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 […]

Kids Need to Read Welcomes Mr. Chris Ingersoll to Board of Directors

Kids Need to Read is honored to announce the addition of BBVA Compass Commercial Banking Vice President Chris Ingersoll to the Board of Directors. Ingersoll has been contributing financial advice to Kids Need to Read since 2009 and has provided inspirational presentations to youth as part of the organization’s diverse literacy programming. He was recently […]

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 […]

Pi Beta Phi Phoenix Alumnae Club & KNTR Celebrate Literacy Year-round

By Denise Gary Photographs by Denise Gary Kids Need to Read has been blessed by a wonderful partnership with Pi Beta Phi Phoenix Alumnae Club over the past three years, which has resulted in the provision of books and literacy programs for disadvantaged children in the Phoenix area, as well as nationally. Here are our most recent activities […]

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 […]