October 31, 2024
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, November 1, 2024 — Supplemental Health Care (SHC), a leading provider of behavioral health, education, and healthcare staffing, is honored to collaborate again with Dr. Kelly Byrd, an esteemed speech-language pathologist and family literacy advocate. This Family Literacy Day, SHC is donating books to Dr. Byrd’s non-profit organization, Love for Literacy, for its annual children’s book giveaway event.
Dr. Byrd has served as a school speech-language pathologist with SHC for over a decade, dedicating her career to advancing literacy accessibility for children, families, and their communities. She also received the ASA National Staffing Employee of the Year and Healthcare All-Star 2024 awards for her contributions.
Family Literacy Day is celebrated on November 1st as a day dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of reading and writing together as a family. For a third year, Dr. Byrd and SHC have collaborated to share family literacy resources aimed at supporting SLPs, schools, students, and families.
SHC is honored to partner with Dr. Byrd in the pursuit of enhancing literary diversity and representation for children. As a company, SHC remains steadfast in supporting its school professionals and district partners as well as philanthropic partnerships that actively addressing issues of equality, diversity, and inclusion in education and healthcare.
For more information on SHC’s Family Literacy Day efforts, visit shccares.com/love-for-literacy.
About Love for Literacy
Love for Literacy is a nonprofit organization created by speech-language pathologist, Dr. Kelly Byrd to promote black family literacy. The organization explores how families engage with literacy and shows children ways to have more positive experiences with reading and writing at home and in school. Through events, book drives, and giveaways, Love of Literacy also provides kids with more literature that reflects them and their experiences.
About Supplemental Health Care
Supplemental Health Care (SHC) is a leading healthcare staffing provider that connects caring nurses, therapists, and other healthcare professionals with opportunities to fulfill their calling to better serve patients and students.
SHC is proud to deliver world-class service and career options to our clinicians, a range of dynamic workforce solutions to our clients, and a supportive atmosphere to our corporate teams. For everyone that we serve, SHC is the place where caring hearts thrive.
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