MEDIA ADVISORY
WHAT:
Nationwide Childrens Hospital Reach Out and Read Program Book Drive Celebration at Parsons Elementary School
WHEN:
Friday, March 13, 2009
2 p.m. media opportunity
WHERE:
Parsons Elementary School
3231 Lee Ellen Place
Columbus, OH
(614) 365-5099
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
With more than 4,000 Reach Out and Read Programs nationwide, Nationwide Childrens Hospital is proud to be the largest. Each year, Nationwide Childrens, 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 Nationwide Childrens physicians and staff to help encourage family literacy in the home prior to a childs entrance into the school system.
The event Friday at Parsons Elementary will celebrate a successful 2009 book drive which will continue through March 31. Since its inception in 1998, more than 675,000 books have been donated to the Reach Out Read Program all to help encourage pediatric literacy.
During the celebration, students at Parsons Elementary will enjoy a story by Lyn Ford and a performance from the Northland High School Jazz Band. Students will be engaged in literacy awareness as they share their favorite books and characters with fellow students and audience guests. Half Price Books will dedicate a book cart and books to the Parsons Elementary School Library.
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CONTACT PRIOR TO EVENT:
Mary Ellen Peacock
Nationwide Childrens Hospital
Marketing and Public Relations
(614) 355-0495
CONTACT AT EVENT:
Claudia Barrett
Nationwide Childrens Hospital
Reach Out and Read Program
(614) 406-7525
Media Advisory: Nationwide Childrens Hospital Reach Out and Read Program Book Drive Celebration Friday at Parsons Elementary School
March 13, 2009
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.