Reading to Kids News

December 31, 2002  

The Year in Review

STUDENTS and VOLUNTEERS: We expanded to three schools this year, and we averaged a total of 400 students and 165 volunteers per month.

NEW VOLUNTEERS:
During 2002 we received 1,200 new volunteer applications, and 750 of those people volunteered with us at least once this year.

E-MAIL LIST:
In the last year the number of subscribers to our e-mail list has grown to 1,065.

LIBRARY BOOKS:
We donated over 900 new hardcover books to the three elementary school libraries.

PRIZE BOOKS:
We gave over 5,000 prize books to the students who attended the reading clubs.

VOLUNTEER HOURS:
This year our volunteers spent over 6,000 hours at the reading clubs (3 hours per volunteer per session attended).

We also want to extend a warm thank you to all of our donors in the year 2002 and to all of our Friends and Supporters. Please click here to see a list of this year's donors:
http://readingtokids.org/Donations/Donors2002.html

Click here to see a list of our Friends and Supporters:
http://readingtokids.org/Friends/index.html

Most importantly, we want to thank the schools, the teachers, and the parents of the children who attend, because without their support, we wouldn't be able to turn their schools into reading clubs on the second Saturday of each month.

Thanks again, and we wish you a safe, healthy, and happy new year.