RORRI Blog

The Board of Directors is pleased to announce the addition of Dinusha Dietrich, MD, to the Board. Dr. Dietrich is a board-certified pediatrician and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She completed her pediatric residency training at Hasbro Children’s Hospital/Brown University, where she also completed a fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Dr. Dietrich serves […]

We have found ourselves working with Reach Out and Read Rhode Island because we believe in the power of ALL parents and caregivers to express their love for their babies and children through the positive and language-rich interactions that happen around the books we provide to families at pediatric office visits. We believe in the […]

The first large-scale crisis I experienced was in 1989 when the Loma Prieta earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay area. When my brother didn’t come home that evening, we feared the worst. The next morning, when he returned home to everyone’s relief, we learned that he took refuge in a stranger’s apartment until he could […]

This spring, RORRI checked in with our medical partners to learn how the pediatric community has pivoted to the “new normal.” Some well-child visits have been postponed for mid-summer or later, while other types of appointments are occurring remotely. Administrative staffers are working from home, while the medical staff rotates every 14 days. The circumstances can be […]

Reach Out and Read Rhode Island (RORRI) receives $231,000 in private donations and pledges from three donors: an anonymous family, Malcolm G. Chace Jr., and the Charles S. and Millicent P. Brown Foundation. The funding—the largest in the organization’s history—will be used to expand the program to begin at the first newborn office visit, and […]