Last Saturday's reading clubs were full of arts and entertainment! 200 volunteers read to 328 kids, with the help of 13 teachers and staff and 45 parents also in attendance.

Many of the kids were also delighted with the movie posters, prizes, and refurbished computers we gave away!

The kids will be back in school next week, so the September reading clubs are going to be HUGE!

We are very happy to announce the arrival of our new Program Coordinator, Nicole Rodriguez!

Nicole is a recent University of Southern California graduate, earning a Master of Social Work degree with a concentration in Community Organizing, Planning and Administration. Prior to that she earned her BA in Psychology from Florida International University. In 2012-13 she completed a year of AmeriCorps service as a Corps Member for City Year Los Angeles, where she spent a year tutoring and mentoring students at the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools in LAUSD.

Please introduce yourselves to Nicole as you meet her at the reading clubs, events and committee meetings, and at El Cholo.

We will need hundreds of volunteers for our September reading clubs, so please tell everyone you know about your favorite volunteer opportunity!

To get started, sign up with us today. Then join our September 12th Facebook event so your friends will see that you will be attending.

Tweet @readingtokids, post to Facebook, and email your friends, letting them know that we still need more volunteers.

Make sure to tell your friends and family:

1) The reading clubs are the morning of September 12th near Downtown LA
2) Volunteers must sign up online at www.readingtokids.org
3) The school at which you will be reading

You can also help us by printing out this flyer and posting it at coffee shops, the gym, your office, or favorite community bulletin board.

UPCOMING SOCIAL EVENTS AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS

THANK YOU, LINDSAY!