SUMMIT, NJ -- Congressman Leonard Lance on Tuesday, August 18 participated in a Reach Out and Read program at Overlook Hospital in Summit.

Reach Out and Read (ROR) is a national nonprofit organization that promotes early literacy by giving new books to children and advice to parents about the importance of reading aloud in pediatric exam rooms across the nation. As part of the program, Lance read to children at Overlook Hospital in Summit.

Reach Out and Read was established because doctors and nurses know that growing up healthy means growing up with books. The ROR program provides the tools to help promote children's developmental skills and later school success.

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