Reading to Kids is a non-profit organization dedicated to inspiring underserved children with a love of reading by helping them become better readers. They coordinate reading clubs at local Los Angeles area elementary schools where volunteers read aloud to children and create arts and crafts projects about the stories. Each child receives a book to take home and the books read aloud are donated to the school’s library. Reading aloud to children imparts a love of books that leads to improved literacy, to a more successful education, and to a brighter future.
In order to conduct these reading clubs on the second Saturday of every month, they rely on the enthusiasm and dedication of 200-300 volunteers each month. We have many alumni groups in the area that volunteer as a way to network and do some community service. They would love to have members of the Brown Club of Southern California participate in the
monthly reading clubs with us.
They presently partner with five elementary schools in downtown Los Angeles where the students are from low-income households and many are English Language Learners. To see a map of the schools, please visit www.readingtokids.org/ReadingClubs/RCSchools.php. The reading clubs are held on the second Saturday of every month from 9:00 a.m.
until 12:00 noon.
For more information, visit their website at www.readingtokids.org or contact Jessica.Tritsch@readingtokids.org or (310) 479-7455.
