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Benny Bear Visits the Hospital

was created in support of The BOOKS Program at the Houston Harris County Hospital District.

The Harris County Hospital District Foundation was chartered by the State of Texas on March 2, 1992 as a nonprofit corporation whose exclusive purpose was to operate a charitable, scientific, and educational entity solely for the benefit of the Harris County Hospital District.


The Foundation raises endowment funds and works jointly with the governing board of the Hospital District in raising the consciousness of health welfare in the community. The Foundation is committed to raising  funding as well as public support for programs and services that go above and beyond the narrow scope of tax-supported care for the uninsured and the underinsured.



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The BOOKS Program is a literacy program designed to encourage children and their parents to read. The program strives to combat illiteracy by providing reading material in the home and in the immediate environment. Literacy screenings are performed on both child and parent at Ben Taub General Hospital. After visiting with the doctor, the child or children are encouraged to select a book, from the many donated, to take home. Within the past year, approximately 27,000 children were seen through the outpatient areas at Ben Taub. The BOOKS program is committed to serve these children whether through receiving a book, counseling from a physician, or reading in the waiting room(s).



              


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