Summer 2014
Read to a Child 
Summer 2014 Newsletter
"Give Me $5" Digital Campaign is in Full Swing!

 

We are thrilled to announce that Read to a Child has launched its first digital fundraising campaign for friends and family called 'Give Me $5'! Our goal is $50,000 in the month of August - providing 3,000 reading sessions! 

 

Thus far, 'Give Me $5' has raised $21,306!  Be sure to check out our Facebook page where the campaign is live and you can follow progress and meet some of our champions, like actor, director, producer Bob Balaban! 

 

Donations are welcome for the Give Me $5 campaign here. For more information on how to join the campaign, please contact Amelie Ansari at amelie.ansari@readtoachild.org Thank you so much to our sponsors: DIRECTV, Dentsu Aegis, Carat, Hubspot, Skyword, and GroupM.

Boston

 

Save the Date: Thursday November 6, 2014
  
Please save the date for Read to a Child's 12th Annual Gala! It will be Thursday, November 6th at the Boston Common Hotel and we hope to see you all there! 

The theme will be "Oh, the Places You'll Go!" and it will be an evening to remember! Mark your calendars and click here to learn more.

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Connecticut
CT Board Member, Carolyn Donaldson 
and her student at the year end celebration

We are excited about the growth that Read to a Child is achieving in Connecticut. Check out this great picture from a year-end celebration event at Lincoln Elementary School in New Britain. This is Connecticut Regional Board Member and reading mentor Carolyn Donaldson and her student enjoying a final book before summer vacation. 

 

Read to a Child is also very excited to announce that the Fisher Foundation has generously awarded Read to a Child $5,000 to support the Connecticut lunchtime reading program. A big thank you to them!

Detroit

Read to a Child and Target

Read to a Child is pleased to announce a $25,000 grant from Target. This grant will allow the lunchtime reading program to grow to a third school in the city of Detroit, which means dozens of additional at-risk children will receive individualized reading sessions. 

The grant is part of Target's ongoing efforts to build strong, safe and healthy communities across the country. These efforts include Target's long history of giving 5 percent of its profit to communities, which today equals more than $4 million every week. As part of this commitment, Target is on track to give $1 billion for education by the end of 2015 to help kids learn, schools teach and parents and caring adults engage. 

Los Angeles
The winning team from Lee Tran & Liang LLP
 

Los Angeles Holds 10th Annual Adult Spelling Bee!

 

Congratulations to the winning team from Lee Tran & Liang LLP, winners of the 10th Annual Los Angeles for Literary Adult Spelling Bee! A cheering crowd of supporters and friends gathered for a fun filled night July 17th at the ACE Hotel in downtown L.A. It was a festive evening featuring live entertainment, silent auction, donut machine, and a photo booth!  We proudly showcased the power of the lunchtime reading program through the moving words of children in our program.   


 

Two Spelling BEE contestants who are Read to a Child volunteers from EY

Thank you to our sponsors and corporate reading partner volunteers from AEG & Staples Center Foundation, Alston & Bird, Capital Group, DIRECTV, EY, Gersh/Derby LLP, Innovation Capital, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, LTL Attorneys, McKool Smith, Newport Trial Group, Seyfarth Shaw, Ralina Shaw Public Relations, Fun 4 Events, and the Disney VoluntEARS.

 

We invite you to check out and like our Facebook page and check out more photos from the event.

South Florida 

Read to a Child Fundraising Event in Miami

We invite you to attend our upcoming fundraising event in Miami on Thursday, September 4th! It will take place from 6:00pm-8:00pm at Books & Books and will be an exciting evening to raise money for Read to a Child's lunchtime reading program in South Florida.

To buy tickets, click here


 

Meet Brad Meltzer - #1 bestselling author, host of TV's Decoded and author of the bestselling children's books "I am Abraham Lincoln," "I am Amelia Earhart," and "I am Rosa Parks."

 

If you are interested in sponsoring the event, please call Jose Romero, Read to a Child South Florida Regional Board Chair at (305) 989-5551. To see sponsorship levels, click here.


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