Reach Out and Read Basketball

Reach Out and Read Basketball A Book Is Just the Beginning. Our Annual Basketball Tournament ensures books for North Philly kids. October 29th at GFS 1-4 PM

We have gently used books for all ages in our CUC Reading Room! Check out our stocked shelves of chapter books and YA no...
06/20/2026

We have gently used books for all ages in our CUC Reading Room! Check out our stocked shelves of chapter books and YA novels 😍.

Did you know our Nelson Pavilion has its very own little free library? Anyone can take or donate a book!
06/15/2026

Did you know our Nelson Pavilion has its very own little free library? Anyone can take or donate a book!

🚨New bookshelf alert! Waiting for an appointment just got a lot more magical. Kids and families in the GI waiting area a...
06/08/2026

🚨New bookshelf alert! Waiting for an appointment just got a lot more magical. Kids and families in the GI waiting area at St. Chris now have a selection of books to dive into with this book corner 📚✨.

Have gently used children’s books to donate? Reach out!

Summers are the perfect time for a fun book club! This summer, the Dialysis Unit at St. Chris is excited to participate ...
05/29/2026

Summers are the perfect time for a fun book club! This summer, the Dialysis Unit at St. Chris is excited to participate in a book club as part of its annual summer camp experience. Patients chose to read Eragon by Christopher Paolini together and share in thoughtful discussions along the way.

Generosity and support (from people like you!) continue to enable us to create these meaningful experiences, encourage connection, and inspire a love of reading.

The right book at the right time can make all the difference. 📚✨For the recent Trauma Survivors Day at , kids and famili...
05/21/2026

The right book at the right time can make all the difference. 📚✨

For the recent Trauma Survivors Day at , kids and families were able to take home copies of Once I Was Very Very Scared, a powerful children’s book for navigating stress and trauma. ROR was incredibly proud to support this recent event with 40 books!

We’re keeping bookshelves all over St. Chris stocked with generous donations like these from and ! Thank you for the am...
05/18/2026

We’re keeping bookshelves all over St. Chris stocked with generous donations like these from and ! Thank you for the amazing books for all ages—they’ll be ready and available in places like our Reading Room and Emergency Room waiting area for kids and families to take home.

How many different languages do you see represented? At Reach Out and Read at St. Chris, we make sure to have multilingu...
05/09/2026

How many different languages do you see represented? At Reach Out and Read at St. Chris, we make sure to have multilingual books for our diverse families!

Last week, St. Chris had its very first Book Fair! In addition to hundreds of books given away, there was an interactive...
05/07/2026

Last week, St. Chris had its very first Book Fair! In addition to hundreds of books given away, there was an interactive storytime and a puppet show. Thank you to all our volunteers and resident Madison Renner for putting on an amazing, literacy-rich event!

Families we see speak all different languages and we make sure we have books for them! As we have seen an increase of Ru...
04/29/2026

Families we see speak all different languages and we make sure we have books for them! As we have seen an increase of Russian families, we made sure to stock up to meet all multilingual needs.

It’s National Volunteer Week and we couldn’t have the same impact at St. Chris without our amazing volunteers! Our Readi...
04/20/2026

It’s National Volunteer Week and we couldn’t have the same impact at St. Chris without our amazing volunteers! Our Reading Room is carefully sorted and stocked with books, ready for kids to pick out and take home—all set up and maintained by our volunteers. Volunteers provide families in the waiting rooms with books and literacy resources, too. Thank you for all you do!!

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