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Reading to Kids News
January 12, 2023
 

Dear Friends of Reading to Kids,

Our Mysteries & New Adventures reading clubs are this Saturday, and we need 26 more volunteers to read aloud to the kids eager for a great story!

26 MORE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
FOR THIS SATURDAY'S IN-PERSON CLUBS!

Reading to Kids at Magnolia Elem.

We have until 3pm tomorrow (Friday) to recruit the volunteers we still need for our reading clubs on our partner school campuses this Saturday!

Volunteers for our reading clubs must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and wear a mask while indoors on campus for the reading clubs. The kids will also be required to wear masks while indoors.

Here's how you can help!

  1. If you haven't already, please visit our website now and sign up.

  2. Share and join our January 14th reading club event to let your friends know the fun you'll be up to on Saturday!

  3. Whether or not you can volunteer this Saturday, Tweet @readingtokids, post, and message your friends and followers. Here's a sample post you can use:

      "My favorite volunteer organization, Reading to Kids, is looking for more volunteers for their reading clubs this Saturday, Jan. 14th. The theme is "Mysteries & New Adventures", and every participant will wear masks while indoors.

      Join me at ### Elementary School for a fun, heartwarming morning of reading to elementary school kids near downtown LA. To join me, sign up online today at www.readingtokids.org."

    If you write your own post, please be sure to include the following two things:

    - The reading clubs are this Saturday morning, January 14th, near downtown LA
    - Volunteers must sign up online by 3pm tomorrow, Jan. 13th, at www.readingtokids.org

    If you have people in mind who you think would really like to read with us, tag them in your post. It will alert them to the reading clubs and show up in their friends' news feeds.

  4. Copy from our easy message template at http://www.readingtokids.org/News/SampleVolRecruit.pdf to encourage people you know to sign up to read with us!

  5. Print out this flyer at http://readingtokids.org/ProMaterials/VolunteerTearOffFlyer.pdf and post it somewhere others will see it. Make it a personal and fun social event by including the school at which you'll be reading or encouraging them to read at your favorite of our eight partner schools!

(If you have signed up and can't make it after all, please cancel your RSVP online to make room for another volunteer.)

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17 MORE OPERATIONS VOLUNTEERS
ALSO NEEDED THIS SATURDAY

Veteran volunteers help out with logistics


We also need help from experienced volunteers in any of the following roles, so please let us know if you can help:

- Training Coordinator at Alta Loma, Gratts, MacArthur Park, or Magnolia
- Check-in Helper at Alta Loma, Los Angeles, or White!
- GLC at Alta Loma, MacArthur Park (4th), Politi (3rd), or White
- Site Operations Helper at any school!

If you have volunteered with us before and can help in any of those roles, please visit our home page at www.readingtokids.org and submit your email address in the yellow box, as usual!

Then, e-mail us at info@readingtokids.org to tell us the above role you would like to take on to help create wonderful, in-person reading clubs again!

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9 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 two 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.

Our 2023 runners have until March 19th 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!

Team Reading to Kids banner

With every mile they train and every dollar they raise, these valiant souls help you inspire kids with a love of reading.

Team Reading to Kids runners
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PLEASE HELP US FIND
BINGO PRIZE & AUCTION ITEMS

Reading to Kids' Legendary Bingo fundraiser at Hamburger Mary's in West Hollywood

Our next Legendary Bingo fundraiser at Hamburger Mary's in West Hollywood will be some time in spring, 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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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)
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

JANUARY 2023
Reading Club RSVPs
School RSVPs Capacity
Alta Loma 38 38
Esperanza 37 38
Gratts 21 21
Los Angeles 34 41
MacArthur Park 28 32
Magnolia 35 41
Politi 27 35
White 24 24
TOTAL 244 270
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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