The Year in Review
We would like to extend a warm thank you... Click for more...

Grant Update
In the last week, we received a $5,000 grant from the Entertainment Industry Foundation and a $10,000 grant from the Dwight Stuart Youth Foundation... Click for more...

Great Turnout for November Reading Clubs
Despite the weather, we had a RECORD volunteer turnout... Click for more...

October Reading Clubs Were a Howling Success!
The October reading clubs were a huge success, with over 180 volunteers reading Halloween-themed books to 550 children... Click for more...

Thanks Pacific Life Foundation!
We learned this week that we will receive a 2003 Pacific Life Foundation grant of $5,000!... Click for more...

eScrip Provides a No Cost Way to Donate
eScrip is a NO COST way for you to donate to Reading to Kids, simply by shopping with selected merchants, many of whom may be familiar to you... Click for more...

New Volunteer Record
Last Saturday, 186 volunteers participated in the reading clubs at Gratts and Magnolia... Click for more...

New Group: EIF Genesis
We had a large number of volunteers from a newly participating group, Entertainment Industry Foundation Genesis... Click for more...

Annual Fund Drive Off to a Great Start
So far we have raised just over $3,000, so we are about one-fourth of the way to our goal... Click for more...

Annual Fund Drive
From September 1, 2002 through October 12, 2002, Reading to Kids will be holding its annual fund drive... Click for more...

Reading Clubs Will Expand to Esperanza Elementary School in October
We recently met with the principal of Esperanza Elementary School and confirmed that we will be bringing the reading clubs there this October... Click for more...

Fall Internship
We have received a few responses to our call for interns, but we are still looking for many more. Reading to Kids interns have played a vital role... Click for more...

Grant Update
This week we submitted an application to the Dwight Stuart Youth Foundation. We currently have... Click for more...

Reading to Kids Taskforce
We have recently added three new members to the Reading to Kids Taskforce (our 40+ team of volunteers who assist with... Click for more...

Thanks to July Reading Club Participants
July was another successful month for the reading club program. 159 volunteers read to 464 children (a record number of kids!)... Click for more...

Office Donations Welcomed
Charla King of doingsomething donated a FAX machine to Reading to Kids a few weeks ago, thus allowing us to cross another item off our... Click for more...

Thanks to the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
This week, we received the good news that the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation has awarded Reading to Kids a $15,000 grant... Click for more...

Thanks to the Whitecap Foundation
On June 13, Ms. Wendy Chang of the Whitecap Foundation notified us that Reading to Kids had just been awarded an $11,000 grant... Click for more...

Disney and First Book Partner Up to Donate 1,000 Books to Reading to Kids
First Book, the nonprofit that recently donated over 600 books to Reading to Kids, will be partnering with Disney to further their mission of giving children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books... Click for more...

Thanks to June Reading Club Participants
June was another successful month for the reading club program. 126 volunteers read to 277 children at Gratts Elementary and Magnolia Elementary Schools... Click for more...

Recent Grants Help Fuel Reading to Kids Effort
We recently received two grants that will greatly aid us in our continuing mission of helping children to learn the joy of reading. Hilton Hotels Corporation gave us a grant of $5,000, and for the third consecutive year, the Roth Family Foundation gave us a $1,000 grant... Click for more...

Thanks to UCLA Alpha Phi Omega and UCLA Golden Key Honor Society for Used Book Donation!
UCLA's Chi Chapter of the Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity and the UCLA Golden Key Honor Society held a book drive to collect used books for the home libraries of each student who... Click for more...

Computers Raffled Off to Children in Celebration of Third Anniversary of Reading Clubs!
Thank you so much for another successful Saturday of reading clubs on May 11! With Mothers' and Fathers' Days around the corner... Click for more...

Great News from the Clorox Company Foundation!
On April 30, 2002, The Clorox Company Foundation and the Clorox Los Angeles Plant presented Reading to Kids with a check for $6,643 to help fund the reading clubs... Click for more...

Reading to Kids Volunteer Linda Prestwidge Named Disney VoluntEAR of the Year!
Linda Prestwidge, a Disney/ABC employee and regular Reading to Kids volunteer, was named VoluntEAR of the Year at the Disney VoluntEARS recognition event on April 26, 2002. Linda was honored with a beautiful award and a check for $2,500 to give to the charity of her choice. We are so happy that she chose Reading to Kids to be the recipient of the donation... Click for more...

"First Book" Donates 600 Books!
First Book, a nonprofit organization with a mission of providing children from low income families with the opportunity to own and read their first book, has just agreed to give Reading to Kids a donation of 600 books! These books will be distributed directly to the children... Click for more...

April Reading Clubs Feature Books about the Environment!
Thank you so much for another successful Saturday of reading clubs on April 13! The theme of this springtime month was... Click for more...

Thanks to USC Pi Beta Phi for Sharing "a Piece of Its Pie!"
USC Pi Beta Phi held a Pie Social on March 5, 2002, and raised $650 for Reading to Kids! Literacy is Pi Beta Phi's... Click for more...

Reading to Kids Website Has a New Look!
On April 13, Reading to Kids rolled out a new-look website with new "visitor areas" that will help users find the information they seek more quickly... Click for more...

Thanks for Another Great Turnout in March!
Between the two schools, we had 392 kids and 158 volunteers. In fact, many of you... Click for more...

Youth, INC Celebration Was a Success!
Reading to Kids was one of 11 outstanding Los Angeles community-based youth organizations showcased... Click for more...

Donors Help Us Continue Our Mission!
Within the last few weeks, we have received several corporate donations, including $500 from... Click for more...

A New Record for Volunteer Turnout!
Thanks to all of you who helped at the February Reading Clubs, where the theme of the month was "Friends." Between the two schools, we had 185 volunteers... Click for more...

Thanks for the Office Equipment
Our office printer broke last week, and we were in desperate need of a new one... Click for more...

Youth, INC Celebration is Ten Days Away!
The "Celebration to Benefit Los Angeles Kids" is just around the corner (March 4). If you are interested in attending or donating... Click for more...

Thanks to Those Who Attended the January Reading Clubs!
A big turnout at both schools this month (280 at Magnolia and 153 at Gratts) pushed our total to 433 students in January--a new record... Click for more...

Join "eScrip" Today!
Here's an easy (and no cost) way for you to help out Reading to Kids financially... Click for more...

Reading to Kids Taskforce
Would you like to help... Click for more...

College Internships
We're proud to announce a second intern joining the Reading to Kids team... Click for more...

Congratulations to Monica!
Some of you may have noticed in the last paragraph how we referred to Monica as our "Program Director." That's right. Effective immediately, Monica has been promoted... Click for more...

Donations for the Office
If you have anything you would like to donate to the office... Click for more...