Reach Out and Read Hands to Work - Hearts to God. Read is a national program aimed at making early literacy an integral part of pediatric primary care. Pediatricians encourage parents to read aloud to their young children and give books to their patients, and we participate by reading books with the children and their families in hospital waiting rooms. We volunteer at the Willow Clinic, a satellite clinic of Lucille Packard Children's Hospital, located in Menlo Park.
Volunteers go in pairs for one and a half hours at a time.
Scheduling is flexible and you are invited to choose your partner for your shifts. Carpools can be arranged, although drivers are greatly appreciated. A two-hour shift twice to four times a month, for at least three months.