Schedule a Site Visit & Receive Books!

ROR – IL is scheduling site visits for current ROR programs from July through December! The visit allows us to touch base, see how the program is running, and see how we can support your clinic. We can conduct the visit virtually or in person. If you schedule a site visit with us virtually – don’t worry – we’ll still send you books!

Olivia Cruz, Maribel Rabadan, and Alejandro Clavier, MD, FAAP pose in front of their ROR bookshelves at Esperanza Health Centers’ 63rd Street Clinic (Chicago, IL) during a site visit.
A provider at PCC Austin Family Health Center (Chicago, IL) searches for an age-appropriate book before heading into a well child visit.
ROR Champion & Coordinator Advisory Committee Member Brooke Turnock, MD, FAAP stands next to a co-branded ROR & PCC poster promoting early literacy and featuring a QR code to a LinkTree with additional resources. Dr. Turnock is a pediatrician at PCC Austin Family Health Center.
Featured here is a co-branded ROR & PCC Wellness Center business card: “Ask Us About Reach Out and Read: At PCC we provide free books to children from birth to 5 years at every well-child check. Make sure you get yours!”
Featured here is one side of a co-branded ROR & PCC Wellness Center business card that includes QR code to a LinkTree with additional resources: “Reading with your child for 20 minutes a day helps them: bond with you, develop language skills, build their imagination, perform better in school, stay healthy, and so much more!”
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Beth Schumacher of Family Care Associates (Effingham, IL) stands with a colleague and showcases a canvas ROR bag in front of a bookshelf filled with book bins labeled with ages 6 months to five years.
Clinic staff at Horizon Health (Paris, IL) pose with ROR books.
ROR Champion & Coordinator Advisory Committee Member Amber Garwood poses with books categorized by age at SIU – Family Medicine (Decatur, IL).
A literacy rich waiting room at SIU – Family Medicine (Decatur, IL) awaits their youngest patients.
A poster displayed in Erie Evanston – Skokie’s clinic is titled “Your library has much more than good books!”
A bulletin board displayed in Erie’s Evanston – Skokie clinic is titled “It’s never too soon to read to your baby.”
ROR Champion & Coordinator Advisory Committee Member Ronna Jacobson and ROR-IL Program Manager Veena Villivalam stand next to a book display at the Erie Evanston-Skokie clinic (Evanston, IL).
ROR Associate Director Kristina Rogers holds a Reach Out & Read at the Chicago Public Library Toolkit during a site visit to the UIC Department of Pediatrics (Chicago, IL).
ROR Associate Director Kristina Rogers and Dr. Stacy Laurent discuss the ROR at the Chicago Public Library Toolkit Pilot Project during a site visit to the UIC Department of Pediatrics (Chicago, IL).
Dr. Charles Edoigiawerie and his colleague stand in front of the ROR cabinet in the Cook County Englewood clinic (Chicago, IL).
Gabriela Baeza and Lindsay McCracken pose with newly received ROR books and swag during a site visit to the Lawndale Christian Health Center – Archer Heights clinic (Chicago, IL).
Advocate Medical Group Pediatrics Libertyville’s Dr. Natalie Sgarlata and Kelsey Gullett sit in front of ROR bookshelves with books in hand.
Jamie Kerr, Wendy Rivard, and Samantha Lamm at Advocate Medical Group Des Plaines’ clinic.
Alix McNulty and Mindy Etheridge of Advocate Medical Group in Des Plaines, IL stand in front of ROR bookshelves at Advocate Medical Group – Evergreen Park clinic.
Alix McNulty and Mindy Etheridge pose for a quick selfie with ROR Program Manager Veena Villivalam and Associate Director Kristina Rogers at the Advocate Medical Group – Evergreen Park clinic.
Dr. John Cabana pulls a ROR book down out from the bookshelves for his clinic’s youngest patients at the Downers Grove Pediatrics clinic.
The Downers Grove Pediatrics clinic welcomes their youngest patients with a literacy rich waiting room with children’s furniture and books.
Dr. Audrey Brewer poses in front of shelves with labeled book bins at Lurie’s Children’s Hospital (Chicago, IL).
ROR Associate Director Kristina Rogers and Dr. Audrey Brewer pose in front of shelves with labeled book bins at Lurie’s Children’s Hospital (Chicago, IL).
Advocate Medical Group Pediatrics Libertyville’s clinic staff pose with a new ROR book shipment.
The Advocate Medical Group Des Plaines clinic now features ROR posters promoting early literacy and reading together in the exam rooms.
Heide Chacon shows us how easy it is for her to access ROR books at the Erie Family Health Center – Division Street clinic.
Dr. Sylvia Trevino holds up a board book in front of her ROR bookshelves at Healthy Beginning Pediatrics (Plano, IL).
ROR Champions Dr. Tania Hossain and Judy Lopez stand in front of their ROR bookshelves at Tapestry 360 Lakeview clinic (Chicago, IL).
Pediatrician & ROR Medical Consultant Dr. Shipra Sharma, Board Member Dr. Anne Gearhart, & ROR-IL Program Manager Veena Villivalam cap a site visit with a picture in front of a mural at John Sengstacke Health Center at Provident Hospital.
The mural above features trailblazer Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, the nation’s first Black cardiologist and the first cardiologist to perform open heart surgery, among other notable figures. The nation’s first Black-owned and interracially staffed medical facility was opened in 1891 as the Provident Hospital and Training School. Many thanks to Dr. Shipra Sharma for sharing this piece of history with the ROR-IL team!