Our "Music & Entertainment" reading clubs on March 8th are just two weeks away,
and we need another 45 volunteers.

Members of USC Helenes volunteering at Magnolia Elementary
You can help by joining
our
March 8th reading club event
so your friends will see that on your wall.
Then go to our website and
sign up with us.
Please also
tweet, post to Bluesky, Facebook, and Instagram, and
message your friends that we still need more volunteers.
That morning we'll have wonderful musicians performing live music
for the kids at each of our eight schools.
Click here to find out who will be performing at your school!

Becky Poole playing the saw at Alta Loma
STEP INTO TO A LEAD ROLE
AT OUR MAR. 8TH READING CLUBS
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PLEASE SUPPORT OUR 2025 MARATHON RUNNERS!
FINAL SPOTS TO HELP US HAND OUT
WATER DURING THE RACE!
Help represent Reading to Kids during the Los Angeles Marathon on March 16th by handing out water to the runners!
Our group will be at Water Station Mile 9 at Hollywood Blvd & Hobart Blvd., on Sunday, March 16th from 5am - 11am.
Click this link to sign up before the last two spots are taken! Our group is
Reading to Kids, so just complete the form and sign up to volunteer!
If you can't join us at the above, then donate your support as they continue training for hundreds of miles!
Our 2025 runners have until March 16th to reach their ambitious $20,000 fundraising goal! If you can donate a buck a mile to your favorite runner, you'll help fuel them towards the finish line!
With every mile they train and every dollar they raise, these valiant souls help you inspire kids with a love of reading.
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PLEASE HELP US FIND
BINGO PRIZE & AUCTION ITEMS
Our next Legendary Bingo fundraisers at
Hamburger Mary's in West Hollywood will be on May 21st and in the fall, so we need your help gathering prizes for auctions and bingo winners!
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.
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3 COMPUTERS OR TABLETS WANTED
TO GIVE TO KIDS!
At our April 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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