Kids Need to Read Annual Letter 2016

Greetings! We at Kids Need to Read have something precious to share with you—the small, yet mighty moments that make our hearts soar. These moments occur while we are providing books to children who have little to call their own, after a presentation to caregivers, during a school program, or at an event where we […]

KNTR Receives Walmart Foundation Community Grants

By Nacole Vickery Photograph by Denise Gary Kids Need to Read is honored to announce it has been awarded two Mesa community grants totaling $750 from Walmart Supercenter on Southern and Superstition Springs, and Walmart Supercenter at Falcon Gateway Shopping Center. The Walmart Foundation Community Grants funds were awarded to stock The Page Coach with […]

Eric Pierpoint’s Not-So-Secret Mission Enriches 107th Street Elementary

By Nacole Vickery, Denise Gary and Eric Pierpoint Photographs by Haniyyah Jones Earlier this year we caught up with our partner, actor/author Eric Pierpoint, after his second visit to 107th Street Elementary School in Los Angeles. Mr. Pierpoint and Kids Need to Read regularly team up to provide books and author visits free of charge […]

GreaterGood.org Donates Over 75,000 Books to KNTR

by Nacole Vickery and Denise Gary Photographs by Lori Cothrun and Waste Management Phoenix Open What a thrilling surprise! Kids Need to Read is bursting with joy at the receipt of over 75,000 gorgeous books delivered on 30 pallets by GreaterGood.org. The gift was facilitated by the publisher, Capstone Publishing, as part of their 25th […]

Thunderbirds Charities Awards $5,000 to The Page Coach

  Kids Need to Read is very excited to announce that Thunderbirds Charities has awarded a $5,000 grant to help fund books for The Page Coach, KNTR’s mobile conveyor of literary treasure to children living in low socioeconomic neighborhoods of the Mesa/Phoenix metropolitan area and throughout Arizona. The mobile outreach unit enables KNTR to connect with children at […]