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Reading to Kids 2013 Annual Fund Drive!

Our goal is to raise $45,000 from over 1,000 donors.

Totals to date: $42,014 from 480 donors

Help us write our next chapter by making your contribution to Reading to Kids' 2013 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 20 students and 8 volunteers at Gratts Elementary School. Fifteen years later, on average, 338 Reading to Kids volunteers read to 813 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 2013 Annual Fund Drive Participants!
Sara & George Abdo
Nasrin Aboulhosn & Blaine Chiappetta
Lessa Acosta
Jennifer Adams
Raymond J. Adams
Vinay Aggarwal
Michelle Ahnn
Rebecca Aldana
Joe Alustiza
Cynthia Alvarez
Gail Anderson
Anonymous (14)
Alexander Antone
Aon
Alejandra Arcinega
Jeanne E. Arneson
Mary L. Auth
Jason & Heather Axe
Karen Badon
Soren Baker
Chandan Basho
Karli Baumgardner
Steve Baumgartner
Laura C. Bautista
Alyson Beckman
Kelly & Ronald Benton-Klein
Susan Berger
Katie Berger
Marqui Besneatte
Nicole & Michael Best
Elizabeth S. Bluestein
Terri Boelz
Nora Boghossian
Alexa Bondar
Catherine Boyd
Dalet Brady
Anne Brashier
Tiffany Bright
Carolyn Broner
Dennis & Heather Brooks
Kimaada Brown
Maureen Browne
Scott Browning
Robyn Buck
Julia A. Buck
Omar Burgess
Frances Calderon
Chaya Calmus
James Calvert
Scott Campbell
Sara Caouette
Ava Carberry
Heather Carroll
Erin Carter
Kathryn Castaneda
Kampi Chaleunsouk
Derek Chan
Charlotte & William Hinson Charitable Foundation
Chanique Chatham
Raquel Chavez
Yvonne Chavez-Meinzer
Jamie Chazen
Tori Cheifetz
Eric S. Chen
Jonathan Chen
David Cheney
Chevron Humankind
Robyn L. Chew
Bettie Chew Fujita
Jessica Chong
Anna, Robert & Alex Chong
Soyoon Choo
Ray Christian
Sonny Chu
Ryan E. Churchill
Emily Churchill
Wanda R. Colar
Karen Cooksey
Kasey Corbit
Rachel Corell
Jennifer Coyne Cassata
Kathy Cramlet
Meredith Cruse
Culver City Senior Citizens Association, Merry Makers Club
Kate & Tom Cusimano
Dylan J. Damian
Thomas H. Daniels
Viet Dao
Robert Darnton
Andrew Davis
Brittany Dean
Monica Declercq
Yentl Delanhesi
Charles DeRosa
Robinson Di Lando, APLC
Nicole & Alex Dicicco
Cheyanne Dillenberger
Michael Dillenberger
Beatrice Dingle
Kelly A. DiStefano
Ruth Mary & Alfonso Diy
Patrice L. Drakeford
Michael Dubrock
Damon Dunbar
Laura Duncan
Jill E. Durkin
Molly Edwards-Britton
Tyler Eison
John Ellis
Kevin Emigh
Fabiola Enriquez
Vanessa Enriquez-Rios
Sascha Escandon
Layne Eskridge
Francesca Esquenazi
Aracely Estrada
Krista Eulberg
Kine Fall
Sarah Fallows
Nikki Feldman
Lisa Feldman & Brian Greene
Joy Fernandez
Raquel Figueroa
Rose & Kevin Finn
Charles Flowers
Robert Fogg
Tyrone Forte
Jennifer Fox
Fox Group matching donation for David Cheney
Jennifer P. Francis
Steven G. Frattarola
Rich Frazer
Valerie Fry
Caroline Furman
Andrina Gaglio
Morit Gaifman
Amaris Galindo
Brittney Gallagher
Nicholas Gallucci
Joanna Garcia
Eloisa Garcia
Theresa Gaydon
Vin Gee
Linda & Richard Geiger
Karen & Marty Gerson
Mike Getz
Lisa Giaffo
Candice Giles
Clifford B. Gillman
Dyana Goldston
Nestor Gonzalez
Ken Goodman
Sara Goodman
Jennifer Grannis
Hannah Gray
Brandon Greeley
Gloria Greengard
Michelle R. Greer
Michelle R. Greer
Claudia & Martin Gross
Arjun Gupta
Andrea Guttag
Heather Haight
Phyllis Hall
Pamela Halpern
Hannah Hannah
Kirstin Harper-Smith
Shani Harrold
Rachel Harter
Kia Hayes
Linda Hayes
Wendy Heilman
Julie Heldman
Michelle Henniges
Johanna Henriquez
Stephen Hensel
Bernice Hernandez
Juanita Herrera
Suzanne & Lawrence Hess
Paddy Hirsch
William Ho
Catherine Ho
Sims Holland
Courtney Holloway
Christine Holmes
Andrew Hottovy
Timothy Hou
Roger Hsieh
Sophia Hsieh
Wallace Huang
Helen & Hin Hung
Justin Hunte
Shabnum & Ali Husain
Lila Hwang
Alicia Intini
Jonathan Ito
Shayla Jackson
Bobby Jaffer
Jennifer Jastrzab
Joyce A. Jastrzab
Mona Javdan
Noreen Jenkins
Susan Jeong
Kim Johnson
Monica Johnson
Bjorn Johnson
Rita & Mark Johnson
Erika Johnson-Brooks
Matthew A. Jones
Katie Jones
Debra & William Jones
Nicholas Jones
Amie Kashon
Rachael Katz
Rachel & Joseph Katz
Diana Keinejad
Nick Keller
Jonathan Kim
Karen L. Kiss
Nancy J. Kissock
Kleiner Cohen Foundation
Todd Koerner
Sarah J. Kolterman
Nicole Kong
Disha Korla
Valerie Kryger
Anita Kurani
Charmaine Lacewell
Robert Lam
Sinh Lam
Jocelyn Lam
Sheena Lam
Erin & Dan Lantz
Lisane Lapointe
Kelsey Larsen
Keith M. Le Goy
Cecilia Lee
Aaron Lenox
Andy Liang
David Liebesny
Scott Line
Winne S. Liu
Steven Lodge
Jane F. Lofton
Kelly Lohman
Nate Lombardi
Tony Lopez
Ashley Love-Smith
Eva Luc
Eric J. Luckwald
Sonia J. Luna
Gayle & Steve Lund
Kathleen M. Lungren & Ousman Jobe
Laura & Henry MacMorran
Natasia Malaihollo
Lisa M. Mandel
Christina Mar
Rosemarie Marcotte
Cliff W. Marcus
Mariana Marinho
Chris P. Martin
Jonathan Masserwick
Tony Mastria
Mark May
Michael May
Dianna & Craig May
M. Scott May & Wendy J. Kahn
Ken Mayne & Deborah LaFranchi
Kerry McCarron
Aubrey J. Mcclure
Liena McCord
Sierra Mcdonald
Candice C. McFadyen
Maria McGinley
Michael McGrew
Kenneth McKim
David S. McLaughlin
Megan Mcnamara
Jonathan W. Mead
Ronald Milberger
Callie Miller
Carole Miller
Heather & Jason Miller
Sandra Miller
Catherine & Todd Millstein
Brian Mitchell
Robyn & Jay Mitsch
Preema Modi
Murtaza Mogri
Cynthia Montes
Shelagh Moriarty
Kristy & Sean Morris
Theodora & Jerrold Morris
Julie Moskovitz
Debbie Mrazek
Marcia M. Murphy
Robert Murphy
Russell Nash
Philip Neumann
Jordan Neysmith
Karen L. Ng
Northrop Grumman Space & Mission Systems in honor of Janet Webb
Clemencia O'Connor
Omolola I. Ogunyemi
Ana & Ali Oktay
Jami L. Olson
OneHope Foundation
Carrie & Charlie Orchard
Cathy J. Ostiller
Rosemarie & James Ostiller
Karen Ostiller
Stephen Palmer
Michael Panos
Valerie Panting
Robert M. Payne
Rosalind A. Perell
David Perez
Sachin Persaud
Huong Viet Pham
Anh Phan
Lauri & James Pierik
Todd Pierik
Grace Pineda
Caroline Pintoff
Leslie Plesetz
Kasey Poteet
Kellyjo Potts
Courtney A. Prince
Monica Prokocki
Irena Prokopenko
Andy Provenzano
Antoinette & Roger Puccio-Johnson
Sandra Rabbin
Stormey Ramdhan
Annabelle M. Rea
Shalini Reddy
Reed Family Foundation
Josh Reidel
Adam Reno
Ed Resetar
Monnique Reynes
Saeed Rezvani
Janiece Richard
David T. Rickard
Karen & Roger Rickard
Didi Risom
Kathryn M. Ritchie
Susan J. Ritter
Jacqueline U. Rivera
Raquel A. Rodriguez
Marisa Rodriguez
Bryan Rollins
Monis Rose
Glenn Rossney
Kathy Rowe
Mariel Rubio
Mary & Alfonso Rubio
Michael Ryan
Courtney Ryan
Barbara & Evan Salop
Alejandro Sanchez-Lopez
Nick A. Sanders
Emily & Donald Sandersfeld
Loni Santana
Monica Santos
Jeff Sargeant
Brooke Saul
Denise & Peter Schliesmann
Kaitlin C. Schluter
Leah Schraudenbach
James Schuyler
Ann E. Schwab
Donna S. Schwarzbach
Bettye Scott
Jacqueline Scrivens
Terry Selucky
Ina Setiadji
Bijal G. Shah
Neil B. Shah
Ruchira Shah
Nevra & Steven Shapiro
Briana Sharp
Jingzhou Shen
Benjamin R. Shields
Kristin & Richard Shimano
Porscha Singh
Paris Small
Pamela J. Smith
Jen Smith
Tawnni Smith
Valeece Smith
Courtney Smythe
Tamara Sobel
Carole Sojka
Sherlyn Soo
Mark Spears
John Stavrakos
Julie Stephens
Tamara Struminger
Zoe & William Stubbeman
Kerry G. Stubbs
Valerie Swanson
Philip Swayze
Laurie Szucs
Darren Takayesu
Fred Tan
Jessica Tang
Andres Tardio
Tami R. Tarnow
Anastasia Tarpeh
Shelly Tat
Wendy Taubin
Lourdes Teh
Pilaar Terry
Stephanie Thai
Peter J. Thaler
The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation in honor of Dalet Brady
Bill Thompson
Morgan Thrower
Julie L. To
Jason Tomarken
Jon Tomlin & Elaine Lu
Jason Tran
Grace Tran
Cynthia Trejo
Kate & David Trifiletti
Jessica Tritsch
Stefanie Trujeque
Kim Truong
Jeanne Tung
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Lisa Marie Usher McLaughlin
Jaanhvi Vaidya
Catherine Van Valen
Kriththika Vasuderan
Ketsia Vedrine
Ceal Vignovich
Jean & John Vondras
Stephanie R. Vondras
Karen Wang
Debora Jean Ware
Vincent Webb, Jr.
Leslie M. Werlin
Patrick White
Julie Whitesell
Jackalyn & Smitty Wilcox
Stephanie Williams
Kori Wilson
Robert Wloszek
Shelby Wong
Susan H. Wong
Juliana Woodruff
Hope Wu
Elizabeth Yoon
Susan & Brett Yoshimura
You Think
Laurie L. Young
Julia Yu
Ivy Yu
Katherine Yu
Jason Zelin
Therese Zeyadeh
Mary (Kay) Ziesche
Elizabeth & Stuart Zimbalist
Annemarie & Richard Zimmerman
If your name should be included in this list, please contact us at info @ readingtokids.org to let us know.
Click for all* donors in 2013. 
(Please note that the 2013 list may not yet show recent Annual Fund Drive contributors.)

 How to Participate

Donate by check:
  Please click here to submit a pledge form to Reading to Kids and then mail your donation to:
  Reading to Kids
1600 Sawtelle Boulevard, Suite 210
Los Angeles, CA 90025

Donate Online via PayPal:
 
 
 
More Donation Options...
  Click here to review more donation options, including (1) setting up a recurring credit card donation,
(2) listing items for sale on eBay with some of the proceeds going to Reading to Kids, and
(3) registering your grocery store club cards through eScrip (Vons/Pavilions) and Ralphs. 

 
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 sheet OR support our Reading to Kids Cause.

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
$18 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
Special thanks to our top fundraiser Angels in 2013!

Mark May
(11 Donors, $3,429 so far)

Matthew Jones
(32 Donors, $2,890 so far)

Check back soon for more Angels!