A Heart Full of Thanks for Our Volunteers!
By Lori Cothrun Photos by Denise Gary The traditional definition of a volunteer is a person who freely takes on a task. While this may be the case, the volunteers at Kids Need to Read are so much more than a traditional definition. We would define them as caring, wonderful, generous, hardworking, determined, and quirky. […]
John F. Long Foundation Awards $1,500 to KNTR for “READ Together”
John F Long Foundation has honored Kids Need to Read (KNTR) with a $1,500 grant award to be used toward the READ Together program. Funds dedicated to READ Together are used to implement the program in poorly funded schools located in low socioeconomic areas of the United States. KNTR chooses participating schools from applicants who […]
Author Steven Riley Inspires “READ Together” Kids
By Denise Gary Photos by Robert Gary, Shelby McBride, and Denise Gary I thought the presentation by Steven Riley for our kindergarten students was outstanding! Kindergarten is a hard age to keep engaged, and he had our 150 kindergarteners engaged and enjoying themselves throughout the presentation. What’s even more amazing is that he incorporated teaching […]
Kids Need to Read Awarded $10,000 from Pi Beta Phi Foundation to Fill “The Page Coach”
By Denise Gary Photos by Bruce Matsunaga and Denise Gary Kids Need to Read was overjoyed to receive a $10,000 Special Impact Grant from Pi Beta Phi Foundation to fund books and literacy programming for The Page Coach, a mobile conveyor of literary treasure to children living in low socioeconomic neighborhoods in the Mesa/Phoenix metropolitan […]
Rock & Read Book Drive Benefits KNTR with Irish Flair
By Denise Gary Photos by Denise Gary We had such a fantastic time at Friends of Saint Patrick–AZ presents Rock & Read this past Saturday, enjoying plenty of Irish hospitality and culture! Friends of St. Patrick Centre–Arizona Chapter (FoSPC–AZ) kicked off a month-long book drive for Kids Need to Read with this joyful celebration in […]