Reach Out & Read Program

Through the Reach Out & Read program, our Family Medicine and Pediatric clinic sites give children between the ages of six months and 5 years old a new, age-appropriate book at every well-child visit. These books enable our patients’ families to make reading aloud together a daily activity.

Amber Vick with young patients

Transform the Life of a Child by Giving the Gift of Reading

Your support of Karlie’s Fund for Reach Out & Read  gets books into the hands of children in our community.

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Nurturing Young Minds

This national program promotes relationships and literacy. Research shows that reading regularly stimulates optional brain development and strengthens parent-child relationships.

Your gift in support of our Reach Out & Read program will make a big impact for our youngest patients and help us continue to purchase new books for the 18,000+ children seen at our Family Medicine and Pediatric clinic sites each year.

If you have questions about Karlie’s Fund for Reach Out & Read, please contact CentraCare Foundation at foundation@centracare.com or 320-240-2810.


How Donor Dollars Impact Patients

Reach Out & Read utilizes pediatric well-child visits to give out children’s books and share the love of reading, which fosters early literacy and healthy family relationships.

Watch this video to learn how Karlie’s Fund for Reach Out & Read impacts our local pediatric patients.