Memories of Phoenix Comicon 2012

By Denise Gary Photographs © Bruce Matsunaga, Robert Gary, Carl Wagner, and Denise Gary It is always difficult to express the importance of Kids Need to Read’s annual involvement in Phoenix Comicon to our overall year. Not only is the KNTR Geek Prom, sponsored by Bookmans and hosted at Phoenix Comicon, our largest fundraiser of […]

Kids Need to Read is Houston Bound for the 2012 Space City Con!

Kids Need to Read is the sponsored charity of this year’s Space City Con in Houston Texas. This three-day event is going to be filled with all kinds of fun for the whole family! The convention organizers are kindly supplying KNTR with a booth, so we will be on hand for this event of galactic […]

KNTR Founders Awarded Edwin P. Hubble Medal of Initiative

By Denise Gary Photographs © William Russell, Kelly Schlereth, and Denise Gary I had the great pleasure of visiting Marshfield, Missouri and its friendly inhabitants when I attended the Edwin P. Hubble Medal of Initiative dinner during the city’s annual Cherry Blossom Festival. The Hubble Medal was bestowed upon me, PJ Haarsma, and Nathan Fillion […]

Arizona Diamondbacks Provide KNTR with Star Treatment

By Denise Gary Photographs © Robert Gary, Denise Gary, and Steven Gary Kids Need to Read, along with other 2011 grant recipients, was recently treated to a special reception and on-field recognition at Chase Field by Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation. Our organization earned a $5,000 grant from the foundation at the end of 2011 and is […]

Doing Time, “Con”-Style

By The Sauce Boss Photographs © Bruce Matsunaga and Robert Gary They say doing time’ll change a man… But we’re not talking about some cushy prison or psychiatric getaway, with flickering fluorescent ambience and softly-padded walls. No, this formerly soft, shivering 98-pound weakling has earned his stripes at the very pinnacle of “Con” fashion – […]