Reach Out and Read

The Reach Out and Read program at The Stephen D. Hassenfeld Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders is designed to encourage a lifelong love of reading among young patients and to help them develop early literacy skills. Through the program Hassenfeld patients between the ages of 6 months and 5 years of age meet with their doctor as part of their well-child visit at staged developmental milestones. During these visits Hassenfeld patients are given a book that is theirs to keep. Patients and parents receive reading encouragement from their doctor.

  • In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.

  • Dietary fiber slows sugar absorption, which can improve insulin levels.

  • About 38% of adults in the United States and nearly 12% of children use some form of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). (National Institutes of Health)

  • There are approximately 100 billion neurons in the human brain.