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Dear Friends of Reading to Kids,
Wow, did we read to a lot of kids last Saturday! 401 kids, 184 volunteers,
63 parents, and 17 teachers & staff
helped to make our April 11th reading clubs a success!
32% of the entire student body of White Elementary joined us on Saturday!
We also hit another impressive milestone during these reading clubs - our 25,000th volunteer read with us on Saturday! 
Our first reading clubs in May 1999 had eight volunteers read aloud to 20 kids at Gratts - check out our Statistics page to see how much we have grown over the past 26 years!
Photo collage from over the last 26 years of volunteering
Below is the craft a 2nd grader at Politi created after hearing When the Whales Walked: And Other Incredible Evolutionary Journeys.
4th graders created their own wacky alien species after enjoying Olga: Out of Control!
Click on any of the above images to see them full size.
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LA TIMES FESTIVAL OF BOOKS
THIS WEEKEND, APRIL 18-19:
VOLUNTEER IN OUR BOOTH
This year's Festival of Books is this weekend, April 18-19, 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.
Our booth (#133) will be located on Mid Trousdale Parkway in the Gold Zone, just north of Tommy Trojan. Come visit us!
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MAY 9TH READING CLUBS
Please be sure to sign up for the next reading clubs!
Click here to submit your RSVP for our
"Fantasy, Folklore, & Fairytales" clubs, then "join" the
May 9th reading club event on
Facebook and invite your friends!
We again have new groups of volunteers signing up this week, so
be sure to sign up early while we still have open spots!
Volunteers from the Junior League of Los Angeles
at Alta Loma Elementary way back in September 2016
STEP INTO A BIGGER VOLUNTEER ROLE NEXT MONTH
A glimpse from the past, 20,000 volunteers ago at Magnolia Elementary!
We are always looking for experienced volunteers to take on more leadership with us by
checking in volunteers as they arrive, helping train new and returning volunteers, being a GLC, or especially being a Site Operations Helper
at any of our schools.
If you can help in any of those roles, please e-mail us at
info@readingtokids.org to help
create wonderful reading clubs!
Or, if you want to help in other ways (Curriculum, Marketing, etc.),
consider
joining our
Taskforce.
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PLEASE HELP US FIND
MORE BINGO PRIZES & AUCTION ITEMS
Our next Legendary Bingo fundraiser at
Hamburger Mary's in West Hollywood will be in five weeks on May 20th (and another in the fall)! Please help us gather prizes for auctions and bingo winners each 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.
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.
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!
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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 $160,000 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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Sincerely,
Charlie Orchard, Yancy Rodriguez Coe, & Anna Davies
Reading to Kids
1600 Sawtelle Blvd, Suite 210
Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 479-7455
(310) 479-7435 (FAX)
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