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Help us inspire children
with a love of reading!
  

Our goal is to raise $45,000 from over 1,000 donors during our 2011 Annual Fund Drive!

Totals to date: $35,799 and 593 donors!

Be part of our story by making your contribution to Reading to Kids' 2011 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, 300 to 500 Reading to Kids volunteers read to 800 to 1,200 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.

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 email at Karen.Kiss @ readingtokids.org.

Thank you for your support!

Thanks to Our 2011 Annual Fund Drive Participants!
Mary Abdo
Raymond Adams
Sana Ahmed
Michelle Ahnn
Rebecca Aldana
Deborah Alton-Matthews
Greg Alexanian
Adrian R. Allen
Stephanie Alma
Patrick Alverez
Mitchell Ambler
Francesca Ammon
Sabeen Anad
Gail Anderson
James Anderson
Anonymous (122)
Jeanne Arneson
Margret Arnold
Arthur Avedissain
Lorraine Axelson
Alejandra Ayala
Chris Backley
Caitriona Balfe
Andra Baran
Barnes & Noble Bookfairs
Steve Baumgartner
Emily and James Beaghan
Leslie Bejarano
Milissa Beltrami
Chad Benton
Genevieve Bermingham
Marqui Besneatte
Nicole and Michael Best
Carolyn Blount
Elizabeth Bluestein
Caye Bohn
Matthew Bolger
Gina Bonilla
Erin Broadhurst
Carolyn Broner
Christina Brown
Holly Brown
Joseph Brown
Patrick Brown
Maureen Browne
Julia Buck
Jane and August Buenz
Jimmie Burns
Elizabeth Cabana
Julie Calderoni
David Callahan
Barbara Caranto
Pilar Casillas
Roco Castillo
Hannah Celino
Stephanie Chang
Jamie Chazen
Kendra Chell
Dei Chen
Eric Chen
Robyn Chew
Russell Chittenden
The Chong Family
Jessica Chong
Baron Chu
Eveline Chu
Sonny Chu
Ryan Churchill
Stephen Coats
Rachelle Cohen
Sylvie Cohen
Rachel Corell
Jennifer Coyne Cassata
Kathy Cramlet
Jorge Cruz
Jacquelyn Dang
Amy Danielewicz McCombs
Shendrick Davis
Alisha Deac
Roland Dela Pena
Robert De La Guerra
Damien DeLaura
Diane Delgadillo
Maya and David Diakoff
Kelly DiStefano
Ruby Diy
Michele Downie
Molly Draper
Stevan Dumas
Jill Durkin
Edison Downtown
Lisa Eichberger
Jana Eisenstein
Karen Ellingson
Gary Ellis
Mark Encinias
Alejandra Escobar
Kathy Escobedo
eScrip
Joseph Fang
Kevin Fisher
Andrea Flipton
Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Fdn
Wendy Feldman
Jessica Fong
Lily Frgelec
Clara Fried
Keith Gaddis
Morit Gaifman
Sarah Garbers
Linda and Richard Geiger
Richard Geiger
Audrey George
Matt Gerard
Lisa Giaffo
Xochitl Gilkeson
Clifford Gillman
Jeremy Glazer
Sara and Robert Gloss
Anna Goebel
GoodSearch
Lauren Gossett
Marcus Grant
Dominic Gray
Green Air Environment, Inc.
Courtney Guy
Stephanie Halgren
Pamela Halpern
Joel Hamilton
Kirstin Harper-Smith
Rachel Harter
Teresa and Michael Harter
Megan Harwood
Tiffany Hawthorne
Lillian Haynes
Telieka Hechanova
Wendy Heilman
Jennifer Hendrickson
Layne and Carl Herschel
Francisca Hermenegildo
Rosa Hernandez
Gergoria Herrera
Suzanne and Lawrence Hess
Kathleen Ho
Casey Hogan
Andrew Hottovy
Timothy Hou
Sandy Hsu
Jonathan Hui
Helen and Hin Hung
Ali Hussain
Elisa Ibarra
IBM
IMR, Inc.
Michael Iracondo
Bobby Jaffer
Sarah Jaffray
Elise James
Jennifer Jastrzab
Joyce Jastrzab
Michelle Jin
Ousman Jobe
Linda Johnsonbr
Monica Johnson
Sandra and Jay Johnson
Tunisia Johnson
Zella Johnson
Debra and William Jones
Tracey Jong
Thristina Kanka
Jonathan Kelley
Tim Kelly
Jennifer Kemp
Catherine Kersh
Kessel Communications
Taj Kestenberg
Heather Hyeshin Kim
Martin Kim
Michelle Kim
Miriam Kim
Rachel Kim
Soo J. Kim
Katie King
Karen Kiss
Kleiner Cohen Foundation
Jerry & Terri Kohl Family Foundation
Roy Komoto
Chloe Korban
Abigail Korth
Carrie Kost
Kroger
Paula Kurilich
Fran and Ken Kwock
Cheryl Lacour
Abigail Lane
Brandon Lanthier
Erin and Daniel Lantz
Deborah Larcom
Benjamin Last
Emily Lave
Kasey Leavitt Corbit
Linda Lee
Sunny Lee
Maria Lemus
Marsha Lenox
Brittany Lewis
Patrice Lewis
Stephanie Liang
Sarah Lien
Teodora Lima
Johanna Lire
Winne Liu
Johnson Lo
Adrean Logan
Mireya Lopez
Gayle Lorenzi
Ashley Love-Smith
Jennifer Lowe
Edith Lozano
Eva Luc
Eric Luckwald
Sonia Luna
Kathleen Lungren
Andy Luo
Ngoc Luo
Linda Ly
Andrew Lynch
Melissa Mackevicius
Laura and Henry MacMorran
Narine Madayan
Lauren Maher
David Malkoff
Starr Manatort
Habiba Manjurr
Claire Manneh
Rosemarie Marcotte
Cliff Marcus
Chris Martin
Martin Family Giving Fund
Johnny Martinez
Tony Mastria
Crosby Mason
Kimiko Masuda
Kristin Matthews
Maud's Project
Dianna and Craig May
Howard Michael May
Mark May
Deborah LaFranchi and Ken Mayne
Sara McDonald
Candice McFadyen
Margie McFadyen
Shaun McLaren
David McLaughlin
Theresa McNamee
Anjetta McQueen
Phillip Meldman
Gregory Melkonian
Christopher Mendez
Jennifer Mendoza
Ariana Metchik
Anna Mezhebovsky
Callie Miller
Heather Miller
Emily Miramontes
Sarah Momohara
Sandra Montes
Audrey and Joe Morchy
Kristy and Sean Morris
Julie Moskovitz
Mariandrea Mueller
Bonaventure Mushonga
Morgan Nadaj
Nishant Narayan
Jeff Nedic
Trisha Nedic
Arlene Needham
Sara Neff
Dana Nelden
Patrick Nercessian
Jordan Neysmith
Karen Ng
Northrop Grumman
Hanbee O
Jeret Ochi
Ana and Ali Oktay
Fred Oddie
Jami Olson
Joanne and Stephen Oppenheim
Carrie and Charlie Orchard
Marjorie Ornston
Cynthia Orozco
Darien Orr
Mark Ortiz
Salvatore Osio
Cathy Ostiller
James Ostiller
Haley Owen
Kevin Thomas Page
Michael Panos
Justin Patterson
Robert Payne
David Perez
Lars Perner
Patty Peters
April and Zia Peterson
Amy Pham
Henry Phan
Nelielyn Pichon
Paris Poirier
Antionette and Roger Puccio-Johnson
Brian Quigley
Chauncey Raglin-Washington
Ralphs
Jessica Ravelo
Norman Raymundo
Yesenia Rayos
Michelle Reeves
Lindsay Reich
Ricardo Relinque
Ed Resetar
Alicia Drozen Resnick
David Rickard
Ricci Rieva
Heather and Herb Rim
Sydney Risser
Kathryn Ritchie
Jackie Rivera
Raquel Rodriguez
Mike Roitman
Roll Giving
Lenore Rothman
Mariel Rubio
Jordan Ruden
Barbara and Evan Salop
Deepika Saluja
Joel Sanchez
Liset Sanchez
Nick Sanders
Lisbeth Santana
Erin and Hector Sapinoso
Lynette Scheid
Alex Schmidt
Trevor Schmidt
Jason Schwab
Donna Schwarzbach
Betty Scott
Rachel Senturia
Mary-Kate Seward
Bijal Shah
Ruchira Shah
Briana Sharp
Eileen Seymour
Kristin and Rich Shimano
Melissa Shimuzu
Judy Silag
Sjaak's Organic Chocolates
Alexandra Smith
Jim Smith
Lady Smith
Rose Smith
Tawnni Smith
Tamara Sobel
Francisca Solis
Bounsaly Soukhaseum
John Stavrakos
Julie Stephens
Kerry Stubbs
Adam Sullivan
Amit Sumal
Samantha Summers
Melinda Sunnu
Shakthi Sureddi
Jenny Ta
Tami Tarnow
Peter Thaler
Teresa Thomas
Adria Tinnin
Sandra Tomayo
Tony Tong
Susan Trabue
Jason Tran
Michelle Tran
LeeAnn Trevino
Kate and David Trifiletti
Jessice Tritsch-Tatro
Rich Troiani
Kim Truong
R. Dexter Tucay
Jerry Tung
Cynthia Turner
Lisa Marie Usher McLaughlin
Jennifer Usyak
Jaanhvi Vaidya
Stefanie Valensky
Jenny Valladares
Maria Antonia Vazquez
Michael Velasco
Ana Ventura
Ceal Vignovich
John Villar
Aparna Voleti
Amanda Walsh
Tina Wan
Jenny Wang
Tracy Wang
Colleen Wanzer
Karen Watkins
Janet Webb
Lizanne Webb
Leslie Werlin
Jackalyn and Smith Wilcox
Joanne Wilkie
Darnell Williams
Chris Wilson
Stephen Wilson
Win
Brian Winger
Jasmine Wu
Yahoo! Employee Giving
Jennie Yamaki
Joey Yan
Leeat Yariv
Elizabeth Yoon
Gary Young
Laurie Young
Nancy Yu
Annemarie and Richard Zimmerman


If your name should be included in this list, please contact Karen Kiss at Karen.Kiss @ readingtokids.org to let us know.
Click for all* donors in 2010. 

 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 your own personal Causes Wish to spread the word to all your Facebook friends.

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

 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
$19 15 take-home prize books for participating kids
$50 4 hardcover read-aloud books
$125 100 take-home prize books for participating kids
$400 1 month worth of read-aloud books at one school
$625 500 take-home prize books for participating kids
$850 All of the reading club expenses (books, supplies, and food) for month of reading clubs at one school
$1,250 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