Time for more fun in the sun! Spend any part of your Sunday afternoon at Dockweiler Beach with your fellow Reading to Kids volunteers this Sunday, June 29th, from Noon - 7pm. Let us know you are coming at our Facebook event!
The main entrance address is 12000 Vista del Mar, Los Angeles, CA 90293. We will be near Lifeguard Station #57, and our precise location on the beach will be posted that day to our Facebook page at facebook.com/readingtokids, on our X (formerly Twitter) at x.com/readingtokids ), and on our Bluesky @readingtokids.org.
We'll be soaking up the summer with sun, sand, plenty of refreshments, and games! Just look for the large blue canopy tent!
Please feel free to bring:
- Refreshments (and any food/beverage supplies you'll need)
- Towels
- Sunscreen! (don’t forget!)
- Anything else to enjoy the day! (See below for exceptions)
There’s a great bike path that runs through Dockweiler up through Marina Del Rey, all the way to the Palisades. Dogs are NOT allowed on the beach, but they are allowed in the parking lots and along the bike path, as long as they are on leash.
The large beach parking lots charge $13 on weekends, although you may be able to find limited street parking in the vicinity. That day we’ll be posting a GPS pinpoint to help find us on our Facebook page and on Twitter, and you can just look for the tent, too.
We must follow the beach rules:
NO Animals
NO Cooking
NO Diving
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NO Loud Music
NO Glass containers
NO Solicitation, sales, or advertising
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NO Alcohol
NO Smoking
NO Littering
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See you there this Sunday afternoon!
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JULY 12TH
SUMMER READING CLUBS
Our July 12th "Amazing Animals" reading clubs are probably already filled, but please keep checking back at www.readingtokids.org to see if any new spots have opened!
(People often realize they need to cancel or the schools tell us they expect more kids, which opens up new spots.)
Our summer reading clubs will be smaller, but check back for July 12th
and mark your calendars for August 9th. Together we'll keep students reading throughout the summer!
A note about Alta Loma and Tenth St. Elementary:
Those two schools may be closed the weekend of July 12th, so for now we have closed the RSVPs for them.
For our July 12th reading clubs
we encourage you to volunteer at any of Reading to Kids'
other 6 schools! For a map of all of our school sites,
click here.
We will email all recent Alta Loma and Tenth St. Elementary volunteers if we get to re-open their RSVPs for the July 12th clubs.
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OFFICE INTERNS NEEDED
Looking for a new way to get involved with Reading to Kids? Want to add volunteer office help to your resume? We currently are looking for a few good
interns to help us in the office on weekdays on a regular basis.
There are tons of things that need to be done in the office for every reading club, as well as general office work. If you or someone you trust is interested and available to intern with us during weekdays, please
email us at
info@readingtokids.org
or call the office at (310) 479-7455.
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HELP US FIND GRANTS!
Did you know Reading to Kids receives about
half of our funding from corporate and foundation
grants? For example, over the last five years alone
seven of our volunteers helped us receive $142,000 in
grants from their employers!
Please check to see if your employer offers grants
that Reading to Kids can apply to and let us know at
info@readingtokids.org!
You may help us buy thousands of books for kids!
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THANK YOU TO THE GREEN FOUNDATION
Please join us as we enthusiastically thank
The Green Foundation
for their recent $15,000 grant!
Together we are bringing your love of reading and a greater view of the world to the thousands of kids we read to all year long!
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