Now there is proof that Greenville is one of the most generous communities in the nation. The Reach Out and Read Program at the ECU Pediatric Outpatient Center received 7,398 new children’s books for our young patients, donated by Greenville area customers during a local bookstore’s annual holiday book drive. More books were donated from the Greenville site (by far!) than any of the other stores’ sites in the East Coast region. For this amazing support, we want to say thank you to our community and to Rob McDaniel, who led the effort.

The ECU Pediatric Outpatient Center participates in Reach Out and Read, a national organization that prepares America’s youngest children to succeed in school by partnering with doctors to prescribe books. Our providers give out brand new books during every well-child check-up for children through age 6, and we encourage families to read together every day.

We at ECU Pediatrics thank the bookseller and the many generous customers who donated a book as they made their other holiday purchases. Because of this outpouring of good will, many children who have never had a book of their own will have one to read with their family tonight.

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