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Dear Friends of Reading to Kids,
At our October 14th reading clubs we had our 42nd volunteer join us for her 100th reading club - Politi Elementary Site Coordinator Cynthia Montes!
That's Cynthia in the upper left back row of the above photo. By joining us for her 100th reading club, Cynthia also earned her 100th reading club magnetic name badge!
PLEASE SIGN UP AND RECRUIT FOR NOV. 11TH READING CLUBS
Please sign up today for our November 11th reading clubs! Submit your RSVP for our "Seasons & the Natural World" reading clubs at www.readingtokids.org.
We need another 107 volunteers for our November 11th "Seasons & the Natural World" reading clubs, so please sign up early at www.readingtokids.org.
Then help spread the word by also joining our
November 11th Facebook Event and encouraging friends, co-workers, and family to join us.
Please also print out this flyer and post it in heavily populated locations such as coffee shops, the gym, your office or other various community centers. Make it a personal and fun social event by including the school at which you'll be reading.
You can also use this
easy message template to reach out to your friends and co-workers.
Volunteers at Esperanza showing their college spirit.
Click the above image to see it full sized!
November is our college spirit month,
so ready your college sweatshirts and ball caps to
wear that morning as we see which college shows the most spirit!
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HELP! SITE COORDINATORS &
SITE OPERATIONS HELPERS
URGENTLY NEEDED NOV. 11TH
With only three employees at Reading to Kids, you can see we rely on dedicated Site Coordinators to keep our program running smoothly each month.
We urgently need a few more experienced volunteers to take on greater leadership with us by
becoming Site Operations Helpers
at a few of our schools.
If you can help in in this key role, 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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READING TO KIDS
25TH ANNIVERSARY
PARTY PLANNERS WANTED
Our Special Events Committee is in the early planning stages of creating our 25th Anniversary party next year on May 11th!
Please e-mail us at
info@readingtokids.org if you would like to help plan that party!
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EIGHT RUNNERS WANTED FOR THE
2024 LA MARATHON,
13.1 MILE CHARITY CHALLENGE,
OR 5K!
Do you know any runners? Are you a
runner? Please forward this email to them
and ask them to join
Team Reading to Kids in the 2024 Los
Angeles Marathon on Sunday,
March 17th!
This is our 10th time running the marathon, and we're looking for at least three more marathon runners and five Charity Challenge runners (the last 13.1 miles of the course) to join us in one of the best marathons in the country.
If either of those distances is too daunting, you can join us in the LA Big 5K (that's just 3.1 miles) near Dodger Stadium the day before the marathon on Saturday, March 16, 2024.
You can
share this Facebook group with any of your runner
friends to encourage them to join our team!
If you or a runner you know is interested in
becoming one of our fundraising runners or
creating a fundraising team, please email
Chris Martin at
marathon@readingtokids.org!
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.
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2023 ANNUAL FUND DRIVE UPDATE!
Our 2023 Annual Fund Drive is off and running with $9,651 donated from 93 donors!
Those who have donated can see their names listed on our
2023 Annual Fund Drive page. If you have not yet donated, please donate today so we can add your name there, too.
Our Annual Fund Drive lasts until December 31st, and our ambitious goal this year is to raise $60,000 from 500 donors. Please help us meet that goal by spreading the word to your friends and co-workers!
How Can You Help?
1) Make a pledge to donate by check or donate online
today by visiting our
2023 Annual Fund Drive. Contributions of any amount are
greatly appreciated!
2) Show your support by asking friends and family to
contribute!
Visit our
2023 Annual Fund Drive
page and look under the "Help us Fundraise!"
header for resources, including information on creating your own
personalized fundraising page on Facebook, our handy
donor sheet for raising money with your friends and
co-workers,
tips for fundraising, and so much more.
Once they know about Reading to Kids, many of your
friends and family will want to donate -
we just need you to ask!
Also, if your workplace matches donations to nonprofits, please share
with them your donation, and ask them to consider matching it. In this way you double your donation and share with others your enthusiasm
for Reading to Kids!
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Thanks, and we look forward to seeing you at our next reading clubs on November 11th!
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