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Weekly News Update
November 16, 2006    

Dear Friends of Reading to Kids,

Our College Spirit Day reading clubs were a lot of fun: we had 291 volunteers and 628 kids in attendance!

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USC WINS WITH THE MOST COLLEGE SPIRIT!

With more than 50 colleges represented on Saturday, the College Spirit Day Competition was intense!  For the first time in College Spirit Day history, USC has been named the winner!  It was a close race, with USC pulling ahead of UCLA by only 1 person with their 40 volunteers to UCLA's 39!  Thanks to USC's Alpha Phi Omega and Beta Alpha Phi for bringing 20 of those volunteers to Magnolia! 

Excluding the Los Angeles area schools, Stanford had the most statewide representation with 14 volunteers.  Cal also had a strong showing with 12 volunteers.  University of Michigan pulled together the most out-of-state support with 7 volunteers! 

Thank you to all the volunteers who showed up in their college attire to help get our kids excited about going to college!

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DECEMBER READING CLUBS

Click here to submit your RSVP for our "Winter Holidays" Reading Clubs on December 9th.

Our December Clubs are bound to be a lot of fun!  We are planning visits by Santa, a raffle, and lots of great holiday crafts. Sign up early to make sure you reserve your spot!

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 THANK YOU ANNUAL FUND DRIVE DONORS!

The November 11th reading clubs marked the official end to our 2006 Annual Fund Drive.  (That does not mean that we will not graciously accept year-end donations!)

Thanks to all of your support, we have exceeded our 2006 goals of $30,000 from individuals and 500 total donors!  Since we are still receiving donations this week, we will send out a final count later this month.  To see a list of Annual Fund Drive donors, click here.

THANK YOU to everyone who participated in Reading to Kids' 2006 Annual Fund Drive!  Your donations go a long way in helping to inspire children with a love of reading!

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ANNUAL HOLIDAY TASKFORCE MEETING AND POTLUCK

Join Reading to Kids at our Holiday Taskforce Potluck, Meeting, and Open House! Come and enjoy good company and conversation! 

This will be a great opportunity to learn about the Reading to Kids Taskforce if you are interested in getting more involved with the management of Reading to Kids.  To learn more about the Taskforce prior to the meeting, click here

The event is a potluck, so please feel free to bring an entree, appetizer, salad, dessert, beverages or utensils.

The gathering will be at Los Angeles High School (4650 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA). We will be meeting in the faculty cafeteria, which is in the NE corner of campus (the corner of West Blvd. and Olympic). You can park on the blacktop or in the parking lot (enter from Rimpau Blvd.).

   WHAT: Holiday Gathering and Open House
   WHEN: Monday, December 11th 
              
Social hour begins at 6:30pm. 
               Meeting begins at 7:30pm.

   WHERE: Los Angeles High School
   (4650 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA)
   RSVP: 
Click here 

If you have any questions, or if you would like additional information, please contact me at (310) 479-7455 or via e-mail at
Jessica.Tritsch@readingtokids.org.

We hope to see you there!

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Have a great day!

  Jessica Tritsch
  Program Director 
  Reading to Kids
  1600 Sawtelle Blvd, Suite 210
  Los Angeles, CA 90025
  (310) 479-7455
  (310) 479-7435 (FAX)
 
info@readingtokids.org
 
In this issue . . .
- College Spirit Day Wrap Up
- December Reading Clubs
- Annual Fund Drive
- Holiday Taskforce Potluck
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November 2006
Reading Club Status
School Kids Volunteers 
Esperanza

 135 

72

Gratts

  56 

42

Hoover 

163

60

Magnolia 

149

67

Politi 125 59

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December Books. . .

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Second Grade


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Third Grade

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Fourth Grade

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Fifth Grade

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