#healthyreaders

While the world continues to try and get to a new normal, some things have remained the same here at Believe in Books Literacy Foundation.  A number of our programs may now look a little different, but some of them remain intact. Books from Birth is one of these programs.  While we are not able to visit preschools for the remainder of this school year, we are continuing to mail out brand-new books to little ones from newborns up to 5-years old!  We currently have over 500 children on our Books from Birth mailing list who receive a new book at important developmental milestones as they grow.  We are always accepting new little ones to join our mailing so please feel free to sign up your new bundle of joy and let us send them new books! Healthy Readers is another program of ours that provides brand-new books to children at their doctor’s offices.  We currently serve the Saco River Medical Group and the Primary Care offices at Memorial Hospital.  Whenever, their supply of books gets low, we deliver another collection of new books for their staff to offer to their young patients at each well-child visit!  We love making these deliveries! We are figuring out ways to continue these programs because we know children need outlets for their imagination and there is no better outlet than books!  If you would like to support either of these wonderful programs and help us continue to offer these to our local health providers, please consider donating on our website at www.believeinbooks.org.

Our literacy program, Healthy Readers, is growing this year!  Believe in Books Literacy Foundation is proud to announce that we have partnered with Primary Care at Memorial Hospital to expand this wonderful program! The Healthy Readers program originally stemmed from the Books from Birth Program to double the books local children could receive at developmental stages.  Healthy Readers provides children with a new book at each well-child visit, up to age five, at participating doctor’s offices.  Healthy Readers began in May 2017 with the Saco River Medical Group Pediatric Office receiving books to be donated to their young patients.  This week, Primary Care at Memorial Hospital has now joined the program!  Healthy Readers Coordinator, Amanda Hoffman, and BIBLF’s Sales Director Shelby Bellen, dropped off the first of many donations to Memorial Hospital staff to start giving out at their well-child visits.  Along with a free book, each patient will also have the opportunity to sign up for the Books from Birth Program so they can receive books mailed to their homes! BIBLF is very excited for this addition to the Healthy Readers program and look forward to continuing to get more books into the hands, homes, and hearts of children.