This week we had several cancelations for our September 12th "Arts & Creativity" reading clubs this Saturday, and we may still have open volunteer spots! 
If all of our reader spots are full when you read this, please
keep checking back today and tomorrow before 3pm for new spots since we usually have a few cancelations during the 48 hours before a reading club. We can also use your help as a School Ambassador!
(If you signed up for the reading clubs but can't join us,
please
cancel your RSVP now so that another volunteer can read with us.)
A GLC, TRAINING COORDINATOR,
AND SITE OPERATIONS HELPERS
Have you volunteered with us a few times recently? Then this Saturday would be a great time to step into any of our vital Operations roles - all training very pleasantly provided!
Please e-mail us at
info@readingtokids.org if you can volunteer for any of the following roles this Saturday:
- GLC at Gratts (2nd)
- Training Coordinator at Esperanza
- Bagel Runner (picking up from a shop in Santa Monica tomorrow at 2:20pm)
- Site Operations Helper at 8am at any school - discover the joy of being a Site Coordinator!
Note about MacArthur Park Elementary:
They currently have an interim principal, so we have closed the RSVPs for MacArthur Park.
For our
September 12th reading clubs
we encourage you to volunteer at any of
Reading to Kids'
other schools! For a map of all of our school sites,
click here.
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HELP! SCHOOL AMBASSADORS NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TOMORROW!
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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MORE BACK-TO-SCHOOL SUPPLIES
WANTED FOR 2027
We gave so many school supplies to each kid who attended our August reading clubs that we need to re-stock for next August!
To make that happen, we need your help purchasing from our Amazon wish list items, including blue bags for the kids to carry home their school supplies next year!
The above wish list indicates the priority of the items we are hoping to receive from you, and it will update automatically to show only those items we still need.
Here's how it works:
- Order an item (or a few!) from our Amazon Wishlist at https://a.co/0h3CUwdv.
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Download and fill out our quick In-Kind Donation Form with your information and what you ordered.
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Email the form to us at
info@readingtokids.org
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We'll send you a personalized thank-you letter / charitable giving receipt for your records!
(The In-Kind Donation Form helps us keep accurate donation records and provides you with documentation for tax purposes.)
The above directions are also provided at this micropage link at https://micro.page/4a2605a2.
For those who prefer to shop back-to-school sales in physical stores, or if you happen to have the following lying around, these are the
specific items we are looking for:
NEW
Spiral notebooks
Colorful 2-pocket folders
Colored pencil sets and marker sets
Pencil pouches
Glue sticks
Large erasers
Mechanical pencils (especially "fun" ones)
Stores such as Office Depot, Staples, and Target are still promoting
great back-to-school specials. If you're going to be there
anyway, why not pick up a folder or ten for the kids?
Please email
us at
info@readingtokids.org or call us at (310) 479-7455 if you have purchased for us any of the items on our wish list or have any supplies to donate!
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12 MORE RUNNERS NEEDED
FOR THE 2027 LA MARATHON,
13.1 MILE CHARITY HALF MARATHON,
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 2027 Los
Angeles Marathon or 13.1 Mile Charity Half Marathon on Sunday,
March 7th!
This is our 14th time running the marathon, and we're looking for eight more Charity Half Marathon runners (the last 13.1 miles of the course) and one more full marathon runner 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 6th.
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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SUPPORT US WITH GROCERY STORE & ESCRIP
Did you know you can support Reading to Kids just
by shopping at the grocery store or using your credit card?
eScrip
and
Ralphs both have programs that are NO COST ways
for you to donate to Reading to Kids.
All
you have to do is
call Ralphs or go online and register your grocery
cards. When you use those cards at a participating
store or service provider, the store will donate a
percentage of your purchases to Reading to Kids!
Click here for simple instructions
on how to sign up or renew! Or, you can
call Ralphs Community Contribution
Program at
(800) 443-4438. Explain you want to register your Ralphs
card number and your telephone number.
Reading to Kids NPO# is BR278.
Note if you have previously signed up: You have to renew
your registration each year
on or after September 1st, so please renew again for this
year!
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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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