October 20, 2000

The MGH Revere HealthCare Center this week celebrated the first anniversary of Reach Out and Read, a national pediatric literacy program that encourages parents to read to their children. To mark the anniversary, MGH Revere hosted a party Oct. 17, during which many Revere pediatricians and staff read children's books aloud in the waiting room of the health center. Funding for this event was provided by Reach Out and Read and by the Ann Marie Kempczinski Foundation.

Above, Harwood Egan, MD, unit chief of Pediatrics at MGH Revere, (center) reads to (from left) Meriam Mehaya, Alex Major, Mohamed Ouanza and Susan Curley, project manager for Reach Out and Read.