Reach Out and Read

Our request…
and your opportunity
The giving spirit is an important part of Reach
Out and Read’s amazing success. Children receive
books as gifts, and we receive contributions so
we can make those gifts.
Because it does not qualify for
reimbursement as a clinical service, the
program relies entirely on philanthropic support
from Intermountain’s pediatricians, caregivers,
and community supporters.
The program is now offered at all
Intermountain Pediatric Clinics and many
Intermountain Family Medicine Clinics—
more than three dozen sites in all. An annual
expenditure of more than $150,000 per year
is used exclusively to purchase new books.
Today’s goal is to expand Reach Out and Read
to every single Intermountain pediatric patient
age 6 months to 5 years—about 75,000
children per year.
That’s why we respectfully request that
Altabank consider a major gift of $500,000 in
support of the Reach Out and Read program.
This generosity would make Altabank an esteemed
program sponsor and potentially involve your
employees in this inspiring effort. It would also earn
Altabank recognition as a key participant in
The Primary Promise Campaign, a sweeping,
multiyear fundraising campaign now being led by the
Intermountain Foundation to help build the nation’s
model health system for children.
It’s moving to realize that something so simple—
giving books to young children and encouraging
parents to cuddle up and read with them—can so
profoundly change the course of their lives.
Reach Out and Read will help 75,000 Utah kids
every year live their healthiest lives possible, building
family ties along the way. We hope that Altabank will
respond favorably to this exceptional opportunity.