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Reading to Kids 2015 Annual Fund Drive!
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Our goal is to raise $45,000 from over 500 donors.

Totals to date: $54,296 from 556 donors

Help the children we serve explore the world through reading by making a contribution to Reading to Kids' 2015 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. Seventeen years later, on average, 364 Reading to Kids volunteers read to 830 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 2015 Annual Fund Drive Participants!
Maryanna Abdo
Suzette Abend & Jaime Goldfarb
Raymond Adams
Sana Ahmed
Amanda Ahn
Michelle Ahnn
Ramona Alejandro
Elizabeth Alexander
Aura Alvarado
Cynthia Alvarez
Angela Amador
Graciela Anchante
Harry Anderson
Anonymous (18)
Rene Michelle Aranda
Alejandra Arciniega
Brendan Arenas
David Arias
Jeanne Arneson
Rita Augustine
Madeline Austin-Kulat
Mary Auth
Heather & Jason Axe
Michelle Azhdam
Karen Badon
Emily Bagtas
Amanda & Robert Baker
David Baker
Martha Balkan
Sonia Bao
Julissa Barajas
Ron Barbagallo
Priscilla Barcelo
Jacob Barron
Chandan Basho
Karen Batres
Steve Baumgartner
Laura Bautista
Alyson Beckman
Alyse Benchia-Reilly
Susan Berger
Karen Bernardes
Philippa Bernstein
Nicole & Mike Best
Sarfaraz Bhiwani
Katherine Biesel
Blair Bigelow
Kathe Bloom
Elizabeth Bluestein
Terri Boelz
Diana Boley
Kat Boyd
Dalet Brady
Christina Branom
Maribel Bravo
Iliana Brenes
Beatrice Breslaw
Carolyn Broner
Erika & William Brooks
Anthony Brown
Sharon Brown
Patrick Brown
Jessica Brown-Clark
Frances Calderon
David Callahan
Scott Campbell
Veronica Campos
Ava Carberry
Shelby Carmichael
Josefina Castro
Mark Celones
Jorge Chanez
Chanique Chatham
Crystal Chavarria
Andrew Chavez
Jamie Chazen
Oscar Chen
Eric Chen
David Cheney
Angela Cheng
Tiffany Cheng
Robyn Chew
Anna & Robert Chong
Jessica Chong
Alex Chong
Soyoon Choo
Laura Chooljian
Josi Chow
Paul Chung
Shirley Churgin
Michal Clements
Leslie Coates
Wanda R. Colar
Eileen Colavita
Ivana Coleman
Rachel Corell
Domingo Corona
Lee Courtney
Marjorie Cowley
Jennifer Coyne Cassata
Stephanie Crane & Kevin Rowe
Meredith Cruse
Jean & Alden Dahlberg
Dylan Damian
Eriel Datuin
Jennifer Davis
Andrea De Urioste
Enrique Del Castillo
Karin Dentamaro
Kiarash Derakhti
Mike DeVries
Jeanne DiNovis
Kelly DiStefano Berardi
Diane Doan
James Dolan
Matthew Dominguez
Seth Dorfman
Linda Dorman
Erika Dowdell
Michele L. Downie
Kay Duke
DoHoang Duong
Nikki Duplessis
Jill Durkin
Edison Downtown, Inc.
Charles Edward
Hannah Edwards
Vaibhav Ekbote
Jillian Ellis
Karalee Ensign
Rattana Epley
Rebecca Epstein
Kyle Evans
Caroline & Mel Fair
Georgette Faris
Risa Feldman
Mark Fiore
Eileen Fogarty
Megan Fortenberry
Steven Frattarola
Alexander Frew
Morit Gaifman
Jessica Garcia
Emmalee Garcia
Mary Rachel Gardner
Theresa Gaydon
Linda & Richard Geiger
Julie Getman
Lisa Giaffo
Margaret Gillespie
Kevin Giser
Gennifer Goldstein
Dalia Gonzalez
Mark Goodkin
Jeffrey Goodman
Kevin Gordon
Christina & Alex Governatori
Andreia Gray
Catherine Gray
Kerri Green
Carol Green
Gloria Greengard
Nathaniel Greengard
Michelle Greer
Katie Greer
Jenna & Adrian Grieb
Sarah Grogan
Carl Groner
Elissa Grossman
Steven Guerrero
Tami Guo
Angelina Guzman
Darryn Hall
Jeannie Hammelman
Whit Hansen
Shaila Haque
Kirstin Harper-Smith
Hardhi Harris
Keah Harris
Carla Hawkes
Kia Hayes
Jennifer Hendrickson
L. Bruce Hendrickson
Sivilay Henry
Bernice Hernandez
Suzanne & Lawrence Hess
Joanna Hess
Kathleen Ho
Andrew Hottovy
Sophia Hsieh
Kwei Kuang Hsu & Green Shiaoching Hsueh
Wallace Huang
Kelsey Rebecca Hughs
Helen Hung
Joe Hunter
Ali Husain
IBM
Mark Islam
Nathaniel Jackson
Cofi Jackson
Jess Jacobs
Taimi Jacobson
Alexander A. & Ruth E. Jacobson Charitable Foundation
Devendra Jadhav
Jamberry Nails
Jeremiah James II
Jennifer Jastrzab
Joyce Jastrzab
Ousman Jobe
Tiara Johnson
Alexandre Johnson
Rita Johnson
Crystal Jones
Silken Jones
Matthew Jones
Pamela Jones
Katie Jones
Nick Jones
Debi Jones
Debra & William Jones
Karen Jordan
Nancy Julson
Amelia Kacena
Dina Kampmeyer
Sophia Kang
Carol & Gerald Karmele
Amie Kashon
Andrew Kasson
Tatum Katz
Lindsay Kauffman
Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors Foundation
Tom Keenan
Edie Keene
Sarah Kelley
Catherine Kersh
Joel Kessel
Nia Kilgore
Dianna Kilgore
Joy Kim
Alex Kim
Lenore King
Karen Kiss
Kristina Klassen
Edward Klein
Terry & Stephen Klein
Kleiner Cohen Foundation
Nicole Kong
Ingrid Koopman
Seth Krauss
Svetlana Kushnareva
Ashley Lancaster
Dan & Erin Lantz
Fred Leach
Brittney Lee
Jeremy Lee
Jessica Lee
Sherry Lee
Jeongeun Lee
Janell Lenfert
Skylar Lenox
Maggie Leung
Shannon Lewis
Sherrie Li
Andy Liang
Alexandra Libro
Carolyn & Jack Liebowitz
Carrie Liesenbein
Suling Lim
Grace Lin
Jenny Lin
Jessica Lin
Wendy Linderholm
Sheri Linzell
George Lioio
Clovis Lofton
Kristina Loughery
Ashley Love-Smith
Henry Loya
Lozano Smith, LLP
Eva Luc
Connie Luc
Sonia Luna
Kathleen Lungren Jobe
Leah Mackinney-Buckley & Gary Buckley
Susan Madden
Lorena Madrigal
Elissa Malek
Lauren Mammini
Elizabeth Mammini
Lisa Mandel
Cliff Marcus
Chris Martin
Eddy Martinez
Mauri Matsuda
Deborah Matthews
Erica Maxwell
Mark May
Dianna & Craig May
M. Scott May
William May
H. Michael May
Lawrence Maybir
Ken Mayne & Deborah LaFranchi
Aubrey McClure Campbell
Candice McFadyen
Jasmine McGee
Anne McGrath
Lorraine McIntire
Lisa McLaughlin
Jonathan Mead
Jose Mendez
Michelle Mendonca
Amy Mendoza
Karla Menjivar
Sergio Meza
Microsoft
Joel Miller
Callie Miller
Haley Minish
Emily Miramontes
Brian Mitchell
Erick Mitchell
Emily Miyoshi
Amol Mody
Andres Montemayor
Cynthia Montes
Lori Moose
Shelagh Moriarty
Kristina & Sean Morris Theodora & Jerrold Morris
Julie Moskovitz
Steve Moskovitz
The Clients of MPRM Communications
Elizabeth Muhm
Brandon Muller
Joseph Mullich
Sheryl Nakano
Nish Narayan
Guillermo Navarro
Sara Neff
Deanna Neil
Karen Ng
Terry Ng
Vinh Ngo
Kimberly Nguyen
Kim A. Nguyen
Ynez Nguyen
Chi Nguyen
Anthony Nguyen
Kedy Nguyen
Truong Nguyen
Tedman Nguyen
Joy Nicolini
Janet Noah
Claudia Nolan
Northrop Grumman Space & Mission Systems
Aaron Notestine
Ana & Ali Oktay
Jami Olson
Gabrielle Olya
Carrie & Charlie Orchard
Marjorie Ornston
Cathy J. Ostiller
Rosemarie & James Ostiller
Rick Ostiller
Patricia Ostiller
Hayley Ostrin
Amethyst Pagaduan
Lisandra Pagan
Grace Pai
Benigno Panahon
Vanessa Panek
Mashie Pargevuni
Patricia Partida
Kosha Patel
Robert Payne
David Perez
April Peterson
Hilary Petrizzo
Huong Viet Pham
Amanda Phillips
Heather Polubinski
Bianca Portillo
Shaina Poulard
Kim Powers
Ramana Prakash
David Price
Leslie & Andy Provenzano
Antoinette & Roger Puccio-Johnson
Judy Raffel
Chauncey Raglin-Washington
Nazia Rahman
Tasnim Rahman
Michael Raley
Sumana Rallapalli
Siriwan Ratanawan
Annabelle Rea
Shalini Reddy
Reed Family Foundation
Emma Rees
Michelle Reeves
Rick Reitz
Abigail Rethore
Ti Revak
Kevin Reyes
Joanna Reyes
Saeed Rezvani
Janiece Richard
David Rickard
Michael Ricker
Kathryn Ritchie
Susan Ritter
Jacqueline Rivera
Marisa Rodriguez
Raquel Rodriguez
David Romero
Paul Rosenberg
Rachel Rubio
Mariel Rubio
Olivia Ruiz
Fateh Sahota
Mahanvir Sahota
Jasmine Salinas
Barbara & Evan Salop
Johnny Saltzstein
Elin Sandegaard
Emily & Donald Sandersfeld
Tina Sanderson
SAP Software Solutions
Eileen Scahill
Lynette Scheid
Kaitlin Schluter
Nancy & Marlon Schulman
Kacey Schultz
Ann Schwab
Genese Scott
Robert Seal
Deborah Servi
Inawati Setiadji
Bijal Shah
Ruchira Shah
Briana Sharp
Joanne Shimada
Kristin & Rich Shimano
Laura Shinners
Doug Sievers
Carrie Silvano
Judi-Anne Simmons
Cody Simons
Sarbjit Singh
Andrea Smoot
Tamara Sobel
Max Sosna-Spear
Beate Speer
Julia Stalder
Amy Standring
Julie Stephens
Sonia Stevenson
Katrina Straub
Zoe & William Stubbeman
Kerry Stubbs
Sugar Foods Corporation
Jennifer Sugden
Adam Sullivan
David Sykora
Lelia Symington
Laurie Szucs
Ashley Tabaddor
Andres Tafoya
Oliver Tan
Jessica Tang
Tami Tarnow
Lindsay Taylor
Kathleen Teal
William Tedjo
Lourdes Teh
Stephanie & Cam Thai
Peter Thaler
Megan Thomas
Stan Thompson
Mayuran Tiruchelvam
Jon Tomlin
Kevin Tran
Leah Tran
Truong Tran
Tony Tran
Jacqueline Tran
Travel-Ticker
David Trifiletti
Jessica Tritsch
Louis Tse
Jerry Tung
Frank Urbina
Vida Valderrama Jackson
Claudia Valles
Erika Valles
Kimberlee Vander Most
Valery Vasquez
Rodrigo Vazquez
Isabel Vazquez
Selina Vazquez
Galina Velikanov
Joy Vest
Ceal Vignovich
Victoria Vogel
Aparna Voleti
Johnathan Vuong
Angela Waldrop Gilbert
Colin Walker
Bekka Walker
Billy Walsh
Warner Brothers Entertainment
Janet Webb
Les Werlin
Greg White
Patrick White
Clayton White
Paige White
Kristin White
Jackie Wilcox
Allison Willensky
Kori Wilson
Tom Wilson
Toben Windahl
Susan Wong
Lance Xing
Angel Yang
Pablo Ybarra
Robert Yee
Amber Yeron & Brandon Pleus
Kevin Yin
Elizabeth Yoon
Sabrina Yoong
Courtney Young
Kimiko Young
Laurie Young
Jason Zelin
Adam Zelin
Betsy 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 2015. 
(Please note that the 2015 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:
(no PayPal account required)
 
 
 
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,
(3) registering your grocery store club cards through eScrip and Ralphs, and
(4) registering for FREE with Amazon Smile to donate 0.5% of your Amazon.com purchases to Reading to Kids!

 
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 share 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
$250 20 hardcover read aloud books
$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 2015!

Become a Reading to Kids Angel by gathering at least 5 donations!

Matthew Jones
(23 Donors, $3,120 so far)

Patrick White
(19 Donors, $1,030 so far)

Mark May
(10 Donors, $4,756 so far)

Kimberly Nguyen
(12 Donors, $27 so far)

William Tedjo
(12 Donors, $25 so far)

Kirstin Harper-Smith
(7 Donors, $285 so far)

Rachel Corell
(7 Donors, $380 so far)

Carrie Orchard
(6 Donors, $236 so far)