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Reading to Kids 2022 Annual Fund Drive!
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Our goal is to raise $60,000 from 600 donors.

Totals to date:
$75,795 from 431 donors

Help us imagine what's next by contributing to Reading to Kids' 2022 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. Twenty three years later across eight elementary partner schools, an average of 287 Reading to Kids volunteers read to 554 children each month prior to the pandemic, with an average of 75 volunteers reading to 170 children while we were limited to using Zoom from May 2020 to August 2022. Starting September 10, 2022 we are back to in-person, on campus reading clubs, and 188 volunteers read aloud to 343 kids that morning!

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! Reading to Kids appears to be one of the few extracurricular activities consistently available to students during the ongoing pandemic.

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 donating to Reading to Kids today.

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 2022 Annual Fund Drive Participants!
Mary Abdo
Melissa Ablan Smyth
Raymond Adams
Maureen Adduci
Agency Guacamole LLC
Sana Ahmed
Michelle Ahnn
Beth Alexander
Karen Allen
Stephanie Allen
Brooke Amaral
Vivian An
Paul & Mary Anderson
Anonymous (15)
Pamela Anton
Lisa Arakaki
Erika Arambula
Rae Arroyo
Lauren Ash
Karen Asraf
AT&T
Mary Auth
Heather & Jason Axe
Holly Axe
Karen Badon
Martha Balkan
Jennifer Baptiste
Brenda Barnes
Michelle Bates
Clasi Beason
Preston Beckman
Alyson Beckman
David Bensimon
Kaye Bentley
Susan Berger
Patricia Bergey
Nicole & Michael Best
Courtney Black
Elizabeth Bluestein (in memory of Jim Ostiller)
Jeff Boehm
Emily Bohbrink
Boston Scientific Employee Giving
Dalet Brady
BreakThrough Technologies
Josh Brener
Sharon Brener
Austin Broder
Patrick Brown
Anthony Brown
Julia Buck
Barrett Buss
Carlos Butler
Heidy Caceres
David Callahan
Amanda Carter
Jennifer Cassata
Jamie Chazen
Eric Chen
David Cheney
Brian Cheng
Ashley Cheng
James Chevallier
Robyn Chew
Russell Chittenden
Jessica Chong
Ana Chua
Charles Clemons
Darcy Coleman
Talethe Collins
Alessandra Conti
Robert Coombs
Rachel Corell & Adam Zelin
Megan Cottier
Jazmin Covarrubias
Amanda Crew
Meredith Cruse
Yma Dandridge
Lesley Daniels
The Thomas H. Daniels Living Trust
Jennifer Davis
Rachel Dennin
Chip Diggins
Ruth Mary & Alfonso Diy
Collin Doherty
Seth Dorfman
Michele Downie
Kimberly Duman
Damon Dunbar
Eric Dunlap
Ellen Dunlap
Jessica Dunning
Nhan Duong
DoHoang Duong
Jill Durkin
Brad Dushkin
Jackie Earnhart
Sarah Edwards
Sarah Effinger
Elevate Public Affairs LLC
Marissa Enfield
Adam England
Tina Epstein
Kristen Evans
Jennifer Evans
Evangeline Everly
Kelly Fancher
Robert Feinstein (in memory of Margaret Hodgson)
Sam Feldman
Matt Feldman
Jon Felson
Kathleen Flood
Melanie Flowers
Lindsey Ford
Julia Forgie
Bruce Forsland
Steve Frattarola
Carly Frei
Liesel Friedrich
Kyla Garcia
Sanae Garcia
Jamie Gardner
Maria Gavin
Lisa Giaffo
Becky Gimple
Mary Goldberg
Alison Goldman
Karen Gomez
Robin Gonsalves
Jeffrey Goodman
Barbara Gorder
Jean Grabow
Jennifer Grannis (in honor of Patricia Grannis )
Jaimi Gray
Karen Green
Sarah Green
Nathaniel Greene
Gloria Greengard
Googy Gress
Dana & Thomas Grogan
Martin Gross
Luke Guerin
Heather Haight
Brad Hall
Dan Harrison
Carla Hawkes
Nat Hawkins
Linda Hayes
Nichole Heilbron
Paul Heinzman
Jennifer Hendrickson
Dava & Bruce Hendrickson
Sivilay Henry
Veronica Herbert
Bernice Hernandez
Maria Hernandez
Yael Herrera
Suzanne Hess
Danielle Hjerpe
Kathy Ho
Jamie Holloway
Ken Hoo
Kaitlin Hook
Heather Horn
Ani Hovanessian
Sophia Hsieh
Wallace Huang
Lea Hudson
Luke Hung
Ali & Shabnum Husain
Marlen Ibarra
Marlen Ibarra-Ortiz
Ola Iko
The Illumina Foundation
Jonathan Ito
Barbara Jacobs
Joyce Jastrzab
Jennifer Jastrzab
Mona Javdan
Robin Jensen
Sarah Joanna
Rita Johnson
Jennie Jolliffe
Katie Jones
Matthew Jones
Libni Juarez
Gina Judge
Amelia Kacena
Howard Kamins
Hartaj Kandola
Amie Kashon
Natasha Kazi
Teig Keenan
Regan & Scott Kemper
Paul Keo
Janice Kim
Kleiner Cohen Foundation
Lisa Kodmur
Armon Kolver
Nicole Kong
Ingrid Koopman
Klinton Kugel
Lauren Kuhn
Paula Kuhns
Kirsten Kuiken
Hope Lagos
Karen Landaverde
Alexandra Lanjewar
Erick Lankey
Dan & Erin Lantz
Samuel Laskey
Kaitlin Leb
Lynsay Lee
Sunny Lee
Erin Lee
Jennifer Lefton
Clarissa Leija
Maggie Leung
Jackson Leung
Daniel Leviton
Jay Liebowitz
Jenny Lin
Karlyn Lind
Wendy Linderholm
Darren Lipari
Kimberley Litzsey
Niel Loeb
Jane Lofton
Katherine Mack
Leah Mackinney-Buckley
Lorena Madrigal
Nick Maestas
Katie Magallon
Alison Magistrali
Lisa Mandel
Marbleous Kreations
Christopher Martin
Raul Martinez
Johnny Martinez
Carlos Martinez Romero
Yuval Marton
Melissa Mason
Mary Mason
Tony Mastria
Kimiko Masuda
Diana Matsushima
Antonina Maxey
Mark May
Craig May
Scott May
Ken Mayne
Barbara McCarthy
Amy McCombs
Lorraine McIntire
Megan McNamara
Kevin McNary
Jonathan Mead
Rachel Meritt
Asher Messam
Heather Michaels
Kara Mickelson
Monica Miller
Callie Miller
Margarita Milnes
Brian Mitchell
Amol Mody
Cynthia Montes
Greg Morishige
Kristy & Sean Morris
Theodora Morris
Julie Moskovitz
Michael Muson
Nish Narayan
Rashida Neal
Netflix
Jordan Neysmith
Ngoc Nguyen
Doanh-Dalena Nguyen
John Nicholas
Tina Nides
Joelle Niimi
Betty Niimi
Andrew Nordin
Samantha Normandin
Ayla Norris-Smith
Grant O'Connell
Ana & Ali Oktay
Jami Olson
Gabrielle Olya
Carrie & Charlie Orchard
Cathy Ostiller
Patricia & Steve Ostiller
Nick Ostiller & Aina Abad
Rick Ostiller & Sally Rau
Kimberly Ostiller (in honor of Cathy Ostiller and in memory of Jim Ostiller)
Rosemarie Ostiller (in memory of Jim Ostiller)
Karen Ostiller in honor of Her Honor, Cathy J. Ostiller's appointment to the Bench
Lisandra Pagan-Malik
Grace Pai
Yatin Parkhani
Kylee Pena
Jacqueline Penn
Daphne Peponides
Nidia Peralta
David Perez
Laura Perry
Linda Peterson
PlayStation Cares
Kimberly Powers
Andy Provenzano
Toni Puccio-Johnson
Rapkin Family Charitable Fund
Chris Rasmussen
Marvin Recinos
Michelle Reeves
Shayna Resnick
Janiece Richard
David Rickard
Matt Riedy
Robert Ripley
Jackie Rivera
Roblox
Lizbeth Romero
Emma Rose
Glenn Rossney
Litza Roumeliotis
Mariel Rubio
Karoline Saffi
Ali Salo
Evan Salop
Liset Sanchez
Melissa Sanders
Nicholas Sanders
Emily Sandersfeld
Jennifer Sarkissian
Casey Schuman
Ann Schwab
May Sebel
Prince Selvage III
Dean Sharp
Briana Sharp
Sneha Shashikumar
Julia Shedlin
Anastasia Shepherd
Ben Shields
Kristin & Rich Shimano
Susan Shioya
Silikovitz
Carrie Silvano
Susan Silver
Julie Sina
Michelle Sinclair
Dave Sloan
Andrea Smoot
Tamara Sobel
Marco Solis
Melina Soto
Esther Sportello
Laurie St. Clare
Julia Stalder
Alison Stauf
Heather Stillman
Brandon Stroman
Zoe and William Stubbeman
Stephanie Suntwanuparp
Laura Swan Macmorran
Noelle Swanson
Donald Sweetnam
David Sykora
Marilyn & Armin Szatmary
Ashley Tabaddor
Carla Tassara
Teresa Taylor
Kathy & David Teal
Stephanie Thai
Lourdes The
Rachel Thimble
Stan Thompson
Julie To
Jonathan Tomlin
Dave Trifiletti
Jessica Tritsch
Robin Valle
Tulia Vazquez Montes
Joy Vest
Jean Vondras
Barbara Walton
Sarah Warisi
Janet Webb
Amy Wells
Caroline Werlin
Elizabeth Wheaton
Clayton White
Simonia White
Patrick White
Jackie Wilcox
Destiny Williams
Kathy Williams
Laura Wilson
Abby Wilson
Sarah Winningham
Ray Wisbrock
Thomas Wong
Shelby Wong
Leanna Wood
Amy Wruble
Yahoo Inc.
Jennie Yamaki
Robert Yee
Elizabeth Yoon
Susan Yoshimura
Laurie Young
Rory Zacher
Louise Zeitzew
Jason Zelin
David Zimbalist
Betsy & 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.

 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)
 
 
If using the PayPal app on your phone, send money to paypal@readingtokids.org

Donate by Venmo:
  Our Venmo is @readingtokids

(You may need to press the "Charities" button to find us.)
 
Help us Fundraise!
  Supporters who would like to become one of our 2022 fundraising Angels by encouraging family and friends to donate to Reading to Kids can use our Reading to Kids donor sheet OR Fundraise for us on Facebook.

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

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!

 

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 13 take-home prize books for participating kids
$50 4 hardcover read-aloud books
$130 100 take-home prize books for participating kids
$250 20 hardcover read aloud books
$400 1 month worth of read-aloud books at one school
$650 500 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
$1,300 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 2022!



Matthew Jones
(51 Donors, $4,384)

Mark May
(23 Donors, $5,576)

Alyson Beckman
(10 Donors, $236)