Upcoming Events
I love how stories let me slip out of my own life and slip into a different one. Through books, I’ve lived a thousand lives instead of just my own. When I meet new people, even if their lives are very different from mine, I try to imagine how life feels to them. Reading stories is great practice at putting yourself in other people's shoes, which is essential for making good friends … and maybe even creating world peace!– Laura Resau, Red Glass
Please come join Kids Need to Read at any of our events. We are always busy making new plans and there are several groups putting on their own fundraisers on our behalf. If Kids Need to Read has been informed of any event benefiting our organization, you will find it listed here.
July 15-18, 2010
Infinitus 2010
Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Studios
Orlando, Florida
Harry Potter Symposium
July 23-25, 2010
The Omaha Science Fiction and Fantasy Festival
Comfort Inn & Suites
Omaha, Nebraska
Long-time KNTR supporter Suze Bolduc will be hosting a table to benefit Kids Need to Read at the Omaha Science Fiction and Fantasy Festival. Suze will be hosting silent auctions, selling merchandise, and accepting donations, all for Kids Need to Read.
August 6-8, 2010
WhedonFest 2010
Barefoot Republic Campground
Scottsville, Kentucky
Whedonites United will once again be hosting a weekend camping festival devoted to all things Whedon. Proceeds will partially benefit Kids Need to Read.
September 3-6, 2010
Dragon*Con
Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Hilton Atlanta, Sheraton Atlanta Hotel
Atlanta, Georgia
September 11th & 12th, 2010
Can't Stop the Serenity - Austin
Alamo Drafthouse Lake Creek
Austin, Texas
Two-day Serenity screening event, with proceeds partially benefiting Kids Need to Read.
November 6, 2010
KNTR HIKRZ Jamboree
Usery Mountain Regional Park
Mesa, Arizona
This outdoor fundraising festival celebrates literacy, nature, physical health, and family. It features a hike-a-thon to raise funds for
KNTR, free books for kids, food, and family entertainment. You can look forward to great storytelling by some of our favorite authors, as well as share in our glee as we force our non-hiking founding author, PJ Haarsma, out on the trail.
November 20-21, 2010
Phoenix Faerie Festival
Estrella Mountain Regional Park
Goodyear, Arizona
Kids Need to Read will be the sponsored charity of this festival celebrating the "folklore and fantasy of the enchanted realms of Faerie. Don your faerie finery and join us for unique crafts, enchanting costumes and other whimsical and unusual wares in the Green Briar Village Market Bazaar, fantasy artists and authors, music & dance at 2 stages, food and fun in a fancifully themed atmosphere of delightful revels suitable for the entire family. Then, linger still as waning light gives way to velvet night for Queen Mabb's Bad Faerie Ball. (Saturday evening only)" How can anyone resist this magical celebration of imagination?