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- Laura L. Gregory, Co-Chair, Past-President, Junior League of Kansas City, MO
- Anne Blessing, Co-Chair, Executive Director, Blue Valley Education Foundation
- Martha Gershun, Executive Director, Jackson Co., MO CASA
- Stephanie Grinage, VP for Medical Development, KU Endowment
- Jenny H. Gunter, Owner, Midwest Pallet
- Lynn G. Hardy, Program Manager of Volunteer Services, Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics (retired)
- Helma R. Hawkins, Director of Youth Services, Kansas City, MO Public Library
- Rita G. Kancel, Coordinator, Kansas City, KS, Parents as Teachers
- Mike Kebble, Associate Vice Chancellor of Finance, KU Medical Center
- David Lowe, Kiwanis Club of Old Mission
- Susanne O. Mahoney, Early Childhood Speech-Language Pathologist, KCK School District
- Anthony Meyer, Senior Design Engineer, TranSystems, Inc.
- Kevin Taylor, VP - Investments, Oppenheimer & Company
- Mary Jo Williams, Fund Account Specialist, KU Endowment
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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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