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Become a Story-Time Volunteer!

Love Kids' Books? Love Reading to Kids? Want to make a doctor's visit not so scary?

The Reach out and Read Program of Lutheren Family Health Centers Encourage parents and children to read together. Parents get the information and the books they need to help thier children become readers!

We need volunteers to read stories to children while family waits for their appointment in the following ROR locations in Brooklyn:

Park Ridge Family Healt Center- 4th Ave. @ 63rd St., Bklyn

Park Slope Family Health Center-13th St. b/t 4th and 5th Ave.,Bklyn

Luthern Medical Center-55st.@ 2nd Ave., Bklyn

Caribbean-Amercian Family Health Center Church Ave b/t E.34th and E.35thSt., Bklyn

Family Physcian Health Center- 6th Ave 257th St., Bklyn

*Provide a fun and literacy rich enviorment for children.

*Lead a story-time or read to individual children

*Model appropiate story-telling techniques to parents.

*Share ideas with parents to help them create a literacy-rich evorment at home.

Last year, our volunteers read to over 3,320 children. By making story telling time a positive experience, our volunteers are helping children acquire an appreciation for reading books experience,and preparing them to do well in school! Please join us.

For more information and/or to schedule an interview, call Heidi at 718-439-5600 (ext 218), or e-mail reachoutsp@hotmail.com.