Our People & Places Around the World clubs on April 12th are currently full, but
please keep checking for new openings this week and next week as people realize they need to cancel.
(If you
have signed up and can't make it after all,
please cancel your RSVP online immediately to make room for another volunteer.)
A FEW "ROAMING READERS" NEEDED AT
MAC. PARK AND TENTH ST.
FOR APRIL 12TH CLUBS!
We have such a great relationship with our partner schools that at these reading clubs we have an exciting opportunity for a few of our experienced volunteers to bring your joy of reading to more kids!
During the reading clubs on April 12th, MacArthur Park and Tenth St. are also holding Saturday School (Saturday Intervention) for students who need additional academic help. The principals want us to bring Reading to Kids to these students, too, and we need a few more experienced volunteers to help make that happen!
We are invited to read to those Saturday School students for 20 - 30 minutes in each Saturday School classroom. Our Saturday School "roaming readers" probably won't do crafts with the kids, but will instead "roam" to two or three classrooms to read aloud one of this month's books, then give each kid their own prize book, as we usually do. Their teacher will remain in the classroom, too.
Since that April 12th Saturday morning is also the first day of Spring Break for the kids, roaming readers will probably get to read to more kids than we are expecting at the "regular" reading clubs that morning! This is also a great way to read to kids who probably don't come to our reading clubs!
E-mail us at info@readingtokids.org if you are an experienced volunteer with us and can be a Roaming Reader that morning! If you are already signed up at a different school, we'll even happily move you from your current school to MacArthur Park or Tenth St.!
BECOME A LEADER
AT OUR APR. 12TH READING CLUBS
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READING TO KIDS AMBASSADORS
WANTED NEXT THURSDAY, 4/10 & FRIDAY, 4/11!
Since these April reading clubs fall on the first day of the kids' Spring Break, it is especially important we remind the kids to join us that Saturday morning!
Thus, next Thursday or Friday for an hour or two between 7:30am and 2:30pm, we need your
help conducting quick classroom walk-throughs and/or passing out flyers to encourage kids to come to
our April 12th reading clubs.
We are especially looking for volunteers available from about 1:15 - 2:45 next Thursday, 4/10, or volunteers who can pass out flyers to parents when school lets out at around 12:30pm on Friday, 4/11.
It's an exciting experience 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 next week!
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LA TIMES FESTIVAL OF BOOKS
APRIL 26-27:
VOLUNTEER IN OUR BOOTH
This year's Festival of Books will take place April 26-27 on the University of Southern California campus.
Please join us in our booth to share your enthusiasm and
Reading to Kids knowledge
with other book lovers!
Click here to see all available shifts. If you're interested in volunteering, reply or e-mail
info@readingtokids.org.
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3 COMPUTERS OR TABLETS WANTED
TO GIVE TO KIDS!
At our April reading clubs we would love to give away a computer or iPad/tablet to one lucky kid at each school, but we need three more of them to make that happen!
If you or your employer have any working computers that are less than 6 years old running Windows 10 or later, or any Macintosh computers less than 7 years old, or any iPads or similar tablets, we can give them to deserving kids!
We especially need working computers (CPUs), whether or not they come with monitors, keyboards, etc. Please email us at
info@readingtokids.org to help make a kid very happy!
A Charles White Elementary 5th grader with perfect Reading to Kids attendance
leaps for joy after winning a new iPad
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PLEASE HELP US FIND
BINGO PRIZE & AUCTION ITEMS
Our next Legendary Bingo fundraisers at
Hamburger Mary's in West Hollywood will be on May 21st and in the fall, so we need your help gathering prizes for auctions and 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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FINAL HOURS TO SUPPORT OUR
MARATHON & 5K RUNNERS
REACH THEIR FUNDRAISING GOAL!
We thank the 248 individual donors so far who have donated to our 2025 Team Reading to Kids marathon and 5K runners! If you haven't yet, please help them push towards their goal of raising $20,000 for us!
Our runners already did the hard part, now it's up to you to donate and help them reach the fundraising finish line! Every dollar supports our reading clubs and helps inspire kids with a love of reading.
Celebrate Team Reading to Kids' hard work by donating by tomorrow, April 4th, at http://readingtokids.org/marathon.
They are still recovering from running 320 miles back on 3/16 and 3/17 at the 2025 Los Angeles
Marathon and Big 5K! Click this link to our 5K runner Mary Wang's vlog on YouTube to see a 5K charity runners' racing day experience!
Head over towards the bottom of their website and scroll down to see a slideshow of our runners before, during, and after the marathon. We guarantee you will be delighted by one of the last two slides!
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Thank you in advance for your help with any of the above!
