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Help Reading to Kids raise $40,000 from 600 donors during our 2008 Annual Fund Drive!

Totals to date: $33,142 and 758 donors!

 
 
Be part of our story by making your contribution to Reading to Kids' 2008 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. Nine years later, an average of 400 Reading to Kids volunteers read to 1,100 children each month at eight 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 $38,000! This year, our goal is to raise at least $40,000 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!

Thanks to Our 2008 Annual Fund Drive Participants!

Sara and George Abdo
Mercedes Acevedo
Nara Ahn
Olushola Akinnuso
Gary Alcorn
Donna and Francisco Aleman
Boris Alexandrov
Camille Alick
Rhonda Allen
Maureen Aller
Jacques Altounian
Angel Alvarado
Rocio Alvarez
Rebecca Amrany
Brandis Anderson
Liz Anderson
Tiffany Andrews
Elizabeth Angulo
Anonymous (58)
Jeanne Arneson
Shane Arney
Adam Arreola
Debbie Arriola
Brian Austin
Mary Auth
Jason Axe
Kelli Bachmann
Wiliiam Bacio
Jenny Barbour
Lori Bartlett
Janice Baskin
Michael Baskin
Nadine Bass
Luis Bautista
Beth Bayer
Emily and James Beaghan
Rachel Beattie
Ilona Bebenek & Manuel Solano
Patricia Bell
Stacy & Daniel Beltran
Natalya Berenshteyn
Kristin Bergstrom
Michelle Bernarding
Michael Best
Ellie Bloomfield
Brent Blu
Kevin Blue
Elizabeth Bluestein
Annette Blum
Marinus Boon
Ryan Borcherding
Arthur Botting
Sarah Boughton
Steve Brady
Julie Brame
Richie Brand
Suchi Branfman
Dennis Breen
Jesse Briones
Debra Bronstein
Marice Bronstein
Leslie Brown
Patrick Brown
Marcus Bryant
Julia Buck
Alison Budow
Jane and August Buenz
MIchael Byerts
Antony Cartwright
Nicole Casanova
Joann Casley
Christal Chacon
Helena Chan
Jenny Chang
Judy and Alfred Chang
Victor Chao
Rodger Chapman
Tina Charoenpong
Alex Chavez
Jessica Chavez
Rose Chea
Bin Chen
Ellin Chen
Eric Chen
Oscar Chen
Jia Cheng
Robyn Chew
Jessica Chiang
Russell Chittenden
Kay Chomchavalit
Erica Christensen
Ashley Chu
Esther Cohen
Jack Cohen
Jacob Cohn
Erin Coleman
Deborah and Frederick Collings
Jim Contreras
Cristian Coroian
Joshua Covey
Mia Cramer
A.J. Cramlet
Kathy Cramlet
Ancilla Cruz
Manuel Cruz
Siliva Cruz
Sukriti Dabral
Robert DaGasta
Romi Dames
Thom Daniels
Teresa Darden
Victor Davalos
Bryan De La Cerna
Mina De La Cerna
Lori Deem
Yalonda Dekle
Colleen Del Rosario
Patti Del Valle
Jerald DeMars
Sandeep Devgan
Miguel Devore
Ana Dias-Cojta
Betty Dick
Lora Dickinson
Charles Diggins
Leslie Dios
Barbara and John Dobberthien
Jonathan Dorman
Kristen Dorsey
Michele Downie
Joseph Duarte
Felicia Duenas
Tad Duke
Damon Dunbar
Erin Dunroe
Lorelei Duterte
Johanna Eakle
Kristin Edmonds
Benjamin Edwards
Joseph Edwards
Jennifer and Maurice Ehrencron
Michael Eiff
Gene Encinias
Mark Encinias
Steve Encinias
Michael Epstein
Douglas Erenberg
Anthony Escamilla
Isabel and Ernesto Estrada
Justine Eyre
Caroline and Mel Fair
Anne Farnworth
Lubna Farooq
Eric Faust
Leslie Feder
Matthew Feldman
Steve Fernando
Tanya Finks
Elad Fish
Stephanie Flood
Efrain Flores
Ruben Flores
Germaine Franco
Kristin Fuhrmann
Juliana Fuqua and Jeff Phillips
Alysse Furukawa
Natalie Gaber
Scotty Galloway
Jose S. Garcia
Miguel Garcia
Nicole Garro
Susan Geffen
Richard Geiger
Heide Gergus
Lisa Giaffo
Ammie Giang
J. Kathleen Gibson
Kenyatta Gilliam
Clifford Gillman
Grant Gish
Mitch Glick
Chris Golisz
John Golisz
Suzanne Golisz
Marina Goncharova
Samuel Gonzales
Juan Gonzalez
Matt Good
Ryan Gores
Sujit Govindraj
Ryan Graff
Gavin Graves
Eric Grayson
Michelle Greer
Amanda Grossi
Al Guardia
Deborah Guerra
Darrel J. Guilbeau
Sarah Gurfield
Daniel Gutierrez
Courtney Guy
Douglas Guy
Marta Guzman
Angela Guzzetta
Rory Hackbarth
Stephanie Halgren
Phyllis Hall
Emily Hallford
Renee Hamburg
Heather Hamilton
Jessica Hammon
Mary Haring
Kathy Harney
Kirstin Harper-Smith
Jason Hashimoto
Fred Hatch
Douglas Hearns
Sunday Hendrickson
Sivilay Henry
Dan Hensley
Tiffany Herbert
Manuel Herrera
David Herron
Suzanne and Lawrence Hess
Chris Hewish
Bettina Ho
Mary Hoang
Lisa Hochberg
Parham Holakouee
Travis Holmes
Holly Holzhauer
Batya Horowitz
Andrew Hottovy
Deja Howell
Janet Hsiao
Ying-Yuan Hsiao
Christie Hubbard
Mena and John Hughes
Spencer Humphrey
Cornelia and Earl Hutt
Heather Hutt
Elizabeth Ibarra
Morenike Irvin
Jonathan Ito
Sally Ito
Sherry Jackman
Jennifer Jackson
Robyn Jackson
Bobby Jaffer
Shija James-Hamilton
Jennifer Jastrzab
Sharon Jensen
Obed Jimenez
Kathy Jin
Bjorn Johnson
Larry Johnson
Monica Johnson
Tunisia Johnson
Catherine and William Kaiser
McKenzie Kaiser
Dina Kampmeyer
Clarence Kanae
Jaewon Samuel Kang
Barbara Karm
Alan Kato
Karen and Stephen Katz
DeLashawn Kemp
Thomas Kerr
Ingrid Kerscht
Cathy Kersh
Kessel Communications, Inc.
Roxanna Khadem
Ron Kidd
Sue Jin Kim
Susan Kim
Ed Kimble
Jessica Kimiabakhsh
Melody King
Edward J. Klein
Jeff Klein
Hubert Klerks
Sandra Knapp
Eileen Knittel
Todd Koerner
Dan Kolisha
Orville Kolterman
Sarah Kolterman
Nicole Kong
Andrea Kotok
Russell Kramer
Alicia Krautheim
Sandy Kremenic
Jessica Kumai Scott
Preetham Kumar
Priscilla Kwan
Ted Laan
Lisa Ladaw
Erin and Dan Lantz
Ahmie Lasola
Leilanie Lasola
Margaret Lass-Gardiner
Benjamin Last
Nate Lau

Minhthu Le
Charles Lee
Julie Lee
Kuang Lee
Miwa Lee
Elenor and Christopher Lehmann
Julia Leib
Karen Lentz
Leon Leonard
Aaron Lewis
Rocky Lieu
Tracy Lieu
Drew Lindo
Barbara Liszeo
Myleen Llaurado
Alexis Lock
Jane Lofton
Virginia Long
Longo Toyota
Mallory Lopez
Dona and Donald Lorenzi
Gayle Lorenzi
Elaine Low
Nicole Lowe
Pearl Lu
Jessica Lucey
Maravilla Luciano
Guyanne Lufrano
Nicole Lukeroth
Kathleen Lungren
Laura Lyon
Nancy Lyon
Janie MacHarg
Naro Mak
Katie Malone
Claire Manneh
Michael Manos
Jaime Manriquez
Bud Marcotte
Rosemarie Marcotte
Sean Marcotte
Cliff Marcus
Ray Marks
Brian Martin
Chris Martin
Derek Martin
Johnny Martinez
Richard Martinez
Wendy Martino
Auri Maruri
Cheryl Mason Von Mirbach
Diana and Yoshihiro Matsushima
Antonella Mattia
Mark May
Marty and Michael May
Scott May and Wendy Kahn
Juliane McAdam
Mike McCabe
Molly McDowell
Elizabeth McHale
David McLaughlin
Judy Meade-Silaj
Beatriz Mejia
Joelly Mejia
Miguel Mendez
Pedro Mendez
Brenda Menjivar
Andrew Millar
Jeremy Millington
Robert Minalda
Robert Mironda
Brian Mitchell
Cynthia Montes
Deb and William Moore
Liz Moore
Jennifer Lynn Morabito
Priscilla Moralez
Audrey and Joe Morchy
Juliana Moreno
Derak Morrell
Theodora and Jerrold Morris
Clare and David Moskovitz
Julie Moskovitz
Steve Moskovitz
Jose Paul Moz
Manuel Munoz
Mitsuki Nakagawa
Jaimi Nanko
Fernando Natividad
Jordan Neysmith
Karen Ng
Chau Thy Nguyen
Janet Niederman
Mary Njendu
Joni Novosel
Hector Ochoa
Ali Oktay
Tricia Olaes
Katie O'Neil
Katherine O'Neill
Chioma Onwuka
Christine Oppenheim
Joanne Oppenheim
Stephen Oppenheim
Jorge Orampo
Carrie and Charlie Orchard
Allison Orechwa
Cathy Ostiller
Rosemarie and James Ostiller
Pete Ouellette
Larry Owen
Ashley Owens
Theodora Oyie
Edith Padilla
Andrew Palm
Stephen Palmer
Kathleen Palmieri
Vardan Papoian
Margaret Parker
Mimi Parker
Nemisha Patel
Nancy Paul
Karen Perell
Patricia Perello
David Perez
Manuel Perkins
Patty Peters
Doug Peterson
Tu-Uyen Phan
Phuong Phuong
Victoria Pipkin-Lane
Cecilia Poon
Mike Porter
Troy Pospisil
Julie Powers
Kim Powers
Linda and William Prestwidge
Adam Price
Mike Primiani
David Proffitt
Laina Pruett
Antoinette and Roger Puccio-Johnson
Yina Qiao
Michael Radomski
Clodagh Rafferty
Lynn Rakowsky
Damon Ramirez
Muhammad Rasheed
Cynthia Raymond
Vandy Reath
Nannie Reed
Kathryn and William Reese
Ana Rey
Pat Reyes
Alexis Rice
David Rickard
Laurie and Thomas Rigler
Heather and Herb Rim
Sydney Risser
Kathryn Ritchie
Jackie Rivera
Stephanie Roberts
Patty Robinson
Brandon Rodriguez
Richard Romero
Jennifer Roth
Allison Roumbos
Dolores Roybal Saltarelli
Kim Rubio
Mariel Rubio
Jose Ruiz
Christopher Rupel
Christian Ryan
Jackie Sacerio
Wendy Sae-Tang
Liset Sanchez
Arun Sannuti
Steven Sapir
Yuka Sato
Steven Sauk
Aaron Saxe
George Scabo
Michelle Schank
Valerie Schank
Alyssa Schlange
Michael Schneidereit
Mark Schumann
Robert Seal
Farah Seguin
Hernando Serrato
Juan Sevilla
Bijal Shah
Sachin Shah
Steve Sharr
Sandy Shenkman
Adam Sheridan
Richard Shimano
Theo Shu
Ann Sieron
Teo Sierra
Oscar Silva
Therease Silvabaroa
Eric Simon
Patrick Sindelar
Andres Small
Matthew Smoller
Manuel Solano
Bounsaly Soukhaseum
Marie Speakman
Jeffrey Spencer
Lacey Strachan
John Stavrakos
Jennifer Stentz
Jennifer Stevens
Jinn Su
Brian Sulker-Hall
Suzanne Sullivan
Therese Surface
Ashley Tabaddor
Melissa Tang
Tami Tarnow
Rebecca and David Taylor
Ani Tekawade
Janet Tennyson
Shante Thompson
Stephan Thompson
Hailey Thostenson
Jessica Tillson
Analeigh Tipton
Julie To
Jon Tomlin
Marsha Tomlinson
Michael Toofer
Jose Torres
Marina Totalca
Susan Trabue
Charity Tran
Madeleine Tran
Tuan Tran
Kate and David Trifiletti
Tiffany Trinh
Anastasia Tsitsishvili
Jessica Tritsch
Jerry Tung
Carlos Turcios
Mike Twedell
Kristin Ulrich
Miguel Urias
Stefanie Valenzky
Thomas Van Dusen
Lisa Van Fossen
Emily Vandever
Art Vasconcelos
Cynthia Vasquez
Grace Vergara
Christian Victor
Michael Vinar
Kimberly Vladovic
Jean and John Vondras
Stephanie Vondras
Donald Walker
Beth Walton
Will Ward
Ashley Webb
Janet Webb
Dawn Wells
Leslie Werlin
Stephanie Wheeler
Whittier College
Tracy Wilkison
Stacey and Mark Williams
Renee Wiliiamson
Joy Wilson
Riko Wilson
Toni Wilson
Thomas Wininger
Josh Witt
Amy Wong
John Wong
Susan Wong
Alison Woodhead
Michelle Wueste
Judy Wuu
Jennie Yamaki
Dyaisha Yarber
Leeat Yariv
Emilee Yee
Caroline Yeh
Naomi Yodkovic
Mamie Young
Shirleyy Yu
Devra Zabot
Paulette Zaki
Karina Zamora
Maurice Zwass

 


If your name should be included in this list, please contact Jessica Tritsch at Jessica.Tritsch@readingtokids.org to let us know.
Click for all* donors in 2008.  (Please note that the 2008 list may not yet show recent Annual Fund Drive contributors.)

 How to Participate

Donate by check:
  Please make checks payable to Reading to Kids and mail to our office along with this form:
  Reading to Kids
1600 Sawtelle Boulevard, Suite 210
Los Angeles, CA 90025

Donate by credit card:
  No Processing Fees!
 
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Donate Monthly:
  Click here if you would like to set up a monthly credit card donation using Network for Good. 
 
Help us Fundraise!
  Supporters who would like to encourage family and friends to donate to Reading to Kids can use our Reading to Kids donor form OR create a personalized fundraising page on change.org. 

Click here for additional fundraising materials, including a sample e-mail to send to family and friends!

Special thanks to our top fundraisers in 2008!


Kristin Harper-Smith
(85 Donors, $1,000)

Matthew Jones
(20 Donors, $1,250)

Miwa Lee
(14 Donors, $40)

Christine Oppenheim
(11 Donors, $160)

MinhThu Le
(11 Donors, $88)

Jaimi Nanko
(10 Donors, $480)

Rose Marcotte
(10 Donors, $100)

Naro Mak
(8 Donors, $260)

Nemisha Patel
(8 Donors, $120)

 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:
$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
$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