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Dear Friends of Reading to Kids,
February is here and with it another opportunity to improve the lives of children by reading to them a great book!
Please
sign up today for our February 11th "Friendship & Family" reading clubs, then also join
our February
11th Facebook event to share with your friends.
(If you have signed up for the February reading clubs but can't make it after all, please go here to cancel to open your spot to someone else.)
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2 RELAY RUNNERS NEEDED -
DEADLINE EXTENDED!
Are you a runner? Do you know any runners?
Please forward this email to them and ask
them to join
Team Reading to Kids in the 2017 Skechers Performance Los
Angeles Marathon on Sunday,
March 19th!
We need
2 relay runners to run 13.2 miles each in one of the best
marathons in the country. This is an exclusive opportunity to participate without having to run the entire route!
You can
share this Facebook group with any of your runner
friends to encourage them to join our team! The dollars raised will go to support our monthly reading clubs.
If you or a runner you know is interested in becoming one of our fundraising runners,
before tomorrow's deadline 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 Skechers
Performance Los Angeles Marathon website.
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BE A SCHOOL AMBASSADOR
Next week for an hour or two between 7:30am and 2:30pm, we need your
help conducting quick classroom walk-throughs to encourage kids to come to
our February 11th reading clubs.
If you have volunteered with us before, please reply to info@readingtokids.org or call the office
at (310) 479-7455 if you can be an Ambassador!
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HELP FIND BINGO PRIZE & AUCTION ITEMS
Our next Legendary Bingo fundraiser at
Hamburger Mary's in West Hollywood is set for
May 24th, and we need your help gathering prizes for the bingo winners! Please help support this and other future fundraisers (including our silent auctions) by helping us gather prize donations.
To help you get started, click these links for
tips on how to best approach a business or person to donate to our events, and a
donation form for the donor 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.
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Thanks, and we hope you can help with any of the above!
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