Next week for an hour or two between 7:30am and 5pm we need your
help conducting quick classroom walk-throughs or handing out flyers to encourage kids
to come to our September 14th reading clubs.
This can be a lot of fun 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!
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OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING
NEXT THURS. 9/12
Thur. Sept. 12 –
Operations Committee Meeting at 7pm in the Reading to Kids office. We are always looking for more
Site Coordinators, so please join us or call in to (310) 853-1508!
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SUPPORT US VIA RALPHS GROCERY STORE,
ESCRIP, & AMAZONSMILE
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
after September 1st, so please renew again for this year!
Do you shop on
Amazon.com? If you shop using
AmazonSmile, they will donate 0.5% of your purchases to Reading to Kids!
Click here for easy directions on how to start using AmazonSmile!
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RUNNERS NEEDED FOR MARATHON,
1/2 MARATHON, OR 5 K!
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 2020 Los
Angeles Marathon on Sunday,
March 8th!
We're looking for six more full marathon runners and six Charity Challenge runners (the last 13 miles of the course) 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 Big 5K (that's just 3.1 miles) near Dodger Stadium the day before the marathon on Saturday, March 7, 2020.
You can
share this Facebook group with any of your runner
friends to encourage them to join our team!
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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LEGENDARY BINGO ON OCT. 2ND:
SAVE THE DATE & SHARE OUR FLYER!
It's back! On Wednesday, October 2nd, join Reading to Kids
for
Legendary Bingo at
Hamburger Mary's in West Hollywood!
The drinks are strong, the drag queen bingo is "R" rated,
and seating is limited, so be sure to reserve your seat in advance!
If you've been before you know it's a blast. If you haven't, click here for a video of one of our previous winners 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 be interested in going to our Legendary Bingo Night. 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: Wednesday, Oct. 2, 7pm - 8:30pm
WHERE: Hamburger Mary's Restaurant
8288 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90046
(323) 654-3800
bingoboyinc.com/schedule-of-events/
Cost: $20 suggested donation (cash only, please!), which includes 9 regular bingo games and one grand prize bingo game with fantastic prizes!
Legendary Bingo is very popular and there is limited seating available. Plan to arrive before 7:00 p.m.
to get a seat. We strongly suggest making a reservation at bingoboyinc.com/schedule-of-events/ or (323) 654-3800 to ensure your seat.
All proceeds go to Reading to Kids. For more details, visit our
Oct. 2nd Bingo event on
Facebook and invite your friends!
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