Kathryn West, ROR Program Coorinator, and LaVern Morris, Director of the ROR Program at CHKD, holding the Rear Admiral Ben Hacker "Leadership in Literacy" Award      Stories From the Field Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters (CHKD) in Norfolk, VA recently received the 2008 Rear Admiral Ben Hacker "Leadership in Literacy" Award for its Reach Out and Read program. The award, sponsored by The Literacy Partnership, recognizes CHKD's corporate leadership in promoting literacy and healthy child development through ROR. The CHKD ROR program began in 2001 and currently serves more than 6,400 children in Hampton Roads, VA and northeastern North Carolina.   Return