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Team Reading to Kids
Los Angeles Marathon,
13.1 Mile Charity Challenge, & LA 5K,
March 15th and 16th

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Join or support Team Reading to Kids in the 2024 Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday, March 16th, or the Big 5K on March 15th! This is our 11th time running the marathon!

There are two ways you can help our cause - running on our team or supporting our runners with your donations and/or at our water station!

Support Team Reading to Kids!

Do you want to encourage and support our runners as they strive towards their personal fundraising goals for Reading to Kids?

Please support our runners by donating to their efforts. Click on a runner below to donate your support!

Team Reading to Kids 2025 Runners so far - come join us!
Chris Martin
Patricia Bergey
Kim Morris
Catherine Gray
Tenecia Jackson
Tam Premsrirath
Dilek Mir
Lorely Turcios
Jessica Lim
DJ Watts
Stephanie Myers
Julia Golub
Atticus Simmons
Joniel Barriga

HAND OUT WATER DURING THE MARATHON!

Help represent Reading to Kids during the marathon by handing out water to the runners!

Our group will be at K9 Water Station Mile 9 at Hollywood Blvd & Hobart Blvd., on Sunday, March 16th from 5am - 11:30am.

Supporting our runners

Supporting our runners at the water station   Supporting our runners at the water station
(Click on either image to see it full size)

Click this link to sign up. Our group is Reading to Kids!


Run with Team Reading to Kids in the 2025 Los Angeles Marathon to be held on Sunday, March 16, 2025

Be a part of Team Reading to Kids as you run in one of the best marathons in the country. Click the play button below for a video of why we run!


By joining our team, your commitment will help inspire children with a love of reading, thereby enriching their lives and opportunities for future success. The dollars you raise will go to support our monthly reading clubs!

You can either run the entire marathon on March 16th, or you can join us in the LA Big 5K (that's just 3.1 miles) starting and ending at Dodger Stadium the day before the marathon on Saturday, March 15th, 2025.

If you are interested in becoming one of our fundraising runners or creating a fundraising team, contact Chris Martin at marathon@readingtokids.org to receive further information on the simple registration process for becoming a fundraising runner.

IMPORTANT NOTE: to register to run on behalf of Reading to Kids, you MUST receive from us a special web address to use when registering on the Los Angeles Marathon website.

Below is a slideshow of our 2024 runners before, during, and after the LA 5K and marathon!