MEDIA ADVISORY
WHAT:
Columbus Childrens Hospital Reach Out and Read Program Book Drive Celebration
WHEN:
Tuesday, March 20, 2007; 1:50 p.m. media opportunity
WHERE:
Ohio at Kent Elementary School Gymnasium
1414 Gault St.
Columbus, Ohio 43205
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
With more than 3,100 Reach Out and Read (ROR) Programs nationwide, Columbus Childrens Hospital is proud to be among the largest. Each year, Childrens ROR along with community partners, hold a three-month community-wide book drive collecting new and gently used books to raise literacy awareness throughout central Ohio. It is through the generous support of the community that enables Childrens Hospital pediatricians to help encourage family literacy in the home prior to a childs entrance into the school system.
Since January 2007, more than 30,000 books have been donated to Childrens ROR Program. Tuesdays event will celebrate this successful book drive at Ohio at Kent Elementary School. Students will get a visit from two Ohio at Kent alumni, Archie Griffin and Angela Pace, and enjoy a story telling by childrens author Lynn Ford. Canal Winchester cheerleaders are a part of the celebration, as well as Olivia Thomas, MD, chief of Ambulatory Pediatrics at Childrens Hospital and Claudia Barrett, ROR program coordinator.
Sponsors include: The Ohio State University Alumni Association, All American Moving and Storage, The Ohio Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics Foundation, WBNS 10TV, Central OEA/NEA and Half Price Books.
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CONTACT PRIOR TO EVENT:
Mary Ellen Fiorino
Columbus Childrens Hospital Marketing and Public Relations
(614) 722-4595
CONTACT AT EVENT:
Claudia Barrett
Columbus Childrens Hospital Reach Out and Read Program
(614) 406-7525
Columbus Childrens Hospital Reach Out and Read Program Book Drive Celebration
March 20, 2007
About Nationwide Children's Hospital
Named to the Top 10 Honor Roll on U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-24 list of “Best Children’s Hospitals,” Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of America’s largest not-for-profit free-standing pediatric health care systems providing unique expertise in pediatric population health, behavioral health, genomics and health equity as the next frontiers in pediatric medicine, leading to best outcomes for the health of the whole child. Integrated clinical and research programs, as well as prioritizing quality and safety, are part of what allows Nationwide Children’s to advance its unique model of care. Nationwide Children’s has a staff of more than 14,000 that provides state-of-the-art wellness, preventive and rehabilitative care and diagnostic treatment during more than 1.7 million patient visits annually. As home to the Department of Pediatrics of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s physicians train the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists. The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the Top 10 National Institutes of Health-funded free-standing pediatric research facilities. More information is available at NationwideChildrens.org.