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Thanks so much to everyone
who helped us read and give books to
307 children in Feb. 2026!
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| These 182 volunteers made the reading clubs a big success! |
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| Name |
School |
Role(s) |
| Acosta, Lessa | Gratts | Site Coordinator |
| Albano, Jessica | MacArthur Park | 3rd Grade Reader |
| Altman, Daniel | Politi | Site Coordinator |
| Amy, Rene | Magnolia | Site Coordinator |
| Anton, Pamela | Alta Loma | Site Coordinator |
| Araujo, Monica | Gratts | Kindergarten Reader |
| Arrizon, Tony-Ely | White | Site Coordinator |
| Avalos, Karla | Esperanza | 4th Grade GLC and Reader |
| Axe, Jason | MacArthur Park | Site Operations Helper |
| Aylor, Drew | Politi | 5th Grade Reader |
| Baca, Lisette Lee | White | 2nd Grade Reader |
| Bakkar, Erika | Politi | 2nd Grade GLC and Reader |
| Barboza, Liency | MacArthur Park | 4th Grade Reader |
| Barcelona, Gabriel | White | 3rd Grade Reader |
| Barriga, Joniel | Politi | Kindergarten GLC and Reader |
| Bates, Michelle | Magnolia | 5th Grade Reader |
| Baum, Casey | White | 1st Grade Reader |
| Baumgartner, Steve | Gratts | Kindergarten GLC and Reader |
| Berger, Susan | Politi | 4th Grade Reader |
| Bergey, Patricia | MacArthur Park | Kindergarten GLC and Reader |
| Botticella, Geovanni | MacArthur Park | 2nd Grade Reader |
| Boussiquot, Love | Politi | 1st Grade Reader |
| Boyd, Catherine | Politi | 1st Grade Reader |
| Budiman, Ashley | Esperanza | Kindergarten Reader |
| Butler, Thomas (Sean) | Magnolia | 2nd Grade Reader |
| Cabilangan, Max | Esperanza | Kindergarten Reader |
| Callahan, David | White | Site Coordinator |
| Camara Calvo, Julia | MacArthur Park | 5th Grade Reader |
| Cardona, Melanie | Magnolia | 3rd Grade Reader |
| Carias-Urbina, Hazel | MacArthur Park | Operations Reader |
| Carrillo, Tatiana | Politi | 1st Grade Reader |
| Caseres, Umbert | White | 4th Grade Reader |
| Chang, Kyley | Politi | 3rd Grade Reader |
| Cheng, Vicki | White | 5th Grade GLC and Reader |
| Cheung, Ginny | Gratts | 4th Grade Reader |
| Chhuon, Vichea | Esperanza | 4th Grade Reader |
| Chironna, Jonathan | Gratts | 3rd Grade GLC and Reader |
| Chittenden, Russell | Gratts | 4th Grade GLC and Reader |
| Clouser, Matthew | MacArthur Park | Kindergarten Reader |
| Conlin, Catherine | Magnolia | 5th Grade GLC and Reader |
| Cook, Ashley | Gratts | 5th Grade Reader |
| Coppola, Samantha | MacArthur Park | 1st Grade Reader |
| Cortez, Mary | Gratts | 5th Grade GLC and Reader |
| Cramer, Mia | MacArthur Park | Site Coordinator |
| Dabke, Viyan | Esperanza | 1st Grade Reader |
| Damberg, Louise | Alta Loma | 5th Grade Reader |
| Davis, Ethan | Politi | Kindergarten Reader |
| De Jesus, Abigail | Magnolia | 1st Grade Reader |
| Delshad, Dori | Alta Loma | Site Operations Helper |
| Denim, Cambria | Alta Loma | 1st Grade Reader |
| Desai, Natasha | Politi | Kindergarten Reader |
| Dikes, Kiarra | Esperanza | 2nd Grade Reader |
| Dorfman, Seth | Alta Loma | 4th Grade GLC and Reader |
| Dunning, Jessica | White | Site Coordinator |
| Dvorin, Samantha | Esperanza | 2nd Grade Reader |
| Ezuma, Tiffany | MacArthur Park | 4th Grade Reader |
| Feinstein, Robert | MacArthur Park | 3rd Grade GLC and Reader |
| Forbes, Taylor | MacArthur Park | 1st Grade GLC and Reader |
| Fukushima, Kate | Alta Loma | Kindergarten Reader |
| Fulling, Janie | Magnolia | Kindergarten Reader |
| Galiwango, Heath | Politi | Kindergarten Reader |
| Gao, Fiona | White | Site Coordinator |
| Garza, Karen | Alta Loma | 1st Grade Reader |
| Gee, Kelly | White | 5th Grade Reader |
| Gibbs, Ashlee | MacArthur Park | 1st Grade Reader |
| Goldstein, Dottie | Politi | 2nd Grade Reader |
| Golub, Julia | White | Training Coordinator and 2nd Grade Reader |
| Gomez, Valeria | Esperanza | 2nd Grade Reader |
| Gonzalez-Maza, Melanie | Magnolia | Kindergarten Reader |
| Grannis, Jennifer | Gratts | 2nd Grade GLC and Reader |
| Gray, Audrey | MacArthur Park | 3rd Grade Reader |
| Gray, Catherine | Esperanza | 2nd Grade Reader |
| Green, Karen | Politi | 5th Grade GLC and Reader |
| Greengard, Gloria | Esperanza | 1st Grade Reader |
| Halperin, Zach | White | Site Coordinator |
| Hansen, Lisa | MacArthur Park | Kindergarten Reader |
| Haselhoff, Jacob | Esperanza | 2nd Grade Reader |
| Haylett, Lily | Esperanza | 4th Grade Reader |
| Hebert, Jesse | MacArthur Park | 4th Grade Reader |
| Heinzman, Paul | MacArthur Park | 3rd Grade Reader |
| Hendrickson, Jennifer | Politi | 2nd Grade Reader |
| Hernandez, Daisy | White | 4th Grade Reader |
| Hernandez, Gabriela | Alta Loma | Kindergarten Reader |
| Hernandez-Arevalo, Isaac | Gratts | 3rd Grade Reader |
| Hoang, Tu | Gratts | Kindergarten Reader |
| Hogan, Will | Gratts | 3rd Grade Reader |
| Hoggs, Kharee | Magnolia | 3rd Grade GLC and Reader |
| Horn, Heather | Politi | Site Coordinator |
| Horta, Paola | Politi | 4th Grade GLC and Reader |
| Ibarra-Ortiz, Marlen | Gratts | 2nd Grade Reader |
| Idels, Ian | Alta Loma | 3rd Grade Reader |
| Ikeji, Didi | Alta Loma | Kindergarten Reader |
| Ip, Tiffany | MacArthur Park | 2nd Grade Reader |
| Jackson, Tenecia | White | 1st Grade GLC and Reader |
| Jehdian, Danielle | Gratts | 1st Grade Reader |
| Kakkar, Amisha | White | 5th Grade Reader |
| Kao, Lauren | Politi | Kindergarten Reader |
| Kebede, Azariah | Magnolia | 3rd Grade Reader |
| Kolsrud, Erica | Magnolia | Site Coordinator |
| Komurasaki, Yuna | Esperanza | 4th Grade Reader |
| Koopman-Glass, Melanie | MacArthur Park | 2nd Grade Reader |
| Krupski, Kat | Alta Loma | 1st Grade Reader |
| Kuhn, Lauren | Esperanza | Site Coordinator |
| Lajubutu, Omotola | White | 4th Grade Reader |
| Landau, Naama | Esperanza | 5th Grade GLC and Reader |
| Lavner, Shane | Alta Loma | 2nd Grade GLC and Reader |
| Leung, Maggie | Esperanza | 3rd Grade GLC and Reader |
| Levitt, Mikey | Alta Loma | 1st Grade Reader |
| Levy, Max | Esperanza | 4th Grade Reader |
| Lim, Sean | Magnolia | Kindergarten GLC and Reader |
| Lirtsman, Catherine | Alta Loma | 1st Grade GLC and Reader |
| Loye, Marie | Alta Loma | 1st Grade Reader |
| Malonzo, Areiah | White | 5th Grade Reader |
| Maninang, Chelsea | Magnolia | 4th Grade Reader |
| Marquez, Melissa | White | 3rd Grade Reader |
| Martin, Christopher | MacArthur Park | 5th Grade GLC and Reader |
| Martinez, Cecilia | MacArthur Park | 2nd Grade Reader |
| Martinez, Vanessa | Magnolia | 2nd Grade GLC and Reader |
| May, Mark | Esperanza | Site Coordinator |
| Messam, Jenny | Alta Loma | Food Runner and 2nd Grade Reader |
| Miller, Callie | Gratts | 1st Grade Reader |
| Mir, Dilek | Alta Loma | 3rd Grade GLC and Reader |
| Morrow, Brittney | Politi | Site Operations Helper |
| Ohta, Jason | White | 1st Grade Reader |
| Olson, Jami | Magnolia | Food Runner and 3rd Grade Reader |
| Orchard, Charlie | Magnolia | Site Operations Helper |
| Perez, Christian | White | 4th Grade Reader |
| Plax, Aryn | Gratts | 5th Grade Reader |
| Popelka, Allan | Magnolia | 1st Grade Reader |
| Reese, Chloe | Magnolia | 1st Grade GLC and Reader |
| Reyes, Dianne | Alta Loma | 5th Grade GLC and Reader |
| Rickard, David | Esperanza | 3rd Grade Reader |
| Rivas, Gabriella | Gratts | 2nd Grade Reader |
| Robinson, Tanea | Alta Loma | Site Coordinator |
| Rodriguez Coe, Yancy | White | Site Operations Helper |
| Rogers, Tashodra | MacArthur Park | Site Operations Helper |
| Rubio, Mariel | Alta Loma | Site Coordinator |
| Rubio, Mary | Alta Loma | Operations Reader |
| Răducu, Ioana | MacArthur Park | 3rd Grade Reader |
| Sadove, Joseph | White | 2nd Grade Reader |
| Sandersfeld, Emily | Politi | Site Coordinator |
| Sanderson, Tina | MacArthur Park | Site Coordinator |
| Sarkissian, Jennifer | Gratts | 1st Grade GLC and Reader |
| Schanzlin, Ava | Alta Loma | Kindergarten Reader |
| Selvage III, Prince | White | 4th Grade GLC and Reader |
| Shulse, Julie | Politi | 3rd Grade GLC and Reader |
| Singh, Jit | Esperanza | Kindergarten GLC and Reader |
| Singh, Natasha | Alta Loma | 4th Grade Reader |
| Smith, Hannah | Alta Loma | 2nd Grade Reader |
| Smith, Jen | Gratts | Site Coordinator |
| Solis, Marco | Esperanza | 2nd Grade GLC and Reader |
| Stalder, Julia | White | 5th Grade Reader |
| Stevenson, Sonia | MacArthur Park | Site Coordinator |
| Suntwanuparp, Stephanie | Esperanza | 2nd Grade Reader |
| Tam, Kaili | Alta Loma | 2nd Grade Reader |
| Taylor, Teresa | Esperanza | 2nd Grade Reader |
| Tchamkertenian, Chris | Gratts | 4th Grade Reader |
| Terrazas, Kimberly | Alta Loma | 5th Grade Reader |
| Thomas , Dakota | Esperanza | 3rd Grade Reader |
| Ting, Vanessa | White | 2nd Grade Reader |
| Tran, Christopher | White | 3rd Grade Reader |
| Tran, Nikki | Politi | 4th Grade Reader |
| Tuyub Canul, Janneth | Politi | Kindergarten Reader |
| Valiente-Mendez, Rachel | Magnolia | Kindergarten Reader |
| Van Cleef, Zach | White | 2nd Grade GLC and Reader |
| Vanderwerken, Emily | Magnolia | 4th Grade Reader |
| Vasquez, Paula | White | 3rd Grade GLC and Reader |
| Vetica, Rylie | White | 5th Grade Reader |
| Webb, Janet | Politi | 3rd Grade Reader |
| Wells, Amy | Magnolia | Kindergarten Reader |
| White, Sarah | Alta Loma | Training Coordinator and Kindergarten Reader |
| Williams, Precilla | MacArthur Park | Kindergarten Reader |
| Wilson, Kori | Gratts | Site Operations Helper |
| Wodka, Adam | Magnolia | 2nd Grade Reader |
| Wu, Helen | Esperanza | Site Coordinator |
| Wu, Jackie | Esperanza | 1st Grade GLC and Reader |
| Xu, Julia | Esperanza | 5th Grade Reader |
| Yamaki, Jennie | MacArthur Park | 2nd Grade Reader |
| Yamamoto, Nikolaus | White | 5th Grade Reader |
| Zelin, Jason | Politi | 2nd Grade Reader |
| Zhang, Caitlin | White | 5th Grade Reader |
| Zhou, Chelsea | Alta Loma | 4th Grade Reader |
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| Feb. 2026 Participation Summary |
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| School |
Children |
Volunteers |
| Alta Loma |
35 |
28 |
| Esperanza |
95 |
27 |
| Gratts |
25 |
21 |
| MacArthur Park |
31 |
28 |
| Magnolia |
34 |
22 |
| Politi |
37 |
25 |
| White |
50 |
31 |
| Grand Total |
307 |
182 |
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| Click here for all-time program statistics. |
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| - | Accenture | Magnolia |
| - | ACM@UCLA | Politi |
| - | Agape | Politi |
| - | Agents of Change | Magnolia |
| - | Alliance for Latinx Management at Anderson (ALMA) | Wilshire Park |
| - | Alumni Scholars UCLA | Politi |
| - | Americorps NCCC | Magnolia |
| - | Boeing | Politi |
| - | Bruin Buddies in Pediatric Care at UCLA | Alta Loma, Magnolia |
| - | COC Psi Beta/Psych Club | Magnolia |
| - | Cognizant | MacArthur Park |
| - | Cornell Club of Los Angeles | Magnolia |
| - | Creative Artists Agency | Politi |
| - | CSULA Basketball | MacArthur Park, Politi |
| - | CSULA NSSLHA | Magnolia |
| - | CSULB Alpha Phi Omega Rho Gamma Chapter | Magnolia |
| - | CSUN CADA | Esperanza |
| - | CSUN Sigma Alpha Zeta | MacArthur Park |
| - | Delta Sigma Pi | White |
| - | Disney VoluntEARS | Magnolia |
| - | ECHO at UCLA | Magnolia |
| - | Flexport | Politi |
| - | FOX Gives | Magnolia |
| - | IGAF | Magnolia, Politi |
| - | InterNations Changemakers | Politi |
| - | Junior League of Los Angeles | Commonwealth, MacArthur Park, Politi, White, Wilshire Park |
| - | Kaiser Permanente | Commonwealth |
| - | Kappa Delta Chi MSMU | Magnolia |
| - | Keck School of Medicine of USC | Politi |
| - | L.A. Works | Commonwealth, Wilshire Park |
| - | LA County Alternate Public Defenders | White |
| - | LACBA BYA Pro Bono Committee | MacArthur Park |
| - | LAUSD Office of the General Counsel | Commonwealth |
| - | Lifeline Church | Magnolia |
| - | LMU Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Tau Kappa Chapter | Magnolia |
| - | LMU FYS | Magnolia, Politi |
| - | Los Angeles Auburn Club | Esperanza |
| - | MERCYWORLDWIDE | Commonwealth |
| - | MIT Club of Southern California | Politi |
| - | Notre Dame Club of Los Angeles | MacArthur Park |
| - | NYU LA | MacArthur Park |
| - | Occidental College Alpha Lambda Phi Alpha | Esperanza |
| - | Order of the Eastern Star PHRA State of CA | Commonwealth |
| - | OU Alumni | Esperanza |
| - | PCC Circle K International | Politi |
| - | Penn Serves LA | Commonwealth |
| - | Project RISHI at UCLA | White |
| - | Rotaract at UCLA | Esperanza |
| - | South Bay Cal Alumni Club | Alta Loma |
| - | Stanbridge University | Magnolia |
| - | Stanford Alumni CSC | Esperanza |
| - | SULA Semester | Magnolia |
| - | Texas Exes Los Angeles Chapter | Magnolia |
| - | TransferMed at UCLA | Politi |
| - | UCLA A Moment of Magic | Magnolia |
| - | UCLA Alpha Epsilon Delta | White |
| - | UCLA Alumni Westside Network | Esperanza |
| - | UCLA AMWA | Wilshire Park |
| - | UCLA Anderson School of Management | Wilshire Park |
| - | UCLA ASDA | Magnolia |
| - | UCLA Black Graduate Students Association | Magnolia |
| - | UCLA Bruin Belles Service Association | Politi |
| - | UCLA Bunche Fellows Program | Esperanza, White |
| - | UCLA Chi Omega | Magnolia |
| - | UCLA Circle K | Magnolia |
| - | UCLA FISH | Wilshire Park |
| - | UCLA Lambda Theta Nu | MacArthur Park |
| - | UCLA Latino Alumni Association (ULAA) | Esperanza |
| - | UCLA MEMO | Alta Loma, White |
| - | UCLA Morning Sign Out | Wilshire Park |
| - | UCLA Mortar Board, Agathai Chapter | MacArthur Park |
| - | UCLA OCHC | Esperanza |
| - | UCLA Phi Sigma Rho | Magnolia |
| - | UCLA Pi Beta Phi | Alta Loma |
| - | UCLA Pilipinos For Community Health Club (PCH) | Alta Loma |
| - | UCLA PULSE | Magnolia |
| - | UCLA Regents Scholar Society | Alta Loma |
| - | UCLA School on Wheels | Wilshire Park |
| - | UCLA Theta Tau | MacArthur Park |
| - | UCLA Volunteer Center | Commonwealth |
| - | UNA at UCLA | Wilshire Park |
| - | UNICEF at UCLA | Alta Loma |
| - | University Catholic Center at UCLA | Esperanza, Wilshire Park |
| - | University of Miami Alumni Association Los Angeles Canes | Politi |
| - | University of Michigan Club - Los Angeles | Magnolia |
| - | USC Beta Alpha Psi | Magnolia |
| - | USC Circle K International | Magnolia |
| - | USC Friends and Neighbors Day | Magnolia |
| - | USC Helenes | Magnolia, Politi |
| - | USC HOSA | Politi |
| - | USC Kappa Alpha Pi | Politi |
| - | USC Lambda Theta Phi | Esperanza |
| - | USC MOVE | Magnolia |
| - | USC PedSIG | Esperanza |
| - | USC Sigma Gamma Rho | Magnolia |
| - | USC Sigma Lambda Gamma | MacArthur Park, Magnolia |
| - | Westside Cal Alumni Club | Esperanza |
| - | Yale University | Gratts, Politi |
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