Share the magic of reading by making your contribution to Reading
to Kids' 2014 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. Sixteen years later, on average, 381 Reading to Kids
volunteers read to 878 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 2014 Annual Fund Drive Participants! |
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Kevin Abrams
Terra & Ed Abroms
James Abroms
Lessa Acosta
Martha Acosta
Jennifer Adams
T Adams
Raymond Adams
Pooja Agarwal
Vinay Aggarwal
Rebecca Aldana
Beth Alexander
Eshon Allen
Gieselle Allen
Rebecca Alleyne
Alliant Techsystems Operations
Gail Anderson
Jesper Andreasson
Anonymous (4)
Apple Inc.
Fernando Aquino
Alejandra Arcinega
Jeanne Arneson
Revel Aspheio
Alexa Atkin
Mary Auth
Heather & Jason Axe
Jim Axtell
Ethan Axtell
Dakota Axtell
Pinto Axtell
Alexandra Babiarz
Karen Badon
Saira Baig
Steve Baumgartner
Laura Bautista
Stacey Beggs
Jocelyn Bellew
Julia Bender
Chad Benton
Susan J. Berger
Nicole & Michael Best
Nick Bilton
Sarah Blethen
The Bluestein & Feldstein Family Trust
Rebecca Bondor
Talin Boustani
Sarah Boyd
Dalet Brady
Andrea Briceno
Carolyn Broner
Marcia & Dennis Brooks
Patrick Brown
Michelle Brown
Sharon Brown
Julia Buck
James Bulliard
Andrew Burford
Jennifer Burman
Martin Cabal
David Callahan
Scott Campbell
Todd Campbell
Robert Capiral
Ava Carberry
Alec Carmona
Mardi Caruso
Suwency Centeno
Centro
Christine Chalikias
Lenora & Wayne Chapman
Chanique Chatham
Jamie Chazen
Eric Chen
David Cheney
Robyn Chew
Russ Chittenden
Jessica Chong
Anna & Robert Chong
Alex Chong
Laura Chooljian
Ria Chubin
Jinhwa Chun
Paul Chung
Scott Coen
James Coholan
Wanda Colar
Jen Connolly
Rachel Corell
Sasha Couch
Marjorie Cowley
Meredith Cruse
Denise Cruz
Irina Cuadra
Alyssa Curran
Thomas Daniels
Danielle Davis
Jalonda Davis
Monica Declercq
Nicole & Alex Dicicco
Katherine Dileo
Kelly DiStefano
Lili Divita
Ruby Diy
Linda Dorman
Kristen Dotto
Erika Dowdell
Michele Downie
Jill Durkin
Beth & Dave Dworkin
Jackie Parker Earnhart
Kevin-Paul Edwards
Hannah Edwards
Nora Eibisch
Nivi Elango
Jillian Ellis
Marissa Enfield
Peter Enzminger
Brett Erickson
Adanary Escobar
Mark Evans
Dianne Falco
Annette Fasone
Lisa Feldman
Kayla Ferguson
Joy Fernandez
Deeanne Ferraro
Rose & Kevin Finn
Suzy Flores
Eileen Fogarty
Jenna Foley
Lisa Frank
Dane Frank
Steven Frattarola
Alexandra Frnka
Morit Gaifman
Norma Garcia
Maryann Garger
Valerie Gathwright
Theresa Gaydon
Linda & Richard Geiger
Mike Getz
Lisa Giaffo
Simon Gibson
Margaret Gillespie
Christina Gillis
Clifford Gillman
Shakira Glover
Anna Goebel
Deanna Gomez
Pam Goodman-Hough
Google Inc.
Kevin Gordon
Jennifer Grannis
Dorothy Gray
Ronald Greenawalt
Greenberg Glusker
Gloria Greengard
Michelle R. Greer
Matt Grimes
Jane & Tom Grimes
Lynn Grotewold
Robert Guerra
Tami Guo
Jason Hafford
Heather Haight
Scott Hajer
Katie Hale
Pam Halpern
Kelly Hammer
Lily Hanna
Hannah Hannah
Nathalie Harewood
Kirstin Harper-Smith
G. Harris
Rachel Harter
Carla Hawkes
Linda Hayes
Kia Hayes
Ebony Haywood
Bing He
Julie Heldman
Jen Hendrickson
L. Bruce Hendrickson
Sivilay Henry
Bernice Hernandez
Elvira Hernandez
Hope Hernandez Axtell
Suzanne & Lawrence Hess
Jim Hess
Russell Hing
Charlotte & William Hinson Charitable Foundation
Kathleen Ho
Andrew Hottovy
Myra Howard
Sophia Hsieh
Wallace Huang
Helen & Hin Hung
Maria Ibarra
IBM
Ara Injejikian
Jonathan Ito
Jennifer Jackson
Barbara Jacobs
Alexander A. & Ruth E. Jacobson Charitable Foundation
Bobby Jaffer
Jennifer Jastrzab
Joyce Jastrzab
Margaret Jensen
Dr. Jianu
Xavier Jimenez
Kathleen & Ousman Jobe
Dorris Johnson
Rita Johnson
Erika Johnson-Brooks
Katie Jones
Debi Jones
Nicholas Jones
Crystal Jones
Matthew Jones
Ana Jones
Norman Joseph
Vanessa Joslyn
Dina Kampmeyer
Amie Kashon
Jenika B. Katz
Tatum Katz
Julia Keane
Molly Keedy
John Kehs
Tim Kelly
Jill Kennett
Catherine Kersh
Jean Kim
Susan Kim
Shawnna Kim
Philip Kim
Lucas King
Karen Kiss
Kleiner Cohen Foundation
Sandra Knapp
Todd Koerner
Armon Kolver
Nicole Kong
Valerie Kryger
Barbara Kutzman
Fran & Ken Kwock
Claudine La Rocca
Maria Laing-Smith
Brian Lam
Erin & Dan Lantz
Noel Le
Heather Leahy
Jeanne Lee
Sunny Lee
Serena Lee
Joyce Lee
Marsha Lenox
Skylar Lenox
Juliana Leon
Anne Letscher
Valerie Lettera-Spletzer
Jacqueline Leung
Nikki Levy
Dymon Lewis
Flo Li
Andy Liang
Jay Liebowitz
Suling Lim
Wendy Linderholm
Alan Lindsay
Jane Lofton
Julia Lomino
Andrea Loney
Marcelo Lopez
Raudel Lopez
Christina Lopez
David Lopez
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Lauren Lorman
Tom Lott
Ashley Love-Smith
Rochelle Lozano
Eva Luc
Sonia Luna
Scott Macdonald
Kim Mackey
Laura & Henry MacMorran
John Madden
Marian Maldonado-Pagan
Melissa Malfara
Lori Malfara
Mely Manalo
Marion Manchester
Lisa Mandel
Claire Manneh
Marcus Manohar
Christina Mar
Cliff Marcus
Katherine Marsh
William Marshall
Christopher P. Martin
Melanie Marx
Tony Mastria
Dickey Matthew
Mark May
H Michael May
M. Scott May & Wendy Kahn
Allison Mcatee
Kerry McCarron
Aubrey Mcclure
Ryan McGorman
Mitchell McIntire
David McLaughlin
Ryon McMannus
Jonathan Mead
Stan Meade
Charl Mechum
Stephen Meek
Jose Mendez
Chris Merrill
Terese & Donald Miller
Callie Miller
Kevin Miller
Heather Miller
Cheryl Miller
Brian Mitchell
Robyn & Jay Mitsch
Preema Modi
Amol Mody
Kristy & Sean Morris
Theodora and Jerrold Morris
Julie Moskovitz
Stephanie Mothershed
The Clients of MPRM Communications
Alison Muckle
Elizabeth Muhm
Marcia Murphy
Rachel Myers
Ayumi Nakamoto
Nish Narayan
Priscilla Nee
Barry J. Neely
Jordan Neysmith
Karen Ng
Terry Ng
Andrew Nguyen
Wanjiru Njendu
Janet Noah
Cassiopeia Nodalo
Northrop Grumman Space & Mission Systems
Sabrina Nouadir
Mary Nurrenbern
Michelle & Mark O'Connell
Gitta O'Halloran
Ana & Ali Oktay
Mark Oliver
Ashley Oliver
Jami Olson
Carrie & Charlie Orchard
Denise Orme
Cathy J. Ostiller
Rosemarie & James Ostiller
Karen Ostiller
Melanie Overby
Lisandra Pagan
Kaysha & Jason Palmer
Marci Pantiliat
Aleeza Parayno
Amita Parikh
Sharon Parlia
Patricia Partida
Sagar Patel
Robert Payne
Dan Peavy
Stacey Peck
Veronica Pedroza
Natalie Pena
David Perez
April Peterson
Huong Viet Pham
Priscilla Pham
Henry Phan
Sean Phillips
Jerrilyn Phu
Lauri & James Pierik
Caroline Pintoff
Katherine Pirozzi
The Playa Foundation
Shaina Poulard
Indu Premakumar
Jennifer Price
Courtney Prince
Andy Provenzano
Cindy Puga
Christinia Purcell
Michael Raley
Khushboo Rami
Jessica Ramirez
Paulo Ramos
Lindsay Rapkin
Marlene Rapkin
Annabelle Rea
Shalini Reddy
Reiner Redermacher
Reed Family Foundation
Michelle Reeves
Rick Rekedal
Jay Renshaw
Ed Resetar
Ti Revak
Monnique Reynes
Saeed Rezvani
Janiece Richard
David T. Rickard
Roger & Karen Rickard
Cheryl Rila
Kathryn Ritchie
Susan Ritter
Jackie Rivera
Corinna Rodriguez
Gloria Rodriguez
Marisa Rodriguez
Raquel Rodriguez
Lanson Rohwedder
Bryan Rollins
Natalie Romero
Lisa Rosen
Dr. Rosenman
Chase Rossner
Glenn Rossney
Charles Rowell
Mariel Rubio
Debbie Sabag
John Sabino
Kimberly Sadler
Violeta Saldivar
Barbara & Evan Salop
Benjamin Salisbury
Johnny Saltzstein
Emily & Donald Sandersfeld
Tina Sanderson
Jeff Sargeant
Jennifer Sasaki
Brooke Saul
Lynette Scheid
Jon Schmidt
Ann Schwab
Genese Scott
Jacqueline Scrivens
Robert Seal
Prince Selvage III
Ina Setiadji
Judy Seymour
Ruchira Shah
Neil Shah
Susan Shapiro
Briana Sharp
Erica Sheerin
Molly Sher
Kristin & Rich Shimano
Susan Shioya
David Shipko
Doug Sievers
Jen Smith
Andrea Smoot
Tamara Sobel
Karin Somogyi
Artur Spigel (in honor of our clients, thank you from 7ate9 Entertainment)
Julia Stalder
Eric Stanford
John Stavrakos
Sasha Stern
Sonia Stevenson
Donna Stidham
Stephanie Stratz
Katrina Straub
Tamara Struminger
Zoe & William Stubbeman
Kerry Stubbs
Kristen Studard
Joanna Studebaker
Jay Suede
Yvonne Szefer
Darren Takayesu
Jessica Tang
Tami Tarnow
Kathy & Dave Teal
Lourdes Teh
Stephanie & Cam Thai
Peter Thaler
Alyson Thibault
Clarence Tiu
Katharine Tobler
Jon Tomlin
Tony Tong
Emma Torres
Jason Tran
Jennifer Tran
Gwen Trevathan
Kate & David Trifiletti
Jessica Tritsch
Jeremy Ureta
Gena Urowsky
Jaanhvi Vaidya
Vida Valderrama Jackson
Selina Vazquez
Ceal Vignovich
Jean & John Vondras
Mary & Daniel Wachtel
Angela Waldrop Gilbert
Alea Walker
Amanda Walsh
Anne Wang
Martin Watt
Janet Webb
Andrea Weiner
Les Werlin
Patrick White
Clayton White
Daniel White
Julie Whitesell
Jackie Wilcox
Aletha Wild
Allison Willensky
Jen Willis
Sarah Wilson
Kori Wilson
Jillian Wiseman
Shelby Wong
Melissa Wong
Derek Wong
John Wong
Susan Wong
Sophia Yang
KC Yasmer
Robert Yee
Angelique Yen
Elizabeth Yoon
Courtney Young
Jason Zelin
Adam Zelin
Mary Ziesche
Elizabeth & Stuart Zimbalist
Annemarie & Richard Zimmerman
Samantha Zyck
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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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for all* donors in 2014.
(Please note that the 2014 list may not yet show recent Annual
Fund Drive contributors.)
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How
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Donate by check: |
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Please
click here to submit a pledge form to
Reading to Kids
and then mail your donation to:
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Reading to Kids
1600 Sawtelle Boulevard, Suite 210
Los Angeles, CA 90025
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Donate Online via PayPal: (no PayPal account required) |
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More Donation
Options... |
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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,
(3) registering your grocery store club cards through
eScrip (Vons/Pavilions) and Ralphs, and
(4) registering for FREE with Amazon Smile to donate 0.5% of your Amazon.com purchases to Reading to
Kids!
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Help us Fundraise! |
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Supporters who would like to encourage family and friends to
donate to Reading to Kids can use our
Reading to Kids
donor sheet OR share our
Reading to Kids
Cause.
Click here for additional fundraising materials, including a
sample email to send to family and friends!
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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 |
$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 2014! |
Become a Reading to Kids Angel by gathering at least 10 donations!
Matthew Jones
(16 Donors, $2,433 so far)
Mark May
(10 Donors, $3,695 so far)
Heather Miller
(26 Donors, $225 so far)
Bernice Hernandez
(14 Donors, $159 so far)
Samantha Zyck
(11 Donors, $115 so far)
Jenika Katz
(8 Donors, $124 so far)
Rebecca Aldana
(6 Donors, $74 so far)
Cecilia Nguyen
(5 Donors, $35 so far)
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