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Dear Friends of Reading to Kids,
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FEBRUARY 14TH READING CLUBS:
RSVPS OPENED
We hope you will sign up today for the next reading clubs!
Click here to submit your RSVP for our February
"People & Places Around the World" clubs, then "join" the
February 14th reading club event on
Facebook and invite your friends!.
We need nearly 200 volunteers for these February reading clubs, so be sure to sign up early and recruit your friends, co-workers, and family members as volunteers!
Volunteers at Charles White Elementary
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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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MORE 5K 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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READING TO KIDS REMEMBERS
HELGA HUNG
Twenty years ago, on her way home from the January reading clubs, longtime volunteer Helga Hung passed away in a car accident. A mere 31 years old at the time, Helga was an elementary school teacher in Pasadena with a passion for volunteerism that was infectious.
A 38x volunteer with Reading to Kids, she was a shining star, brightening up Esperanza Elementary School with her presence. Helga chaired committees, served as a Grade Level Coordinator, and helped to build and sustain Reading to Kids during the 5 1/2 years she volunteered with us.
Upon Helga's passing, those of us who knew her pledged to continue this program in her memory. On the home page of our website, as an everlasting tribute to her, there is a yellow shooting star containing the initials "HH." If you click on that star (or this link: https://readingtokids.org/Tribute/HelgaHung.html), you can learn more about Helga and read tributes to her from some of her Reading to Kids friends.
As we wrote in 2006, "Helga, although you may no longer be with us in body, you will always be with us in spirit, and your memory will enable us to continue to make sure that our Saturday mornings are smiley and sunny, just as you liked them."
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