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Dear Friends of Reading to Kids,
Good news! At three of our schools we were able to open 11 more volunteer spots for our July 11th "Amazing Animals" reading clubs!![stars icon](https://readingtokids.org/News/icons/starsicon.gif")
If you know you can join us that morning, please sign up at www.readingtokids.org before they all fill up!
If all of our reader spots are filled by the time you see this, please keep checking back! People often realize they need to cancel or the schools tell us they expect more kids, which opens up new spots.
A note about MacArthur Park and White Elementary:
It turns out that those two schools are closed the weekend of July 11th.
For our July 11th reading clubs
we encourage you to volunteer at any of Reading to Kids'
other 5 schools! For a map of all of our school sites,
click here.
Our summer reading clubs are smaller, but check back for July 11th
and mark your calendars for August 8th. Together we'll keep students reading throughout the summer!
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EXPERIENCED VOLUNTEERS ONLY:
STEP UP TO A BIGGER VOLUNTEER ROLE NEXT MONTH
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SCHOOL AMBASSADORS WANTED 7/9 & 7/10!
Four of our schools have summer programs. On Thursday, July 9th or Friday, July 10th for an hour or two between 7:30am and 1:00pm, we need your
help conducting quick classroom walk-throughs and/or passing out flyers to encourage kids to come to
our July 11th reading clubs.
It's a lot of fun, so please e-mail us at info@readingtokids.org if you can be an ambassador for an hour either of those days! 
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PLEASE HELP US FIND
MORE BINGO PRIZES & AUCTION ITEMS
Our next Legendary Bingo fundraiser at
Hamburger Mary's in West Hollywood will be on Wednesday, October 21st. Please help us gather new prizes for auctions and bingo winners that night!
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.
You may have gift cards you haven't used which would make excellent prizes if you'd like to donate them to us! E-mail us at info@readingtokids.org to arrange mailing them to us!
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HELP US FIND GRANTS!
Did you know Reading to Kids receives about
half of our funding from corporate and foundation
grants? For example, over the last five years alone
seven of our volunteers helped us receive $160,000 in
grants from their employers!
Please check to see if your employer offers grants
that Reading to Kids can apply to and let us know at
info@readingtokids.org!
You may help us buy thousands of books for kids!
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