Art Contest Winners Named

March 25, 2022

Of 152 entries, thirteen area youth were selected as winners and 14 selected for honorable mention of the Reach Out and Read K-12 art contest sponsored by Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital Pediatrics.

Winners were:
Caralynn Machin, Ludington Elementary
River Saya, Ludington Elementary
Selena Le, LAC
Emma Whitaker, MCE
Penelope Grubich, Ludington Elementary
Cole Jubar, LAC
Bodey Lawler, LAC
Eliza Schwass, LAC
Addison Torrez, LAC
Rayna Cox, LAC
Marie Raven, Ludington Elementary
Ebbie Eberbach, MCC Upper
Malissa Le, LAC

 

Honorable Mentions were:
Andrew Bauer, LAC
Bradey Lawler, LAC
Briann Peters, MCE
Clara Lindbloom, LAC
Cyniah Haight, Pentwater
Hartley Alvesteffer, Ludington Elementary
Corinne Jubar, LAC
Rymer VonSprecken, LAC
Giada Simone, LAC
Alexander Urka, LAC
Peyton Schwass, LAC
Abigail Ashley, Ludington High School
Grace Hackert, LAC
Greyson Knapp, MCE

All winning and honorable mention artwork will be displayed at the Pediatrics clinic at 907 E. Tinkham Avenue for one year. Each of the 13 winners also receives a certificate from Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital and a $10 Amazon gift card. The art can be seen on the Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital Facebook page.

“We’re really pleased to be a certified Reach Out and Read location,” said Kari Leikert, DO, pediatrician at Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital Pediatrics. “We know that putting books into the hands of parents results in more frequent reading at home, accelerated vocabulary for kids and critical brain stimulation. We’re doing everything we can to promote literacy and optimize early childhood development, and the Reach Out and Read program helps us to do that.”

Reach Out and Read is designed to promote reading and literacy in children by having pediatricians and family medicine physicians prescribe and provide age-appropriate books to children during well-child visits.

The program was begun locally in fall 2016. Since then, 10,375 books have been distributed through the Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital pediatrics and family medicine clinics. In addition, each newborn is given a starter board book at the Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital Family Birthing Center.

Financial contributions are always accepted for the purchase of Scholastic age-appropriate books. Used book donations are not needed at this time. Anyone interested in making a financial donation may contact the Spectrum Health Foundation Ludington Hospital at 231.845.2233.

Reach Out and Read was founded in 1989 with its first program at Boston City Hospital (now Boston Medical Center). By 2021, there were almost 1,500 sites distributing 1.6 million books per year throughout the country, and it’s now grown to 6.9 million books per year.

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