Share the adventure by making your contribution to Reading to Kids' 2012
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. Thirteen years later, on
average, 375 Reading to Kids volunteers read to 800 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 Charlie Orchard at the Reading to Kids office at (310)
479-7455 or by email at Charlie.Orchard @ readingtokids.org.
Thank you for your support!
Thanks to
Our 2012 Annual Fund Drive Participants! |
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Mary L. Auth
Barbara and Evan Salop
Nick A. Sanders
Cece Tio
Sara and George Abdo
Vic Adamo
Katie Adams
Aleesa Adams
Raymond J. Adams
Vinay Aggarwal
Michelle Ahnn
Michelle Ahnn
Rebecca Aldana
Mary Altmann
Felix Alvarenga
Mitchell Amsler
Gail Anderson
Anendi Marketplace
Anonymous (29)
Jennifer M. Aranas
Alejandra Arcinega
Jeanne E. Arneson
A. Arnheim
Linda Arvanites
Christina Asuncion
Karo Atanesyan
Avery Dennison
Heather and Jason Axe
Holly K. Axe
Nicole Babaran
Karen Badon
BAMKO Foundation
Chandan Basho
Emily Baskin
Becca Battoe
Steve Baumgartner
Laura C. Bautista
Rory Bebbington and Jessica Kwon
Kelly and Ronald Benton-Klein
Nicole and Michael Best
Daniel Blatt
Carlyn Blount
Elizabeth Bluestein
Ilana Blumenfeld-Gantz
John Boeve
Sarah K. Boyd
Dalet Brady
Richard Brand and Elena Christopoulos
Amy Brennen
Nicole Brice
Carolyn Broner
Dennis and Heather Brooks
Patrick Brown
Maureen Browne
Julia A. Buck
August Buenz
Margaret Bushee
Roger Cairns-Berteau
Michael Calderon
David Callahan
Nancy Camacho
Susan Carlton
Ernie Caro
Chrissy Carr
Angelica and Enrique Casillas
Allison Celosia
Gabrielle Cervenka
Christal Chacon
Stephanie Chang
Victor T. Chao
Ashley Chase
Chanique Chatham
Jamie Chazen
Eric S. Chen
Brian Chen
David Cheney
David Cheney
Chevron Humankind Matching Gift Program
Robyn Chew
Bill Childers
Kristal Chin
Jessica Chong
Soyoon Choo
Sandy Chou
John Chov
Wynne Chow
Kathleen Chu
Emily Churchill
Clark Construction Group, LLC
Wanda Colar
Murray Company
Janelle Connor
Karen Cooksey
Kira Cooper
Rachel Corell
Josh Cortez
Lamaie Cramer
Kathy Cramlet
Michelle and Rick Crowe
Mary Crowley
Meredith Cruse
Olivia Cruzat
Peter Debbaneh
Alejandro Diaz
Ruby Diy
Michele L. Downie
Patrice L. Drakeford
Tad Duke
Damon Dunbar
DoHoang T. Duong
Nikki Duplessis
Jill E. Durkin
Eddie Earl
Thane Economou and Reena Bhansali
Denise Eggings
Lisa Eichberger
Beth and Mordechai Eisenberg
John Ellis
Carolina Enciso
Chuck Engel
Fabiola Enriquez
Peter Enzminger
Krista Eulberg
Selena Evins
Nick Falzerano
Lisa Feldman and Brian Greene
Victoria Feudo
Madeline Field
Mark Fiore
John Fisher
Thomas Flynn
Steven G. Frattarola
Jill Frazee
Rich Frazer
Sarah Garbers
Eliseo Garcia
Justin Garfield
Janiece Gatson
Rand Geiger
Linda and Richard Geiger
Karen and Marty Gerson
Clifford B. Gillman
Anna Goebel
Sally Gold
Nestor Gonzalez
GoodSearch
Jennifer Grannis
Jill Gravender
Green Air Environmental, Inc.
Michelle R. Greer
Shannon Gregory
Courtney Guy
Stephanie N. Halgren
Phyllis Hall
Hope Hall
Brad Hall (pushed us to $50,000!)
Pamela Halpern
Jiapeng Hao
Ken Harper
Marybeth Harper
Kirstin Harper-Smith
Rachel Harter
Teresa and Michael Harter
Nat Hawkins
Ann Hayden
Linda Hayes
Douglas Hearns
Wendy Heilman
Julie Heldman
Jen Hendrickson
Bruce and Dava Hendrickson
Sivilay S. Henry
Jonathan Hernandez
Suzanne and Lawrence Hess
Lindsey Hilde
Laurie Hiller
Randy Ho
William Ho
Kathleen A. Ho
Ann Hoang
William Hoppins
Tomoko Horrie
Andrew Hottovy
Jean Huang
Wallace Huang
Helen and Hin Hung
Stephen Ibarra
Iris Ichishita
IMR, Inc.
Michael C. Iracondo
Jonathan Ito
Jennifer M. Jackson
Bobby Jaffer
Abraham Jamaleddine
Jennifer Jastrzab
Maria Jeon
Ousman Jobe
Monica Johnson
Rita Johnson
Erika Johnson-Brooks
Crystal Jones
Katie Jones
Nicholas Jones
Matthew A. Jones
Pamela Jones
Nicholas Jones
Debi Jones
Debra and William Jones
Kelly Kahl
Rebecca Kalauskas
Heather Kaminsky
Felicia Kamriani
Rachel and Joseph Katz
Rachael Katz
Amanda Keller
Tim Kelly
Leah Kerr
Hina Khan
Soo Jin Kim
Marisa Kimura
Brittany Kinsland
Karen Kiss
Nancy Kissock
Todd Koerner
Jo Koerner
Richelle Koffman
Sarah Kolterman
Disha Korla
Andy Kortright
Armine Kourouyan
Alicia Krautheim
Alicia Kreutzkampf
Ryan Kristan
Kroger
Barbara Kutzman
Fran and Ken Kwock
Leedia Lahmy
Tracy Lam
Anna Lambrix
Abigail Lane
Lisane Lapointe
Michael Lariosa
Jocelyn Lau
Jeremy L. Lawson
Sung Lee
Lynn Lee
Brittney Lee
Sunny Lee
Jennifer Lefton
Keith Legoy
Marsha Lenox
Skylar M. Lenox
Amy Levin
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Laurie Leyden
Florence Li
Andy Liang
Jennifer Lin
Winne Liu
Emmanuel Liwag
Gayle M. Lorenzi
Ashley Love-Smith
LRN Corporation
Thanh Lu
Daniel Lu
Eva Luc
Maricruz Lucio
Eric J. Luckwald
Kathleen Lungren
Jing Luo
Nancy Lyon
Robin Mackenroth
Laura and Henry MacMorran
Reena Magsarili
Charles Mai
Lisa M. Mandel
Rosemarie Marcotte
Cliff W. Marcus
Christopher Martin
Martin Family Giving Fund
Bernadette Martinez
Tiffany Martinez
Shelley Matsutani
Mark May
Dianna and Craig May
Scott May
Ken Mayne and Deborah LaFranchi
Kerry McCarron
Heather McClure
Jamie McCormick
Alexandra McCown
Brad McDermott
Margie McFadyen
Candice McFadyen
Ryan McGorman
David McLaughlin
Robin Meares
Ravi and Kshama Mehra
Shannon Melamed
Jose Mendez
Jessica Mershon
Callie Miller
Heather and Jason Miller
Miller Environmental
Todd and Catherine Millstein
Benjamin Minter
John Mitchell
Jay Mitsch
Rachel Modahl
Sarah Momohara
Alfredo Montolla
Cheryl Moore
Veronica Morales
Audrey and Joe Morchy
Erika Moreira
Mark Morgran
Shelagh Moriarty
Kristy and Sean Morris
Theodora and Jerrold Morris
Julie Moskovitz
Catalina Munoz
Tamra Nakagawa
Nishant Narayan
Barry Neely
Sara Neff
Jordan Neysmith
Mai Nguyen
Michelle Tran Nguyen
Andrew Nguyen
Justin Nicholas
Northrop Grumman Space & Mission Systems in honor of Janet Webb
Monica Obaldo
Frances O'Brien
Occidental Petroleum
Clemencia O'Connor
Omolola Ogunyemi
Ana and Ali Oktay
Jami Olson
Joanne and Stephen Oppenheim
Carrie and Charlie Orchard
Rosemarie and Jim Ostiller
Cathy Ostiller
Karen Ostiller
Luz Padilla
Andrea Parilo
Millie Paul
Robert M. Payne
August Pelliccio
Emelia Pelliccio
Margaret Peng
Cristina Perez
David Perez
Edmund Perlas
Patty Peters
April Z. Peterson
Michael Pickard
Leslie Plesetz
Federico Ponce
Kim Powers
Ralph Prete
Courtney Prince
Antoinette and Roger Puccio-Johnson
Jane Quach
Damon Ramirez
Asim Rasheed
Jessica Ravelo
Andre Raw
Annabelle M. Rea
Harita Reddy
Michelle Reeves
Rick Reitz
Jesus Reynoso
Kimberly Rice
David T. Rickard
Cecil Rickard
Roger L. Rickard
Kathryn M. Ritchie
Susan Ritter
Jackie Rivera
Miguel Rivera
Sharon Roberts
Raquel A. Rodriguez
Marisa Rodriguez
Rosalind A. Rosalind A. Perell
Melissa Rose
Elizabeth Rozakis
Mariel Rubio
Kayley Ryan
Natascha Saavedra
Kountinya Sai
Patricia A. Saienni
Khabab Salama
German Salazar
Shana Sanders
Erin and Hector Sapinoso
Erica Sardarian
Edgar Sardarian
James Schuyler
Ann Schwab
Donna S. Schwarzbach
Ina Setiadji
Neil Shah
Ruchira Shah
Briana Sharp
Benjamin Shields
Kevin Shilay
Kristin and Richard Shimano
Theo Shu
Rachel Siok
Pamela Smith
Michael C. Smith
Annabelle Soares
Tamara Sobel
Carey Soifer
Carole Sojka
Lara Solanki
Luis A. Solis
Claudina Soriano
Bounsaly Soukhaseum
Timothy Spooner
Joshua Stamberg
John Stavrakos
Janet Stavrakos
Julie N. Stephens
Sonia Stevenson
Heather Stillman
Jessica Lee Strickland
Kerry G. Stubbs
Mark Sullano
Summer House Fine Art
Marika and David Sykora
Laurie Szucs
Alex Tafet
Tami R. Tarnow
Shelly Tat
Jessica and Paul Tatro
Patrick Tatten
Peter J. Thaler
The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation, corporate matching gift
Brent Tinter
Julie L. To
Jon Tomlin and Elaine Lu
Yecenia Torres
Marina M. Totalca
Steven Tran
Jason Tran
Sarah Tricomi
Sarah Tricomi
Kate and David Trifiletti
Sinh Trinh
Sandra Trost
Kim Truong
Jerry Tung
Jeanne Tung (our 500th donor!)
Tatiana Turan
Henry Turner
Treva Tyler
Adam Underwood
Lisa Marie Usher McLaughlin
Jaanhvi Vaidya
Rami Vail
Vida P. Valderrama Jackson
Stephanie Valenzky
Ceal Vignovich
Thao Vo
Aparna Voleti
Jean and John Vondras
Chau Vuong
Rick Walden
Marcy Walton
Weifen Wang
Janet Webb
Kalyn Weber
Leslie Werlin
Bryan Wessel
Amelia Wijaya
Jackie and Smitty Wilcox
Joanne Wilkie
Kori Wilson
Scott Wiltermuth
Brent Wisener
Blythe Wolber
Shelby Wong
Rhonda Wood
Kathryn Woodruff
Earl Wright
Yahoo! Matching Gifts Program
Jennie A. Yamaki
Elizabeth Yoon
Susan and Brett Yoshimura
Laurie Young
Colin and Daphne Young
Laurie L. Young
Jason Zelin
Ricardo Zendejas
Annemarie and Richard Zimmerman
Ellen Zubeck
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If your name should be included in this list, please contact us at
info @ readingtokids.org to let us know.
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Click
for all* donors in 2012.
(Please note that the 2012 list may not yet show recent
Annual Fund Drive contributors.)
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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 |
$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
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$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.
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Special thanks
to our top fundraiser Angels in 2012! |
Matthew Jones
(33 Donors, $5,565 so far)
Kirstin Harper-Smith
(43 Donors, $2,020 so far)
Emelia Pelliccio
(9 Donors, $141 so far)
Monica Obaldo
(8 Donors, $120 so far)
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