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Help Reading to Kids raise $45,000
from 850 donors during our

2009 Annual Fund Drive!

Totals to date: $1860 from 17 donors!

 
 

Inspire a Love of Reading
by making your contribution to the
Reading to Kids
2009 Annual Fund Drive

Each year, from the September to the November reading clubs, we ask our supporters to help us inspire underserved children with a love of reading by making a donation to Reading to Kids.

Reading to Kids has been able to thrive thanks to the thousands of hours of participation by teachers, administrators, parents, volunteers, and elementary school children, and thanks to generous financial contributions by foundations, businesses, agencies, and individuals like you.

In May 1999, Reading to Kids held its first reading club with 8 volunteers and 20 students at Gratts Elementary School. Ten years later, an average of 400 Reading to Kids volunteers read to 1,100 children each month at eight elementary schools! 

Kids emerge from our program with more enthusiasm for reading, books for their home libraries, stronger school libraries, and an enhanced appreciation for reading in English!

In order to sustain and expand our program, we need your help!  Your donation will help to purchase hardcover books for elementary school libraries in low-income communities, fund book donations directly to children and parents to help them develop their own home libraries, and expand our program into new schools and communities.

Last year, we were extremely grateful for your contributions of over $40,000! This year, our goal is to raise at least $45,000 from 850 donors over the next two months.

Please join us by making a donation to Reading to Kids

If you have any questions regarding the
Annual Fund Drive, please feel free to
contact Lisa Flores at the Reading to Kids office at (310) 479-7455 or by e-mail at
Lisa.Flores @ readingtokids.org.

Thank you for your support!

 How to Participate

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  Donate by check:
  Please make checks payable to Reading to Kids and mail to our office along with this form:
 
Reading to Kids
1600 Sawtelle Boulevard, Suite 210
Los Angeles, CA 90025

  Donate by credit card:
  No Processing Fees!
 
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  Donate Monthly:
  Click here if you would like to set up a monthly credit card donation using Network for Good. 
 
  Help us Fundraise!
  Supporters who would like to encourage family and friends to donate to Reading to Kids can use our Reading to Kids donor form OR create a personalized fundraising page on Facebook.
Special thanks to our
top fundraisers in 2009!

 What Can Your Dollars Buy?

Here are some examples* of how your contribution can make a difference in the lives of the young readers we work with each month:
$5 4 take-home prize books for participating kids
$18 15 take-home prize books for participating kids
$50 4 hardcover read-aloud books
$115 100 take-home prize books for participating kids
$360 1 month worth of read-aloud books at one school
$575 500 take-home prize books for participating kids
$750 All of the reading club expenses (books, supplies, and food) for month of reading clubs at one school
$1,150 1,000 take-home prize books for participating kids
$10,000 All of the reading club expenses (books, supplies, and food) for one year of reading clubs at one school
*Note: All prices and purchases are approximations that illustrate the cost of these items for Reading to Kids

Thanks to Our 2009
Annual Fund Drive Participants!
Anonymous
Beth Bayer
Emily Beaghan
Victor Chao
Jamie Chazen
Robyn Chew
Lisa Flores
Phyllis Hall
Douglas Hearns


Sally Ito
Tracy Jong
Dina Kampmeyer
Cathy Ostiller
Patty Peters
Karen Stapley
Stephanie Taylor
Elizabeth Yng-Wong


If your name should be included in this list,
please contact Lisa Flores at
Lisa.Flores @readingtokids.org to let us know.
Click for all* donors in 2009.
(Please note that the 2009 list may not yet show
recent Annual Fund Drive contributors.)