Our August 9th "Back to School Fun" reading clubs are just 10 days away, we were able to open a few more volunteer spots!

If you find they are all taken, though, please keep checking www.readingtokids.org this week and next week for any recent cancellations!

(If you signed up for the reading clubs but can't join us, please cancel your RSVP now so that another volunteer can read with us.)

Scroll down to see how we especially need more of our experienced volunteers to help as Training Coordinators, Check-In Helpers, & Site Operations Helpers.

These August reading clubs will be smaller again because the schools will still be on the final weekend of their summer break. We'll also be giving school supplies to the kids that morning!

If your school is full and you are an experienced volunteer with us, let us know if you can fill any of the above roles and we'll respond about adding in your RSVP.

We want to give school supplies to each kid who attends the August 9th clubs.

We already have most of what we want, but we need your help purchasing from our Amazon wish list a few more items - especially blue bags for the kids to carry home their school supplies that morning!

The above wish list indicates the priority of the items we are hoping to receive from you, and it will update automatically to show only those items we still need.

Please email us at info@readingtokids.org or call us at (310) 479-7455 if you have purchased for us any of the items on our wish list. Let's make the first day of school exciting for the kids!

With the 2025-26 school year beginning August 14th, we will have many opportunities for you to help us promote Reading to Kids at our partner schools as a Reading to Kids Ambassador.

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

We'll supply everything you need, including what to say at the Kindergarten Orientations. 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.

These events set the course for the rest of the year and are a wonderful way to interact with the kids, parents, and teachers.

If you have volunteered as a reader with us before and are interested in being an Ambassador, please e-mail us at info@readingtokids.org or call (310) 479-7455.

Please join us in thanking Munger, Tolles & Olson for their recent $4,000 grant award from their MTO Paul Davis Fund! Working together, we are sharing your enthusiasm for literacy and stories with the children we serve!

Munger, Tolles & Olson employee Lauren Kuhn, one of our volunteer Site Coordinators at Esperanza Elementary, helped us secure this grant through her employer again.

Perhaps your employer also has grants or other ways of recognizing your volunteering with Reading to Kids. If so, please contact us at info@readingtokids.org and we'll help you apply!

Our next Legendary Bingo fundraiser at Hamburger Mary's in West Hollywood will be on October 21st! Please help us gather prizes for auctions and bingo winners that night!

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.

You may have gift cards you haven't used which would make excellent prizes if you'd like to donate them to us! E-mail us at info@readingtokids.org to arrange mailing them to us!