Last Saturday 236 kids, 67 volunteers, and 22 teachers & staff
helped to make our February 12th reading clubs another success!
13% of the student body at Magnolia Elementary and 17% of the student body at Gratts Elementary joined us that Saturday.
One Zoom session at Gratts had thirty 3rd, 4th, & 5th graders attend, with another nine kids joining that same Zoom from a Saturday School classroom on campus!
Volunteers checking in for our Zoom reading clubs at Charles White Elementary
(click above image to see full size)
Virtual reading clubs count towards our milestones just as much as our face-to-face reading clubs!
Though we couldn't provide printed milestone certificates to them, we honored these two volunteers by sharing their milestone certificates at their schools' Site Coordinator debrief sessions after the clubs!
• Mark Ortiz (20 reading clubs)
• Danielle Currin (20 reading clubs)
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MARCH 12TH READING CLUBS ON ZOOM,
RSVPS TO OPEN IN ABOUT A WEEK
We are eager for next month's virtual summer reading clubs on March 12th, but first need to recruit enough teachers to be Zoom hosts for them.
As soon as we confirm enough teacher hosts, you can then
submit your RSVP for those "Music &
Entertainment" reading
clubs!
(We are also in regular communication with the principals about when we may be able to return to in-person reading clubs on their campuses.)
MUSIC VIDEO PERFORMANCE
WANTED FOR MARCH
Last March we were delighted to present to the kids at our Zoom reading clubs that month a musical performance video created for us by the The Lucky Band!
For our March 12th reading clubs this year, we are looking for a band or musician willing to create a kid-friendly, highly engaging music video we can share with the kids for those "Music & Entertainment" reading clubs this March 12th.
If you or someone you know can share their gift of music via video with our students and volunteers, please email us at info@readingtokids.org!
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SUPPORT OUR
2022 MARATHON RUNNERS
HELP US HAND OUT WATER DURING THE RACE!
Help represent Reading to Kids during the Los Angeles Marathon on March 20th by handing out water to the runners!
Our group will be at Water Station Mile 5 at Glendale Blvd., between Bellevue and Kent St. in Echo Park, on Sunday, March 20th from 5am - 11am.
Click this link to sign up. Our group is
Reading to Kids and our shift location should be
listed in green. Click the box to the green J05 Water Station Mile 5 shift, complete the form, and sign up to volunteer!
If you can't join us at the above, then donate your support!
Our 2021 runners have until March 20th to reach their ambitious $20,000 fundraising goal! If you can donate a buck a mile to your favorite runner, you'll help fuel them towards the finish line!
With every mile they train and every dollar they raise, these valiant souls help you inspire kids with a love of reading.
NINE RUNNERS STILL NEEDED FOR THE
2022 LA MARATHON,
13.1 MILE CHARITY CHALLENGE,
OR 5K!
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 2022 Los
Angeles Marathon on Sunday,
March 20th!
We're looking for at least three more marathon runners and six Charity Challenge runners (the last 13.1 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 LA Big 5K (that's just 3.1 miles) near Dodger Stadium the day before the marathon on Saturday, March 19, 2022.
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.
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PLEASE HELP US FIND
BINGO PRIZE & AUCTION ITEMS
Our next Legendary Bingo fundraisers at
Hamburger Mary's in West Hollywood are set for April 27th and a date in fall, and we need your help gathering prizes for the bingo winners!
To help you get started, here is information about Reading to Kids to share with potential donors, as well as a donation form for them to complete.
We especially enjoy awarding gift certificates,
amusement park and theater tickets, gift bags, and
autographed items! Anything unique is great, too!
If you work at or have a connection with products or services to offer, please help us by asking for a donation to our events.
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Thanks, and please keep checking www.readingtokids.org for when we can open the RSVPs for our March 12th reading clubs!
