03/20/2026
📖✨ Building Brighter Futures Through Reading!
Today we were honored to welcome State Representative Tim Kelly to our Hurley Children's Clinic at the Farmers Market!
Representative Kelly visited to learn more about the incredible impact of Reach Out and Read, an special & important program that brings the power of reading directly into pediatric care. By integrating books into well-child visits, advising families on the importance of reading together, and providing children with their own books, this program helps spark healthy development from the very start.
With 6,800 sites nationwide serving children in all 50 states, with 180 right here in Michigan, Reach Out and Read is making a meaningful difference in communities like ours every single day. The purpose of the visit was to highlight the importance of supporting funding in the budget for evidence-based literacy programs like Reach Out and Read.
During the visit, Pediatric Residency Program Director Dr. Gwendolyn Reyes gave Representative Kelly, Reach Out and Read partners, and the Representative’s staff a tour of the clinic, highlighting the important role the program plays for children in our community. The group also had the chance to meet and chat with one of our very special Hurley Kids, Brendan! 😊
Moments like these remind us how vital it is to invest in our children’s futures…one book at a time. 📚 Reach Out and Read Michigan Ready for School
