Julianne Moore and Bart Freundlich Co-chair Starry Night Stories
(Press Release) New York, September 21— Honorary Co-Chairs Julianne Moore and Bart Freundlich, along with their friends Samuel L Jackson, Billy Crudup, John C. Reilly, Brooke Shields, Ana Gasteyer and LaTanya Richardson will celebrate the 15th Anniversary of Children of Bellevue's Reach Out and Read on October 3rd at Florence Gould Hall, 55 East 59th Street 6:30-9:00 pm. Celebrity guests will read specially selected children's books to the adult audience simulating what volunteers in Bellevue Hospital's Pediatric Clinic do every day as part of the Reach Out and Read program.
The event is presented by Scholastic and sponsored by The Dreyfus Corporation, Tommy Hilfiger, and NYU Langone Medical Center Department of Pediatrics. The star-studded benefit also includes a pre-cocktail party, hors d'oeuvres and sweet endings from Bar Breton, Beacon, D'Artagnan, Eataly, Frankies 570 Spuntino, Northern Spy Food Co., Public, Terroir, 'witchcraft, Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory, Podunk Cupcakes, One Girl Cookies, Brooklyn Roasting Company and M.Cahpoutier Chapoutier Wines.
"For those of us who are fortunate enough to have had a terrific education and a lot of support in learning at home, we realize what that can do for a child and for a family", states Julianne Moore. "It really goes a long way just to have someone take that time with a child and read to them and tell them a story, it activates their imagination, it kindles their interest in literacy and learning."
For tickets and more information: http://www.childrenofbellevue.org/programs/roar/
About Children of Bellevue's Reach Out and Read:
Children of Bellevue's Reach Out and Read encourages reading aloud as a regular, joyful home activity that can improve language development, parent child interactions and school success. For the past 15 years, pediatricians, parent educators, and volunteer readers have worked together to advise parents about the importance of reading aloud and to give books to children at pediatric checkups from 6 months through 5 years of age, with a special focus on children growing up in poverty.
