Giving and Receiving at Arizona Renaissance Festival
By Denise Gary Photos © Bruce Matsunaga and Denise Gary Oh, the great times we always have at the annual Arizona Renaissance Festival book drive for Kids Need to Read! For five years, the festival has been holding the book-raiser benefiting KNTR during their highly popular Pirate Invasion Weekend. It is an enormous blessing to […]
Out of Print Supports KNTR to Stock Coffeeville Elementary Library
Without libraries what do we have? We have no past and no future. —Ray Bradbury For the second year, Out of Print is celebrating National Library Week by helping an elementary school library in need. Partnering with Kids Need to Read, they are committing 10% of all Out of Print online sales to help fully […]
“Book” the Date! KNTR Grand Opening!
By Drew Adams Photograph © Steve Gary Please join Kids Need to Read as we celebrate the official opening of our new headquarters! Located on West Broadway Road in Mesa, Arizona, the new facility provides us with the additional space needed to expand our efforts as we work to provide vital reading resources across the […]
Swashbuckling and Books at This Weekend’s Arizona Renaissance Festival!
Ahoy me hearties! This weekend join Kids Need to Read at Arizona Renaissance Festival on Saturday, February 28th and Sunday, February 29th from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM for Pirate Invasion Weekend. We invite you to bring a new children’s book and in exchange we will give you a free child’s (ages 5-12) admission ticket […]
Kids Need to Read Receives Veora E. Johnson Spirit of Unity Award for Community Service
by Denise Gary Photographs by Robert Gary and Denise Gary Kids Need to Read was deeply honored to accept the Veora E. Johnson Spirit of Unity Award for Community Service at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Celebration Gala in Mesa, Arizona. We are most grateful to the committee for recognizing our organization’s work on […]