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- Laura L. Gregory, Co-Chair, Past-President, Junior League of Kansas City, MO
- Anne Blessing, Co-Chair, Attorney (retired)
- Jennifer Breedlove, H & R Block
- Carolyn Cameron, Chair, Friends Group
- Krista A. Cox, M.D., Baby & Child Associates
- Betse Gage, M.D., Turner House for Children
- Martha Gershun, Executive Director, Reach Out and Read National Center
- Eric Guerra, MD, St. Luke's Family Care
- Jenny H. Gunter, Owner, Midwest Pallet
- Lynn G. Hardy, Outreach Coordinator, Children’s Mercy South
- Helma R. Hawkins, Director of Youth Services, Kansas City Public Library
- Rita G. Kancel, Coordinator, KCK Parents as Teachers
- David Lowe, Kiwanis Club of Old Mission
- Susanne O. Mahoney, Early Childhood Speech-Language Pathologist, KCK School District
- Dee A. Rusconi, Early Education Manager & Outreach Coordinator, KCPT Public Television
- Susan Schilling, Publisher (retired)
- Senia L. Shields, Will to Succeed Foundation
- Karen Tuttle, Store Manager, Starbucks
- Sharon R. Wilkerson, MD., Children’s Mercy Pediatric Care Center
- Mary Jo Williams, KU Endowment Associations
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 Program Components:
Doctors and nurse practitioners are trained to give advice to parents about appropriate books and reading activities that support their child's healthy development.
Children get to take home a free, new, developmentally appropriate book at every check-up from birth to five years.
Trained volunteers read aloud to children in waiting rooms, modeling for parents how to share books and tell stories, and engage families in waiting room activities surrounding books and reading.
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