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Dear Friends of Reading to Kids,
It's Thanksgiving Eve, and we wanted to thank all of you - our thousands of volunteers, teachers, principals and school personnel, parents,
friends, & supporters - for 25 years of joyful reading and support!
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you, and please enjoy these crafts from our November reading clubs!
Crafts by Kindergartners at MacArthur Park Elem.
after reading Lola Plants a Garden. Click on either image to see it full size.
THANK YOU
ELLA FITZGERALD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION!
Some of the "prize" books we'll be giving away to the kids at our December and January reading clubs were once again donated by the
Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation!
Last week we received from them another big donation of 2,680 new books, continuing their support since 2011!
Together we have been creating and expanding the home libraries of the children who attend our reading clubs.
Please help us thank the Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation by visiting
their website and the official
Ella Fitzgerald Facebook fan page - improve your Facebook feed with wonderful music and positive inspiration!
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BIG DEC.
14TH READING CLUBS:
SANTA CLAUS WILL BE HERE,
READ WITH US & HELP RECRUIT!
Our big "Family & The Spirit of Giving" reading clubs on December 14th are just two and a half weeks away,
and we need another 60 volunteers to RSVP.
Please help by joining
our
December 14th reading club event
so your friends will see that on your wall.
Then go to our website and
sign up with us.
You can also
tweet, post to Bluesky, Facebook, and Instagram, and
message your friends that we still need more volunteers.
Please also
print out this flyer and post it at your
work, school, church, synagogue, mosque, or favorite
community bulletin board.
Santa Visiting
at these Reading Clubs!
The Pasadena Jaycees are providing our Santa suits for that Saturday!
If you are interested in volunteering for
Operation Santa
and bringing joy to children in need on Christmas Eve,
click here or email them at OpSanta@PasadenaJaycees.org!
BECOME ONE OF OUR LEAD VOLUNTEERS!
SITE COORDINATORS & SITE OPERATIONS HELPERS
NEEDED DEC. 14TH
Our larger reading clubs means we need more of our experienced volunteers to help train new and returning volunteers, be a GLC, or especially be a second or third Site Coordinator
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!
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ANNUAL FUND DRIVE UPDATE
We extend a huge thank you to everyone who has already donated to our 2024 Annual Fund Drive! Together we have raised so far $28,226 donated by 210 donors!
All who have donated can see their names listed on our
2024 Annual Fund Drive page. Donate and we can add your name there, too!
Our Annual Fund Drive lasts until December 31st, and our ambitious goal this year is to raise $65,000 from 500 donors.
Here's
how you can help!
1) Make a pledge to donate by check or donate online
today by visiting our
2024 Annual Fund Drive. Contributions of any amount are
greatly appreciated!
2) Show your support by asking friends and family to
contribute!
Visit our
2024 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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TWO MORE RUNNERS NEEDED
FOR THE 2025 LA MARATHON,
13.1 MILE CHARITY CHALLENGE,
OR LA 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 2025 Los
Angeles Marathon or 13.1 Mile Charity Challenge on Sunday,
March 16th!
This is our 11th time running the marathon, and we're looking for two more Charity Challenge runners (the last 13.1 miles of the course) and more full marathon runners 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 5K (that's just 3.1 miles) near Dodger Stadium the day before the marathon on Saturday, March 15.
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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8 COMPUTERS OR TABLETS WANTED
TO GIVE TO KIDS!
At our January reading clubs we would love to give away a computer or iPad/tablet to one lucky kid at each school.
If you or your employer have any working computers that are less than 6 years old running Windows 10 or later, or any Macintosh computers less than 7 years old, or any iPads or similar tablets, we can give them to deserving kids!
We especially need working computers (CPUs), whether or not they come with monitors, keyboards, etc. Please email us at
info@readingtokids.org to help make a kid very happy!
A Charles White Elementary 5th grader with perfect Reading to Kids attendance
leaps for joy after winning a new iPad
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Thanks, and we wish you a happy Thanksgiving!
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