Dear Friends of Reading to Kids,
Tonight's the night! Join Reading to Kids
at 7pm for
Legendary Bingo at
Hamburger Mary's in West Hollywood!
If you've been before you know it's a blast. If you haven't, click here for a video of one of our winners last year to see what you've been missing!
All proceeds go to Reading to Kids. For more details,
visit our Bingo event on Facebook and invite your friends!
Please also click the image above for a flyer in .PDF format and forward it to anyone you know who may be interested in going tonight. You can also print out the flyer and post it, perhaps with a note that you are going and inviting others to join you.
WHEN: Tonight, Wednesday, October 19, 7pm - 9pm
WHERE: Hamburger Mary's Restaurant
8288 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90046
(323) 654-3800
Cost: $20 suggested donation (cash only, please!), which includes 9 regular bingo games and one grand prize bingo game with fantastic prizes!
Seating is limited so plan to arrive before 7:00 p.m. If you have a party of 4 or more then we strongly suggest making a reservation at Hamburger Mary's.
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NOVEMBER 12TH READING CLUBS; COLLEGE ITEMS WANTED
Click here to submit your RSVP to read at our Wonders of
Science & Technology reading clubs on November 12th. We still need 319 more volunteers, so please also ask your friends to join you.
November is also our college spirit month, and we want to give each child who attends something small with a college insignia on it.
If you can obtain college-related items, stickers are always a hit with the younger kids. For the older kids we like to give them pins/buttons, pens, pencils, notebooks, etc. But really, anything with a college logo will help plant the seeds of college interest.
If you work at or have a connection with a college, please help us by asking for a donation of items with that college's insignia. If you like, you can
click this link for a request letter/email you can send.
Great sources of items with your college's logo are the
athletic department and the bookstore!
To "sponsor" one grade at one school, we need about 40 of one item. To sponsor all of one grade at all 8 schools, then we need about 300 of one item. And anything in between would be very helpful!
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CRAFTS & CURRICULUM MEETING THIS SUNDAY, 10/23
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2016 ANNUAL FUND DRIVE UPDATE!
The 2016 Annual Fund Drive is off to a great start with $6,711 donated from 118 donors!
Those who have donated can see their names listed on our
2016 Annual Fund Drive page. If you have not yet donated, be sure to donate today so we can add your name there, too.
Our Annual Fund Drive lasts until December 31st, and our goal this year is to raise $50,000 from 500 donors. Please help us meet that goal by spreading the word to your friends and co-workers!
How Can You Help?
1) Make a pledge to donate by check or
online. Contributions of any amount are greatly appreciated!
2) Show your support by asking friends and family to contribute!
Look under the "Help us Fundraise!" header
for
our handy donor sheet
for raising money with your friends and co-workers,
a sample email you can easily personalize, and
tips for fundraising.
Also, if your workplace matches donations to nonprofits, please share with them your donation, and ask them to consider matching it. In this way you
double your donation and share with others your enthusiasm for Reading to Kids!
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