Reading to Kids News

May has arrived and with it our Fantasy, Folklore, & Fairytales reading clubs on May 11th! Sign up to volunteer today!

We still need 35 more readers, so help spread the word by also joining our May 11th Facebook event

We especially need more of our experienced volunteers to help as GLCs, Training Coordinators, Check-In Helpers, & Site Operations Helpers. You can read about those roles here and email [email protected] if you want to help in any!

Site Coordinator Jessica Lee has been volunteering since 2008!

Click the above image for an Instagram video of Site Coordinator Jessica Lee celebrating her decade with Reading to Kids!

(If you are signed up but can't attend after all, please click here to cancel so someone else can read!)

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 [email protected] or call the office at (310) 479-7455 if you can be an Ambassador!

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BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW FOR OUR
20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION,
COMEDY NIGHT, & SILENT AUCTION
ON MAY 11TH!

Reading to Kids 20th Anniversary Celebration

Please celebrate with us as Reading to Kids turns 20 years old at our May 11th reading clubs! Tickets are now on sale for our event that evening!

We'll be partying like it's 1999 again at the beautiful Historic Woman's Club in Santa Monica, hosted by internationally-known Mallory Lewis and Lamb Chop and her "After Dark" material!

We'll also have a silent auction, a DJ, and a video presentation, with comedians Jodi Miller, Henry Phillips, Darren Capozzi, and Adam Richmond performing an incredible night of comedy!

Head on over to our 20th Anniversary Celebration page to buy your tickets and see all the details so far!

Please also click the above image for our 20th Anniversary postcard to share online or forward to anyone you know who may be interested in going.

Tickets are $35 online before 2pm on 5/11/19, $45 at the door while tickets last. ****Guests must be 18 and over.****

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20TH ANNIVERSARY
EVENT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

If you can volunteer at our 20th Anniversary Celebration on May 11th for two or more hours from as early as 4pm until the end, please call the Reading to Kids office at (310) 479-7455 or email [email protected].

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THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE
ELLA FITZGERALD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION!

The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation has once again supported us, this time with a donation of 2,516 new books! Starting this month our volunteers will give them away to kids at the reading clubs, where they will delight children for years to come!

Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation sticker

Please join us in thanking the Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation by visiting their website and the official Ella Fitzgerald Facebook fan page.

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Thanks, and we hope you can join us at our May 11th reading clubs and party with us at our 20th Anniversary Celebration that night!