Reading to Kids News

It's the final 36 hours of the year and our Annual Fund Drive, and we are only 15 donors away from meeting our goal of 500 donors!

Please help us by making your tax-deductible donation today at our Annual Fund Drive page.

Here's how you can help before our fund drive ends tomorrow:

1) Donate by check or online today. Contributions of any amount are greatly appreciated!

2) Ask friends and family to contribute! We've made it super simple - just print out our donor sheet and start asking, or spend a few minutes personalizing and sending our sample email.

3) Double your donation! Ask your employer to match your donation to Reading to Kids and double your impact.

Once they know about Reading to Kids, many will want to donate - we just need you to ask!

Note: If donating by check, please make sure the check is dated on or before December 31, 2015. If donating by credit card, the donation must be made on or before December 31, 2015.

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JANUARY 9TH READING CLUBS

Our January 9th reading clubs are just 11 days away, and we have great "Mysteries & Adventure" in store!

We still need another 50 volunteers, so please continue recruiting volunteers by joining our January 9th Facebook Event, tweeting @readingtokids, emailing friends, or any other creative ways you have in mind. Be sure to also visit our website to sign up with us!

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GET A NEW COMPUTER OR TABLET?
DONATE YOUR OLD ONE TO A KID!

At the January 9th reading clubs we are eager to give away a computer or iPad to one lucky kid at each school.

If you or your employer have any working computers that are less than 6 years old running Windows 7 or later, or Macs less than 7 years old, or iPads or similar tablets, we can give them to deserving kids!

We also need more working computer monitors (LCD screens only, please). Please email us at info@readingtokids.org for details.

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5 MORE MARATHON RUNNERS NEEDED

Do you know any runners? Please forward this email to them and ask them to join Team Reading to Kids in the 2016 Skechers Performance Los Angeles Marathon!

We urgently need five more runners to join us in one of the best marathons in the country on Sunday, February 14th (Valentine's Day). You can share this Facebook page with any of your runner friends to encourage them to join our team!

Runners can run either the full marathon or a half-marathon, and the dollars raised will go to support our monthly reading clubs.

Team Reading to Kids 2016 Skechers Performance Los Angeles Marathon

If you or a runner you know is interested in becoming one of our fundraising runners or creating a fundraising team, please email Chris Martin at marathonreadingtokids.org for all the details.

IMPORTANT NOTE: To register to run on behalf of Reading to Kids, you MUST receive from us a special web address to use when registering on the Skechers Performance Los Angeles Marathon website.

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Thank you very much for donating to Reading to Kids, and Happy New Year!