin Cordero, 646-237-0119.
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