Be part of our story by making your contribution to Reading to Kids' 2010
Annual Fund Drive! Each year, from the October to
the December 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. Eleven years later, an
average of 440 Reading to Kids volunteers read to over 1,000 children
each month at seven 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 $41,000! This year, our
goal is to raise at least $45,000 from 1,000 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 Karen Kiss at the Reading to Kids office at (310)
479-7455 or by e-mail at Karen.Kiss @ readingtokids.org.
Thank you for your support!
Thanks to
Our 2010 Annual Fund Drive Participants! |
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Susan Wong
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Anne and Rich Zimmerman
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If your name should be included in this list, please contact
Karen Kiss at Karen.Kiss @ readingtokids.org to let us know.
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for all* donors in 2010. (Please note that the 2010 list may not yet show recent
Annual Fund Drive contributors.)
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How to
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Special thanks
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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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