Reach Out & Read winners.

From left to right, with art teacher Scott Bentz are winners from Foster Elementary School: Maddy Billings, Kylee Johnson and Grayson Bentz.

Reach Out & Read winners.

LUDINGTON — Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital recently held an art contest at Ludington Area Schools for its pediatric Reach Out & Read program. Thirteen students in grades K-12 were selected as winners and received a certificate from the hospital and a $10 gift card from Storybook Village in Pentwater.

The winning artwork will be displayed at Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital Pediatrics at 907 E. Tinkham Avenue. Reach Out & Read is designed to promote reading and literacy in children by having pediatricians prescribe and hand out age-appropriate books to children during well child visits. Pictured (l. to r.) with art teacher Scott Bentz are winners from Foster Elementary School: Maddy Billings, Kylee Johnson and Grayson Bentz.