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UTHealth House Call

UTHealth puts the focus on early childhood development with a children's book bash

By Nick Esquer Photography by Jacob Power October 5, 2015

Ana Lee Jacobs, Jennifer and Neil Wizel

Books donated to a CLI Texas School Ready classroom

Dr. Danny Williamson, Ellen Cokinos, Susan Cooley, Paige Michael Cokinos

HEB's Scott McCLelland, Anne Whitlock and Michael Skelly

Jacquelyn and Collin Cox

Mushahid Khan and Nancy Powell Moore

Richard Buxbaum, Kelsey Brooks, Josh Wright

Susan Landry, CLI Director and husband Bart Moore

Tommy and Brenda Atkins, Jean and Rick Jenner

What: UTHealth’s House Calls reception to promote high-quality early education programs for children

Where: Michael Skelly and Anne Whitlock’s East End home

Highlights: Susan Landry, Ph.D., director of the UTHealth Children’s Learning Institute, and HEB Houston’s President Scott McClelland shared how early childhood education makes a lifelong difference in school outcomes and workforce readiness. Guests donated new or gently used children’s books for Houston area Texas School Ready classrooms.

In the Crowd: Susan Cooley, Ginni Mithoff, Ana Lee Jacobs, Collin and Jacquelyn Cox, Ellen and Paige Michael Cokinos, Jennifer and Neil Wizel, Richard Buxbaum, and Kelsey Brooks and Josh Wright