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Reading to Kids News
December 22, 2022
 

Dear Friends of Reading to Kids,

We wish you a merry Christmas filled with great books, like the 1,680+ we have read aloud to children over the past 23 years!

Santa and elves at Gratts Elem. reading clubs   Christmas crafts at the reading clubs

JANUARY 14TH READING CLUBS

Our next reading clubs are 3 weeks away, so click here to submit your RSVP for our Mysteries & Adventures clubs on January 14th. Click here for our January 14th Facebook event to join it and help spread the word.

If you are interested in volunteering for Operation Santa and bringing joy to children in need on Christmas Eve, click here or email them at OpSanta@pasadenajaycees.org!

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263 MORE DONORS NEEDED
IN LAST 10 DAYS OF 2022!

Reading to Kids Annual Fund Drive

It's the final ten days of our 2022 Annual Fund Drive, and we need your help to reach our goals before the end of the year!

Thanks to the Facebook fundraisers created by volunteers Matthew Jones, Mark May, and Alyson Beckman, our overall 2022 Annual Fund Drive total is now $37,390 from 337 donors!

This puts us closer to our goal of raising $60,000 from 600 donors within the next 10 days!

Here's how you can help us meet our $60,000 goal before our fund drive ends on the 31st:

1) Make a pledge to donate by check or donate online today by visiting our 2022 Annual Fund Drive. Contributions of any amount are greatly appreciated!

2) Show your support by asking friends and family to contribute! Visit our 2022 Annual Fund Drive page and look under the "Help us Fundraise!" header for resources, including information on creating your own personalized fundraising page on Facebook, our handy donor sheet for raising money with your friends and co-workers, tips for fundraising, and so much more.

Once they know about Reading to Kids, many of your friends and family will want to donate - we just need you to ask!

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!

Reading to Kids Annual Fund Drive
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SUPPORT US WITH AMAZONSMILE

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Are you doing any gift shopping on Amazon.com? If you shop using AmazonSmile, they will donate 0.5% of your purchases to Reading to Kids!

Click here for easy directions on how to start using AmazonSmile!

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11 RUNNERS NEEDED FOR THE
2023 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 2023 Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday, March 19th!

 Team Reading to Kids logo

This is our 9th time running the marathon, and we're looking for at least four more marathon runners and seven 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 18, 2023.

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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Thank you very much for donating to Reading to Kids, and we hope you have a wonderful weekend and Christmas day!

Sincerely,

Charlie Orchard, Yancy Rodriguez Coe, & Diego Cruz
Reading to Kids
1600 Sawtelle Blvd, Suite 210
Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 479-7455
(310) 479-7435 (FAX)
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Make a donation:
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JANUARY 2023
Reading Club RSVPs
School RSVPs Capacity
Alta Loma 10 30
Esperanza 11 35
Gratts 10 25
Los Angeles 13 50
MacArthur Park 7 45
Magnolia 7 50
Politi 6 40
White 7 25
TOTAL 71 300
JANUARY 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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