Sebastian Sciarrino gives children’s books to Megan Blake of Upper Darby and her new daughter, Kristin.
DREXEL HILL, Pa. – New mothers at Delaware County Memorial Hospital were recently presented with books for their newborns by students at Highland Park Elementary School as part of “Read Across America Day.”
Students Jordan Noel, Dennis Richardson and Sebastian Sciarrino gave several children’s books to new moms Donna Hope of Philadelphia and her daughter, Josea Karmalieta Garcia; Megan Blake of Upper Darby and her daughter, Kristin; and Kathleen Williams of Lansdowne and her daughter, Dana.
Dennis Richardson of Upper Darby delivers a shipment of new books to Kathleen and baby Dana Williams of Lansdowne.
“Read Across America Day,” held every March, marks the birthday of children’s author Dr. Seuss. Sponsored by the National Education Association, the initiative’s goal is to ensure every child in the nation reads in the company of an adult.
Jordan Noel of Upper Darby, a student at Highland Park Elementary School, gives new children’s books to Donna Hope of Philadelphia, who delivered daughter Josea Karmalieta Garcia at Delaware County Memorial Hospital.
Delaware County Memorial Hospital (DCMH) delivers more than 1,400 new babies each year in its state-of-the-art Maternal/Child Health Unit. Among the amenities offered to mothers delivering at DCMH are beautiful all-inclusive labor/delivery/recovery suites, two whirlpool tubs to soothe away early labor pains, a technologically advanced patient monitoring system that enables nurses to monitor the patient and her baby from anywhere on the Unit, 24-hour physician and anesthesiology coverage, and a personal consultant to help educate new moms in the latest baby care techniques while at DCMH and at home.
Delaware County Memorial Hospital is a member of the Crozer-Keystone Health System. We’re 5 hospitals, 2,600 doctors and nurses, and 7,100 caring people with 1 vision. Crozer-Keystone. Something to feel good about.