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Dear Friends of Reading to Kids,
JOIN US TONIGHT FOR
LEGENDARY BINGO WITH TIM DEKAY!
PLEASE SHARE OUR FLYER
& CHECK OUT THESE PRIZES!
It's finally here! Tonight we're playing
Legendary Bingo at
Hamburger Mary's in West Hollywood! 
Joining us is celebrity ballcaller
Tim DeKay from White Collar, Oppenheimer, 2023, Bosch, and so much more!
We want to fill the room with enthusiastic bingo players, so whether or not you can go, please share our October 21st Bingo event on Facebook by tagging and inviting your friends!
The drinks are strong and the drag queen bingo is "R" rated! All attendees must be 18 years old or older.
If you've been before you know it's a blast. If you haven't, click here for a video on their website to see what you've been missing!
Please click the image above for a flyer in .PDF format and forward it to anyone you know who may want to join us tonight. You can also print out the flyer and post it wherever many people are likely to see it, perhaps with a note that you are going and inviting others to join you.
 WHEN: Tonight, October 21st, 7pm - 8:30pm
 WHERE: Hamburger Mary's Restaurant
8288 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90046
(323) 654-3800
hamburgermarys.com/weho/
Cost: $20 suggested donation (bring cash, please!), which includes 9 regular bingo games and one grand prize bingo game with fantastic prizes!
Prize bags ready for tonight's winners!
Book your reservation through their Yelp page. Parking is available at WeHo City Hall across the street (street and meter parking available, per their parking map.)
Legendary Bingo is very popular and there is limited seating available. Plan to arrive before 7:00 p.m.
to get a seat. You don't have to make a reservation, but we strongly suggest making a reservation through their Yelp page or hamburgermarys.com/weho/ or (323) 654-3800 to ensure your seat.
BINGO PRIZES YOU CAN WIN!
Amongst the fabulous prizes you can bid on or win are private in-home wine parties, movie tickets, Six Flags and Universal Studios passes, a certificate for four guests to the world famous Magic Castle, and priceless The Simpsons goodies autographed by Homer Simpson himself, Dan Castellaneta!
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READERS NEEDED FOR
NOVEMBER 14TH READING CLUBS
Our November 14th "Journeys & Adventures" reading clubs are filling up nicely, though we still have room for 18 more volunteers to join us that morning! Submit your RSVP at www.readingtokids.org and don't miss the boat!
Then, "join" the
November 14th reading club event on
Facebook and invite your friends!
(Volunteers from LMU showing their college spirit at Politi.
Click on the above image to see it full size)
November is our college spirit month,
so dig out your college sweatshirts and ball caps to
wear that morning as we see which college shows the most spirit!
Note about MacArthur Park Elementary:
They still have an interim principal, so for now we have closed the RSVPs for MacArthur Park. We will email all recent MacArthur Park Elementary volunteers if we get to open the RSVPs for the Nov. 14th clubs.
For our November 14th 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.
HELP US EXPAND TO TWO NEW SCHOOLS
ON NOV. 14TH!
Last week we announced we will begin reading at
two new partner schools, Commonwealth Avenue Elementary and Wilshire Park Elementary, at our November 14th reading clubs!
Click the above links to see where each school is located near our other partner schools (you may have to refresh your web browser to see the updated map that includes them).
This is the first time we are opening two new schools in the same month! Please help inspire students at Commonwealth and Wilshire Park with a love of reading by signing up to volunteer for this momentous occasion! This is your chance to be at a first reading club at one of our schools!
More experienced volunteers wanted at Wilshire Park:
We have a large number of first-time volunteers with us already signed up for Wilshire Park Elementary.
Thus, we are looking for a few of them to switch to one of our other schools, and a few of our experienced volunteers to go to Wilshire Park on Nov. 14th.
If you are already signed up for another school for November 14th and you want to switch to Wilshire Park Elem. (or Commonwealth), please contact us at
info@readingtokids.org.
For each new school we will also need a coffee pot that can brew at least 20 cups of coffee at a time. If you can donate one, please let us know!
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13 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 seven more Charity Half Marathon runners (the last 13.1 miles of the course) and three more full marathon runners 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. We have three more 5K spots left!
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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2026 ANNUAL FUND DRIVE UPDATE!
Our 2026 Annual Fund Drive has already raised our first $10,000, with $10,007 donated from 82 donors!
Those who have donated can see their names listed on our
2026 Annual Fund Drive page. If you have not yet donated, please donate today so we can add your name there, too.
Our Annual Fund Drive lasts until December 31st, and our ambitious goal this year is to raise $75,000 from 500 donors. Please help us meet that goal by spreading the word to your friends and co-workers!
How Can You Help?
1) Make a pledge to donate by check or donate online
today by visiting our
2026 Annual Fund Drive. Contributions of any amount are
greatly appreciated!
2) Show your support by asking friends and family to
contribute!
Visit our
2026 Annual Fund Drive
page and look under the "Help us Fundraise!"
header for resources, including information on creating your own
personalized fundraising page on Facebook, our handy
donor sheet for raising money with your friends and
co-workers,
tips for fundraising, and so much more.
Once they know about Reading to Kids, many of your
friends and family will want to donate -
we just need you to ask!
Also, if your workplace matches donations to nonprofits, please share
with them your donation, and ask them to consider matching it. In this way you double your donation and share with others your enthusiasm
for Reading to Kids!
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Sincerely,
Charlie Orchard, Yancy Rodriguez Coe, & Anna Davies
Reading to Kids
1600 Sawtelle Blvd, Suite 210
Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 479-7455
(310) 479-7435 (FAX)
info@readingtokids.org
www.readingtokids.org
www.facebook.com/readingtokids
www.x.com/readingtokids (formerly Twitter)
Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/readingtokids.org
www.instagram.com/readingtokids
Make a donation:
www.readingtokids.org/HowToHelp/HelpDonate.php
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