Some of our schools have kids attending Winter Academy this week. Thus, this afternoon or tomorrow for an hour or two between 7:30am and 2:30pm, we need your
help conducting quick classroom walk-throughs and/or passing out flyers to encourage kids to come to
this Saturday's reading clubs.
We are especially looking for volunteers available from about 1:15 - 2:45 today or tomorrow.
It's an exciting experience and we'll provide everything you need. Please reply to
info@readingtokids.org or call the office at
(310) 479-7455 if you can be an Ambassador for an hour or two!
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MUSICIANS & PERFORMERS
WANTED MARCH 14TH
Our March 14th reading clubs feature "Music & Entertainment", and we are looking for musicians, dancers, or other entertainers to perform at each of our seven partner schools.
In the past we've had everything from Korean drum troupes, electric violin players, mariachi dancers, and marching bands!
If you or someone you know is interested in entertaining
our students and volunteers, email us at info@readingtokids.org.
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GOT A NEW COMPUTER OR TABLET?
GIVE YOUR OLD ONE TO A KID!
Looking way ahead to 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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ANNUAL FUND DRIVE SUCCESS
AND SCHOOL WINNERS!
You've all done it again! Thanks to the support of so many of you, our 2025 Annual Fund Drive was another huge success for us, with 389 donors helping us raise $81,996!
We still expect a few more checks in the mail and more corporate matching donations, but already this is our second year in a row raising more than $80,000 - all thanks to your individual and collective efforts to support reading to children!
Our very special thanks go out to our five
fundraising Angels:
Courtney Smythe
Jessica Chong
Matthew Jones
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Romi Boucher
Mark May
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Click here to see how much each raised – together they raised $11,778 from 54 donors!
School Competition Winners!
Highest overall percentage of volunteers who donated to the Annual Fund Drive:
1st: A tie between Alta Loma and Gratts!
2nd: Magnolia Elementary (just 1% behind 1st place!)
3rd: MacArthur Park Elementary
Highest overall dollar amount raised for the Annual Fund Drive:
1st: Esperanza Elementary (thanks to Angel fundraiser Mark May!)
2nd: Magnolia Elementary
3rd: MacArthur Park Elementary
Volunteers at all of the schools together raised
$27,672, most of which was also double or triple-matched by our generous matching donors!
Finally, we extend our deep appreciation to all our
AFD Speakers who helped raise these critical funds over the last three reading clubs!
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A FEW MORE RUNNERS NEEDED
FOR THE 2026 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 2026 LA 5K on Saturday,
March 7th!
This is our 12th time running the LA marathon and LA 5K, and 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 7th.
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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