Highlights for Children to Donate Up to 30,000 Magazines to Kids Need to Read in Honor of Giving Tuesday
For the sixth consecutive year, Highlights and Kids Need to Read partner together to provide magazines to disadvantaged children. - December 02, 2019
Thunderbirds Charities Awards $25,000 Grant to Kids Need to Read
Kids Need to Read is the honored recipient of a $25,000 grant award from Thunderbirds Charities. The funds will be used to provide books and other reading resources to disadvantaged children via The Page Coach. - June 21, 2019
Kids Need to Read and Highlights™: a Unique #GivingTuesday Partnership
While other nonprofit organizations ask for donations of funds on #GivingTuesday, Kids Need to Read enjoys a unique and highly successful partnership with Highlights to raise tens of thousands of magazines for distribution to disadvantaged children through the two agencies’ annual #GivingTuesday campaign. The magazines benefit Kids Need to Read’s literacy programs for children nationwide. - November 26, 2018
Phoenix Comic Fest Provides Major Funding to Local Children’s Literacy Initiative
Kids Need to Read has been the sponsored charity of Phoenix Comic Fest over the past nine years. In that time, the pop culture convention’s support has resulted in over $250,000 raised for the Mesa-based literacy organization’s programs for disadvantaged children. - May 21, 2018
Phoenix Comicon 2016 Brings in Record $64,000 for KNTR
Kids Need to Read (KNTR) received proceeds totaling $64,000 raised during Phoenix Comicon 2016. This is the seventh year the convention has supported KNTR and its literacy programs for disadvantaged children. - September 03, 2016
Kids Need to Read Receives Over 36,000 Magazines from Highlights for Children
Highlights for Children has donated 36,331 magazines valued at $181,292 through their #Giving Tuesday project. These magazines will benefit Kids Need to Read’s literacy projects for children, including READ Together and The Page Coach. - February 22, 2016
Kids Need to Read Presents Build-a-Book Workshop to Inspire Creativity at Six Schools
Kids Need to Read hosted author and illustrator Steven Riley to present the Build-a-Book program to students at six valley schools. - February 18, 2016
KNTR Receives $10,000 from Pi Beta Phi Foundation to Fund The Page Coach
Kids Need to Read was selected to receive one of only five Special Impact Grants from Pi Beta Phi Foundation to help fill The Page Coach with books for disadvantaged children. - February 15, 2016
Kids Need to Read Wins ECF of Boeing Arizona Crystal Vision Award
Kids Need to Read was selected to receive $30,000 grant award to fund The Page Coach. - February 12, 2016
Kids Need to Read Selects uKloo Game for READ Together National Program
Leading U.S. literacy nonprofit organization, Kids Need to Read (KNTR), and game company, uKloo Kids Inc. are working in partnership to add the uKloo Early Reader Treasure Hunt game to a new, national school program that helps children embrace a love of reading. The game incorporates physical activity with reading and problem solving. - January 14, 2016
Kids Need to Read Receives $6,000 from Cox Charities to Implement Read Together
Kids Need to Read (KNTR) announced today that it has received a $6,000 grant from Cox Charities to be used toward the READ Together program. READ Together partners with poorly funded schools located in low socioeconomic areas to encourage adult caregivers to read every day with their children. Kids Need to Read is one of 55 Phoenix area non-profits receiving $350,000 in funding this year from Cox Charities. - January 07, 2016
KNTR Awarded $25,000 National Grant from Kathy and Jerry Wood Foundation
Kids Need to Read (KNTR) is the honored recipient of a $25,000 national grant award from the Kathy and Jerry Wood Foundation. The funds will be used to implement the READ Together program in poorly funded schools across the United States. - June 25, 2015
Kids Need to Read Brings Exciting Schedule of Events at Phoenix Comicon 2015
Kids Need to Read (KNTR) has had the good fortune of being the sponsored charity of Phoenix Comicon for six years, and are hosting a fantastic line-up of events at Phoenix Comicon 2015. From children’s activities to nightly dances and creative fundraisers benefiting Kids Need to Read, there is something for everyone to enjoy. - May 23, 2015
Grand Opening of Charity Headquarters with Mesa Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting
Kids Need to Read (KNTR) invites you to join them for a housewarming celebration at their new headquarters as they officially throw open the doors to a bigger, better facility on Tuesday, May 12th from 4:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Executive Director Denise Gary will formally welcome guests followed by a ribbon cutting ceremony with members of the Mesa Chamber of Commerce at 4:30 P.M. - May 08, 2015
Joss Whedon (The Avengers, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) Donates $50,000 to Honor KNTR Co-Founder Nathan Fillion
Kids Need to Read (KNTR) sincerely thanks Mr. Joss Whedon for his extremely generous gift to the organization in the amount of $50,000. The contribution was made as a tribute to Whedon’s friend and colleague, KNTR co-founder Nathan Fillion. - January 11, 2015
Kids Need to Read Proud to Partner with Barnes & Noble for Holiday Book Drive
Kids Need to Read (KNTR) is the privileged beneficiary of the annual Holiday Book Drives at two Barnes & Noble locations: Desert Ridge and Chandler Mall. The Holiday Book Drive is the bookseller’s annual program where customers can purchase books to donate to each store’s chosen cause. - November 21, 2014