Our Wonders of Science & Technology reading
clubs are just 9 days away, so please sign up now,
then also join our
November 10th Facebook Event to spread the word to your friends!
Please also email and post on your Twitter/Facebook/Instagram/ etc. that we need more volunteers. Be sure to tell your friends and family:
1) The reading clubs are the morning of November 10th near Downtown LA
2) Volunteers must sign up online at
www.readingtokids.org
3) The school at which you will be reading
4) Encourage them to wear their college's logo to inspire the kids to college!
Please also print out this flyer and post it in heavily populated locations such as coffee shops, the gym, your office or other various community centers. Make it a personal and fun social event by including the school at which you'll be reading. You can also use this
easy email template to reach out to your friends and co-workers.
Set up a group to volunteer with us
E-mail us at info@readingtokids.org and we'll get your group added into our volunteer group list!
November 10th is also College Spirit Day,
so be sure to rep your college proudly! We'll be
tallying the number of volunteers sporting their college
logo that morning and announcing the winner the following
week!
If you're
signed up but know you can't make it after all, please
cancel your RSVP as soon as you can.
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READING TO KIDS AMBASSADORS
NEEDED NEXT WEEK!
Next week for an hour or two between 7:30am and 2:30pm,
we need your
help conducting quick classroom walk-throughs to encourage kids
to come to this Saturday's reading clubs.
Please reply to
info@readingtokids.org or call the office at
(310) 479-7455 if you can be an Ambassador!
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URBAN HIKE NEAR
THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH
Join us for an urban exploration of hills and neighborhoods in the area near the Hollywood Bowl.
We will tour the Hollywood Dell, Whitley Heights (the first celebrity enclave in Hollywood) and the
High Tower, a roadless neighborhood set in the hill next to the Bowl that you probably never noticed!
We will go up and down streets and stairways and see sites of interest along the way.
We will gather at 9:00 am on Sunday, November 11th in front of the 101 Coffee Shop on Franklin. The hike will be led by Mark May.
The full route is about 6 miles but there are several places en route where hikers can easily return to
the starting place. We should be done by 12 noon. Look for parking on adjoining streets or ride Metro
to Hollywood and Vine and walk up the hill. You can RSVP on our Facebook event or simply show up that Sunday morning!
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2018 ANNUAL FUND DRIVE UPDATE!
THANK YOU HEATHER IMERMAN,
OUR 1ST ANGEL!
The
2018 Annual Fund Drive is going strong with
$10,902 donated from 164 donors!
We also thank and congratulate Heather Imerman for being our first
2018 Annual Fund Drive Angel!
Heather became an Angel through her Facebook fundraiser by gathering donations from at least 10 of her friends. Thank you, Heather!
Our Annual Fund Drive
lasts until December 31st, and our goal this year is to raise
$55,000 from 550 donors. Please help us meet that goal by
spreading the word to your friends and co-workers!
Those who have donated can see their names listed on our
2018 Annual Fund Drive page.
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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9 MORE RUNNERS NEEDED FOR MARATHON,
1/2 MARATHON, OR 5 K!
Do you know any runners? Are you a
runner? Please forward this email to them
and ask them to join
Team Reading to Kids in the 2019 Skechers Performance Los
Angeles Marathon on Sunday,
March 24th!
We're looking for five more full marathon runners and four Charity Challenge runners (the last 13 miles of the course) to join us in one of the best marathons in the country.
If either of those distances is too daunting, you can join us in the Big 5K (that's just 3.1 miles) near Dodger Stadium the day before the marathon on Saturday, March 23, 2019.
You can
share this Facebook group with any of your runner
friends to encourage them to join our team!
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
marathon@readingtokids.org!
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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