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Reading to Kids News
September 26, 2019
 

Dear Friends of Reading to Kids,

October starts Tuesday, which means our biggest reading clubs of the year are coming up soon! We need YOUR help to recruit another 163 readers!

To get started, sign up today. Then join our October 12th Facebook Event so your friends will see you'll be attending.

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 message template to reach out to your friends and co-workers.

October means magicians! We also encourage all volunteers to dress up in school-appropriate Halloween costumes!
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Halloween costume
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DRAG QUEEN BINGO THIS WED. OCT. 2ND:
JOIN US & SHARE OUR FLYER!

Drag Queen Bingo!

This Wednesday join Reading to Kids for Legendary Bingo at Hamburger Mary's in West Hollywood!

The drinks are strong, the drag queen bingo is "R" rated, and seating is limited, so be sure to reserve your seat in advance!

Reading to Kids Bingo Night flyer

If you've been before you know it's a blast. If you haven't, click here for a video of one of our previous winners to see what you've been missing!

We need more bingo players! Whether or not you can go, please click the image above for a flyer in .PDF format, and forward it to anyone you know who may be interested in going to our Legendary Bingo Night.

You can also print out the flyer and post it wherever many people are likely to see it, perhaps with a note that you are going and inviting others to join you.

WHEN:   This Wednesday, Oct. 2, 7pm - 8:30pm
WHERE: Hamburger Mary's Restaurant
              8288 Santa Monica Blvd.
              West Hollywood, CA 90046
              (323) 654-3800
              bingoboyinc.com/schedule-of-events/
Cost:  $20 suggested donation (cash only, please!), which includes 9 regular bingo games and one grand prize bingo game with fantastic prizes!

Legendary Bingo is very popular and there is limited seating available. Plan to arrive before 7:00 p.m. to get a seat. We strongly suggest making a reservation at bingoboyinc.com/schedule-of-events/ or (323) 654-3800 to ensure your seat.

All proceeds go to Reading to Kids. To help recruit players, visit our Oct. 2nd Bingo event on Facebook and invite your friends!

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OCTOBER BOOKS
CRAFTS & CURRICULUM MEETING
THIS SUNDAY, SEPT. 29TH AT 10AM

Reading clubs crafts

Are you crafty? Help us create the activity and craft guides for the October books - join us this Sunday, Sept. 29th at 10:00am for our next Curriculum Committee Meeting at the Reading to Kids office. Our address is in our signature below.

Click here for our Facebook event or click here for the Evite!

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BUY A READING TO KIDS T-SHIRT
BY THIS SUNDAY, 9/29!

(Click on each photo below to see a larger version.)
Reading to Kids t-shirt front     Reading to Kids t-shirt back

It's time once again to get your very own Reading to Kids t-shirt!

We have a group order ending this Sunday, September 29th, so please head over to our Order a T-Shirt link for all the details on how you can order your own shirt like the one shown above.

That Order a T-Shirt link is also available in the lower left-hand side of our website. The more t-shirts ordered by this Sunday's deadline, the less expensive they will be!

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MARKETING COMMITTEE CONFERENCE CALL
NEXT THUR. 10/3 AT 7PM

Tabling for Reading to Kids

Join us next Thursday, Oct. 3rd for our Marketing Committee conference call from 7pm - 8pm! The call-in number is (310) 853-1508, and we can use your help planning outreach strategies!

Click here for our Facebook event or click here for the Evite!

For details on any of our events, check out our handy calendar on our website.

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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 2020 Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday, March 8th!

 Team Reading to Kids logo

We're looking for six more full marathon runners and six 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 7, 2020.

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 Los Angeles Marathon website.

Team Reading to Kids LA Marathon runners
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Thanks, and we hope to see you at any of the above!

Sincerely,

Charlie Orchard, Talethe Jackson, & Anthony Reyes
Reading to Kids
1600 Sawtelle Blvd, Suite 210
Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 479-7455
(310) 479-7435 (FAX)
info@readingtokids.org
www.readingtokids.org
www.facebook.com/readingtokids
www.twitter.com/readingtokids
www.readingtokids.blogspot.com

Make a donation:
www.readingtokids.org/HowToHelp/HelpDonate.php

OCTOBER 2019
Reading Club RSVPs
School RSVPs Capacity
Alta Loma 30 32
Esperanza 32 60
Gratts 34 57
Los Angeles 33 68
MacArthur Park 29 48
Magnolia 33 60
Politi 43 48
White 19 43
TOTAL 253 416
OCTOBER Books. . .
Kindergarten book
Kindergarten
First Grade book
First Grade
Second Grade book
Second Grade
Third Grade book
Third Grade
Fourth Grade book
Fourth Grade
Fifth Grade book
Fifth Grade

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