Please be sure to sign up for the next reading clubs!   Click here to submit your RSVP for our "Back to School Fun" reading clubs on September 9th.

We will need hundreds of volunteers for these September reading clubs, so please sign up early and recruit your friends, co-workers, and family members as volunteers!  Here are four easy ways to do that:

• Join our Facebook event to let your friends know you're reading with us on Sept. 9th!
  
  
• Use our super-handy message template (in PDF) to encourage people you know to sign up to read with us!
  
  
• Print out this flyer 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!
  
  
• Set up a group to volunteer with us. E-mail us at info@readingtokids.org and we'll get your group added into our volunteer group list!

It is also our pleasure to announce that Ciara Kelly joined us at Saturday's reading clubs as our new Literacy Coordinator!

Ciara joins us as an AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteer Corps member for the 2023-24 school year, and during her 12-month term with us she will focus on logistics and implementation of our reading clubs at all of our schools, as well as increasing kid, parent, and teacher participation each month.

Ciara has a BA in Political Science from Loyola University Maryland, where she also served 2 1/2 years as a Student Coordinator in their Center for Community, Service, and Justice.

Please welcome Ciara as you meet her at the reading clubs, El Cholo, and our office!

There are three different ways you can help: Classroom Walk-Throughs, Teacher Breakfast Deliveries, and Back-to-School-Nights.

We'll supply everything you need, including what to say at the Back-to-School-Nights. Although it's great if you can speak Spanish (even a little), all of our parent materials are bilingual, and there's always someone who can translate for you at the school.

Tomorrow at 6:00pm join fellow Reading to Kids volunteers and supporters for Sunset Sessions at The Penmar!

Enjoy live music, beer, wine, cocktails, food, and great company at The Penmar Golf Course in Venice. This is a kid-friendly, dog-friendly, outdoor event featuring a limited menu and an eclectic mix of music.

We will begin gathering at 6:00pm, when the music begins (doors open at 4:30pm). We will be at Table 45, which seats eight.

Table seating will be limited, but feel free to bring lawn chairs or blankets to sit around the putting green and the first tee box to enjoy the show.

The entry fee is $12.50, but you can pre-pay the entry fee for $11.00 and avoid waiting in line by clicking this link: https://fanimal.com/venue/the-penmar/f862153219519246989. Children ages 2 and under are free, and there is a large parking lot and plenty of street parking!

The address is 1233 Rose Avenue, Venice, CA 90291. For more information, please visit the Sunset Sessions FAQ page at https://thepenmar.com/asked-%26-answered.

HAPPY HOUR AT THE ONEUP LOUNGE/ARCADE
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30TH AT 6PM!