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Reading to Kids News
October 10, 2024
 

Dear Friends of Reading to Kids,

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This Saturday's "Halloween, Magic, & Monsters" reading clubs are lurking just around the corner, and we probably need a couple more experienced readers!

Please keep checking our website for openings today and tomorrow until 3pm, since we always have a few cancelations the days before each reading club.

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

TWO EXPERIENCED READERS,
OPERATIONS VOLUNTEER
NEEDED THIS SATURDAY

Have you volunteered with us a few times recently? Then this Saturday would be a great time to step into any of our vital Operations roles - all training very pleasantly provided!

Please e-mail us at info@readingtokids.org if you can volunteer for any of the following roles this Saturday (even if your school is full):

- Experienced reader at Gratts, willing to read to any grade
- GLC at Alta Loma (5th)


We'll also have a magician performing at each school this Saturday morning!

Magician Brad Erickson performing at Gratts Elementary

If you are joining us, feel free to dress up in school-appropriate Halloween costumes that morning, too!

Linda Antonioli dressed as an astronaut and heather Horn dressed as a witchy
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READING TO KIDS AMBASSADORS
WANTED TOMORROW!

Sample flyers

Tomorrow for an hour or two between 7:30am and 2:30pm, we need your help conducting quick classroom walk-throughs to encourage kids to come to this Saturday's reading clubs.

We are especially looking for volunteers who can pass out flyers to parents before schools begins at 7:30am or when school lets out at around 2:15pm tomorrow.

This can be a lot of fun and we'll provide everything you need. Please reply to info@readingtokids.org or call the office at (310) 479-7455 if you can be an Ambassador for an hour or two!
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LEGENDARY BINGO OCTOBER 23RD:
SHARE OUR CELEBRITY FLYER
& HELP FIND PRIZES!

Drag Queen Bingo!

It's back! On Wednesday, October 23rd, join Reading to Kids for Legendary Bingo at Hamburger Mary's in West Hollywood with celebrity ballcaller Josh Brener from Silicon Valley, The Last of Us, Baked in Brooklyn, & Saturday Night! Josh also ran for us on our marathon team in 2019, 2020, & 2021!

The drinks are strong, the drag queen bingo is "R" rated, and seating is limited, so be sure to reserve your seat in advance! All attendees must be 18 years old or older.

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 on their website to see what you've been missing!

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:   Wednesday, October 23, 7pm - 8:30pm
WHERE: Hamburger Mary's Restaurant
               8288 Santa Monica Blvd.
               West Hollywood, CA 90046
               (323) 654-3800
               hamburgermarys.com/weho/

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 hamburgermarys.com/weho/ or (323) 654-3800 to ensure your seat.

All proceeds go to Reading to Kids. For more details, visit our October 23rd Bingo event on Facebook and invite your friends!

HELP US FIND MORE BINGO PRIZES!

You can also help us gather more prizes for the bingo winners! To help you get started, here is information about Reading to Kids you can share with potential donors (such as where you work or shop), as well as a donation form for them to complete.

Donate to us any of your unused gift cards for bingo! E-mail us at info@readingtokids.org to donate!

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FIVE MORE RUNNERS NEEDED
FOR THE 2025 LA MARATHON,
13.1 MILE CHARITY CHALLENGE,
OR LA 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 2025 Los Angeles Marathon or 13.1 Mile Charity Challenge on Sunday, March 16th!

Team Reading to Kids logo

This is our 11th time running the marathon, and we're looking for five Charity Challenge runners (the last 13.1 miles of the course) and more full marathon runners 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 5K (that's just 3.1 miles) near Dodger Stadium the day before the marathon on Saturday, March 15, 2024.

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 5K runners
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Thanks, and please let us know if you can help for this Saturday's "Halloween, Magic, & Monsters" reading clubs!

Reading to Kids Annual Fund Drive poster

Sincerely,

Charlie Orchard, Yancy Rodriguez Coe, & Anna Davies
Reading to Kids
1600 Sawtelle Blvd, Suite 210
Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 479-7455
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OCTOBER 2024
Reading Club RSVPs
School RSVPs Capacity
Alta Loma 32 32
Esperanza 30 30
Gratts 30 30
MacArthur Park 40 40
Magnolia 39 39
Politi 41 41
White 31 31
TOTAL 243 243
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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