Share the power of reading by making your contribution to Reading to Kids' 2007
Annual Fund Drive! Each year, from the September to the November reading
clubs, we ask our supporters to help us inspire underserved children with a love
of reading by making a donation to Reading to Kids.
Reading to Kids has been able to thrive thanks to the thousands of
hours of participation by teachers, administrators, parents, volunteers, and
elementary school children (click
here for program statistics) and thanks to generous financial contributions
by foundations, businesses, agencies, and individuals like you.
In May 1999, Reading to Kids held its first reading club with 8
volunteers and 20 students at Gratts Elementary School. Seven years later, an
average of 325 Reading to Kids volunteers read to 900 children
each month at seven elementary schools! Over the past year, we have
expanded our program to Politi Elementary, White Elementary, and Los Angeles
Elementary Schools!
Kids emerge from our program with more enthusiasm for reading, books for
their home library, stronger school libraries, personal relationships with
volunteers, and changed attitudes for reading in English!
In order to sustain and expand our program, we need your help! Your
donation will help to purchase hardcover books for
elementary school libraries in low-income communities, fund book donations
directly to children and parents to help them develop their own home libraries, and expand
our program into new schools and communities.
Last year, we were extremely grateful for your
contributions of over $30,000! This year, our
goal is to raise at least $35,000 from 600 donors over the next two months.
Please join us by making a donation to Reading to Kids.
If you have any questions regarding the Annual Fund Drive, please feel free to
contact Jessica Tritsch at the Reading to Kids office at (310)
479-7455 or by e-mail at
Jessica.Tritsch@readingtokids.org.
Thank you for your support!
Click here
for a copy of our City of Los Angeles Information Card No. L1457.
Thanks to
Our 2007 Annual Fund Drive Participants! |
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Maryanna Abdo
Michelle Ahnn
Camille Alick
Gina Anastasi
Marie P. Anderson
Anonymous (41)
Julie and Vineet Arloro-Mehta
Frehiwet Asefaw
Chris Asvar
Jason Axe
Liza Baiza
Lisa Baldini
Brian Banks
Bryan Barahona
Rachel Barney
Mark Bartlett
Emily Baskin
Janice Baskin
Nadine Bass
Noushin Bayat
Beth Bayer
Stephanie Baysinger
Philippa Bernstein
Elizabeth Bluestein
Ryan Borcherding
Dalet Brady
Casey Brazeal
Erika and William Brooks
Julian Brooks
Jackie Brown
Sharon Brown
Julia Buck
Gus Buenz
Laura Bulchis
Imelda Buncab
Michael Byerts
Lucy Carr
Nicole Casanova
Nancy Caudill
Christal Chacon
Judy and Alfred Chang
Judy Chase
Jamie Chazen
Oscar Chen
Robyn Chew
Jenna Chin
Russ Chittenden
Jessica Chiu
Sarah Clark
Shannon Clark
Sean Colgin
Kathy Cramlet
Kurt Cressotti
Melissa Crowley
Edwin Cruz
Silvia Cruz
CSULB Petra
Mary Culmone
Justine Daniels
Eric DeMars
Terra Desai
Rebecca Deshpande
Lee DeVary
Karen De Wolski
Nick Dinh
Rick Doehring
Micheline Donjacour
Danielle Doucet
Michele Downie
Felicia Duenas and Oscar Cobian
Tini Duong
Jill Durkin
Laura Eagar
Kristin Edmonds
Robin Eichleay
Nicole Ellingson
Noushin Emam
Milan Erceg
Douglas Erenberg
Barbara Erickson
Joseph Fairbanks
John Farrell
Susan Fassig
Sharon Feder
Stel Fine
Miguel Flores
Kevin Fong
Kimberly Forbes
Sara Freeland
Mike Freibott
Kristin Fuhrmann
David Fulk
Juliana Fuqua and Jeff Phillips
Stefanie Galizia
Gina Gandy
Isabel Garcia
Robert Gaston
Jesse Geiger
Anne Gilbert
Clifford Gillman
Gail Gillman
Jesse Glucksman
Shannon Going
Michelle Goldbach
Julia Goldman
Nicole Gonzales
Griffin Gosnell
Lexi Graboski
Katherine Gruel
Jose Gutierrez
Courtney Guy
Lidia Guzman
Jasmine Hailey
Brad Hall
Phyllis Hall
Stephanie Halgren
Shirley Hairston
Renee Hamburg
Pauline Han
Yuri Hashimoto-Uyeda
Racquel and Nathaniel Hawkins
Douglas Hearns
Jennifer Hecker
Sunday Hendrickson
Sivilay Henry
Joanna Hess
M. Suzanne and Lawrence E. Hess
Lisa Hochberg
Nafiseh Hodjat
Blake Holland
Felicia Horn
Nicole Horton and Robert Jones
Shabnum and Ali Husain
Shehnaz Hussain
Edvard Isaacs
Pallavi Jadhav-Ridout
Bobby Jaffer
Jennifer Jastrab
Julie Jendresky
Matthew Jones
William Jones
McKenzie Kaiser
Joseph Kallini
Ratna Kamath
Evan Katz
Drew Kaufman
Kerstyn Keenan
Bonnie and William Keenan
Chris Kelly
Ingrid Kerscht
Kessel Communications, Inc.
Edward Klein
Edward Kerr
Cathy Kersh
Kendra Kilbride
Kilroy Realty, L.P.
Cedina Kim
Darryl King
Sally Kitajima
Todd Koerner
Samuel Kok
Sarah Kolterman
Nicole Kong
Sandy Kremenic
Evangeline Kroener
Daniel Kronenberg
Blair Krug
Benjamin Kucinski
Rebecca and David Kuhlmann-Taylor
Jeanne Kuo
Vincent Kudirka
Cynthia Kwok
Priscilla Kwan
Erin and Dan Lantz
April Lawson
Joselyn Lee
Freya Lee
Kuang Lee
Matthew Lee
Karen Lentz
Leon Leonard
Kiara Leong
Rebecca Lewis
Valerie Lezin
Rocky Lieu
Kimberly Lindstrom
Sheryl Linsky
J.R. and M.J. Loeb
Longo Toyota
Laura Lyon
Nancy Lyon
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Natalie Manciani
Amanda Maehara
Michele Mak
Claire Manneh
Rosemarie Marcotte
Bridget Marnane
Gloria and Cliff Marcus
Stefan Marks
Chris Martin
Derek Martin
Carolina Mata
Sandra and Eugene Matsco
Diana and Yoshihiro Matsushima
Mark May
M. Scott May and Wendy J. Kahn
Monica Maynerick
Juliane and Peter McAdam
Allison McDonald
Meagan McDonald
David McLaughlin
Edward McWilliams
Max Mednik
Mario Meallet
Phillip Meldman
Diana Mendez
Ana Mesick
Chris Miller
Sharlene Mills
Brian Mitchell
Sheila Mohan
Deb and William Moore
Michael Moore
Katherine Morini
Sean Morris
Julie Moskovitz
Maeve Murphy and Chris Deichl
Candice Murray
Cassie Myers
Gee Nam
Audrey Neff
Sara Neff
Victoria Negrin
Patrick Nercessian
Jordan Neysmith
Karen Ng
Suzanne Ngo-Tran
Michelle Nguyen
Lily Nierenberg
Thomas Nieto
Reshma Nigam
Adaobi Nnoli
Kelli Nordhus
Catalina Norman
Joni Novosel
Christine Oppenheim
Carrie and Charlie Orchard
Beth Orsoff
Carmen O'Shea
Cathy Ostiller
Rosemarie and James Ostiller
Ashley Owens
Mary Pagone
Andrea Parilo
Rosalind and Howard Perell
David Perez
Laura Perry
Elizabeth Petras
Henry Phillips
Carole-Ann Plante
Steve Pomerantz
Amanda Posner
Kim Powers
Maria Prado
Antionette and Roger Puccio-Johnson
Melissa Rabinowitz
Lynn Rakowsky
Siddharth Ramakrishnan
Maria Ramirez
Joseph Randazzo
Jessica Randel
Jeffrey Redfield
John Rego
Brittany Reher
Terri Reicher
Ana Rey
Pamela Reynolds
David Rickard
Heather and Herb Rim
Tracey Roden
Erin Rogers
Emily Rorden
Adam Rottenstein
Mariel Rubio
Ryann Russell
Emily Ruyle
Linda Sae Jang
Wendy Sae-Tang
Barbara Salop
Tara Sands
Steven Sapir
Amanda Scarano
Katie Jane Schmiedicke
Kasey Scneider
Michael Schneidereit
Barbara Schratwieser
Kimberly and Samuel Scibetta
Krystle Scott
Robert Seal
Judith Sernas
Alina Shah
Bijal Shah
Shobhana Shah
Ruchira Shah
Jennifer Shanley
Rich Shimano
Rosalie Simkins
Ron Siu
Jonathan Smoller
Aaron Smith
Jen Smith
Samuel Snead
Denise Snider
Alice Song
Christina Sorensen
John Stavrakos
Jinn Su
Trisha Tachibana
Antoine Tadros
Tami Tarnow
Stuart Teichner
Vandana Thadani
Tamesha Thomas
Bill Thompson
Antonia Tighe
Julie To
Craig Tomashoff
Elaine and Jon Tomlin
Marina Totalca
Jessica Tritsch
Inger Tudor
Jerry Tung
Kristin Ulrich
Ashish Vaidya
Peggy Vargas
Elizabeta Vidovic
Sarinya Vorasarun
Betsy Wachter
Rose Marie and Robert N. Wagenaar
Lindsay Wagner
Jenny Weaves
Janet Webb
Bryan Weir
Susan Weiss
Dawn Wells
Caroline West
Melissa Westermann
Stephanie Wilcox
Tracy Wilkison
Eugene Williams
Toni Wilson
Tom Wininger
Jennifer Wolbransky
Amy Wong
Sharyl Wong
Emily Wood
Amy Yeh
Victoria Yip
Wai Lin Yip
Susan and Brett Yoshimura
Colin Young
Jennifer Ziegler
Elizabeth and Stuart Zimbalist
Gabriel Zobel
Bryan Zvibleman
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If your name should be included in this list, please contact Jessica Tritsch at
Jessica.Tritsch@readingtokids.org to let us know.
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Click
for all* donors in 2007.
(Please note that the 2007 list may not yet show recent
Annual Fund Drive contributors.)
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How to
Participate |
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Donate by check: |
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Please make checks payable to Reading to Kids
and mail to our office:
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Reading to Kids
1600 Sawtelle Boulevard, Suite 210
Los Angeles, CA 90025
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The following form should accompany your payment:
click
here for form.
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Donate by credit card: |
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Click here to donate with a credit card
using Google Checkout.
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Donate at the reading clubs: |
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A collection box will be available at the September,
October, and November reading clubs. Donations of any size
are greatly appreciated!
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Help us Fundraise by becoming a Reading to
Kids Superhero: |
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Supporters who would like to encourage family and friends to
donate to Reading to Kids can use our Reading to Kids Hero
Materials. Supporters who collect 10 donations (of any
size) will be recognized on our website as an R2K Superhero.
Click
here for materials.
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Special thanks
to our 2007 R2K Superheroes! |
Silvia Cruz
(10 Donors, $670)
Matthew Jones
(13 Donors, $1,305)
Ruchira Shah
(18 Donors, $1,020)
Debra Silverman
(10 Donors, $280)
Riko Wilson
(10 Donors, $93)
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What Can Your
Dollars Buy? |
Here are some examples* of how your contribution can make a
difference in the lives of the young readers we work with
each month:
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$5 |
4 take-home prize books for participating kids |
$18 |
15 take-home prize books for participating kids |
$50 |
4 hardcover read-aloud books |
$115 |
100
take-home prize
books for participating kids |
$360 |
1 month
worth of read-aloud books at
one school
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$575 |
500
take-home prize books for participating kids |
$750 |
All of the reading club expenses (books, supplies,
and food) for month of reading clubs at one school |
$1,150 |
1,000
take-home prize books for participating kids |
$10,000 |
All of the reading club expenses (books, supplies,
and food) for one year of reading clubs at one school |
*Note: All prices and purchases are
approximations that illustrate the cost of these
items for Reading to Kids.
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