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Dear Friends of Reading to Kids,
Wow, what a December morning we had! 418 kids, 225 volunteers,
77 parents, and 20 teachers & staff
made our December 13th reading clubs a holly, jolly success!
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37% of the entire student body of White Elementary joined us on Saturday and received a new book - the highest percentage there ever! We also had 20% of the Esperanza and Alta Loma kids participate!
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The Grinch was back, this year at Magnolia Elementary, trying yet again to steal presents! Keep checking our Instagram for more photos!
At MacArthur Park Elementary, volunteer Paul Heinzman brought picture frames for 5th graders to feature their drawings after hearing Stick Dog Comes to Town: A Christmas Holiday. Click the below photos to see them full size!
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We especially thank our Santa Clauses, Mrs. Clauses, and elves for bringing the North Pole to the reading clubs, and to the
Pasadena Jaycees for once again providing the
Santa suits!
Please consider volunteering for
Operation Santa
and bringing joy to children in need on Christmas Eve! They need another 10 Santa teams, so
click here or email them at OpSanta@PasadenaJaycees.org!
Reading to Kids also thanks
Pico Cleaners for once again generously donating dry cleaning of the Santa suits after these December reading clubs!
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JANUARY 10TH READING CLUBS
Please be sure to sign up for the next reading clubs!
Click here to submit your RSVP for our
"Mysteries & New Adventures" clubs, then "join" the
January 10th reading club event on
Facebook and invite your friends!
These January reading clubs will be smaller since the kids will still be on their three-week Winter Break, so sign up early for January 10th!
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ANNUAL FUND DRIVE UPDATE & WINNERS SO FAR:
FINAL TWO WEEKS TO DONATE!
Since Saturday's reading clubs we received another $10,048 from 54 donors
towards our 2025 Annual Fund Drive!
The names of the new donors have already been added to our
2025 Annual Fund Drive page, and here are
the school competition stats so far:
SCHOOL COMPETITION WINNERS!
Highest percentage of volunteers who donated at the Dec. 13th reading clubs:
1st: Gratts (a new leader with 41%!)
2nd: Magnolia (29%)
3rd: MacArthur Park (25%)
Highest dollar amount raised at the Dec. 13th reading clubs:
1st: Esperanza
2nd: Magnolia (even The Grinch donated!)
3rd: MacArthur Park
Highest percentage of volunteers who have donated overall so far:
1st: Alta Loma (34%!)
2nd: Gratts (31%)
3rd: Magnolia (30%)
Highest dollar amount raised overall so far:
1st: Esperanza Elementary (thanks to Angel fundraiser Mark May)
2nd: Magnolia
3rd: MacArthur Park
All of the Dec. 13th volunteer donations will be doubled by our matching donors at every school!
Our overall goal by the end of the year is to raise $70,000 from
500 donors, and we are currently at $52,548 from 313 donors.
Here's
how you can help, with your donations being counted towards the
school competition:
1) Make a pledge to donate by check or donate online
today by visiting our
2025 Annual Fund Drive. Contributions of any amount are
greatly appreciated!
2) Show your support by asking friends and family to
contribute!
Visit our
2025 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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OFFICE INTERNS NEEDED
Looking for a new way to get involved with Reading to Kids? Want to add volunteer office help to your resume? We currently are looking for a few good
interns to help us in the office on weekdays on a regular basis.
There are tons of things that need to be done in the office for every reading club, as well as general office work. If you or someone you trust is interested and available to intern with us during weekdays, please
email us at
info@readingtokids.org
or call the office at (310) 479-7455.
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A FEW MORE RUNNERS NEEDED
FOR THE 2026 LA 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 2026 Los
Angeles Marathon on Sunday,
March 8th!
This is our 12th time running the marathon, and we're looking for four more marathon runners to join us in one of the best marathons in the country.
If that distance 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 7th.
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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Thanks, we hope you can join us at our next reading clubs on Saturday, January 10th!
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