Join Kids Need to Read for Phoenix Comicon 2017! (Schedule of Activities)

May 25–28, 2017 Phoenix Convention Center 100 N 3rd St, Phoenix, AZ KNTR Booth 1078 Celebrating eight years of partnership as the sponsored charity of Phoenix Comicon (PHXCC), Kids Need to Read (KNTR) is thrilled to announce a fantastic line-up of events for Phoenix Comicon 2017! PHXCC has prioritized support for KNTR since the organization’s […]

Automatic Publishing Donates 1,332 Novels to KNTR

By Denise Gary Photographs by Zachary J. Fox and Gary Mlodzik Toward the last quarter of 2016, Automatic Publishing contacted Kids Need to Read and offered to send a pallet of novels for distribution to the Title I schools we serve. We were thrilled, as the hardcover books included nearly a thousand copies of Hatter […]

ECF of Boeing Arizona Grants $4,000 to The Page Coach

By Denise Gary Photographs by Denise Gary and Lori Cothrun Employees Community Fund of Boeing Arizona (ECF Boeing AZ) has honored Kids Need to Read (KNTR) with a $4,000 grant award to be used to stock The Page Coach with books. The Page Coach is KNTR’s mobile conveyor of literary treasure to children living in […]

KNTR Elves Bring Holiday Cheer to Barnes & Noble Gift Wrapping

By Nacole Vickery Photos by Denise Gary and Nacole Vickery The KNTR elves were busy this holiday season wrapping gifts for donations. We set up our workshop at Barnes & Noble Dana Park Village Square and set about wrapping shoppers’ treasures in festive book paper and comic bows. Children received free copies of Highlights magazine […]

NBAZ Charities Provides $1,300 Grant to READ Together

Kids Need to Read is pleased to announce it has received a $1,300 grant from NBAZ Charities for the READ Together program. National Bank of Arizona (NB|AZ), the state’s largest full service community bank, founded NBAZ Charities in 2015 and began awarding grants in 2016. Kids Need to Read was much honored to be among […]