“Book” the Date! KNTR Grand Opening!
By Drew Adams Photograph © Steve Gary Please join Kids Need to Read as we celebrate the official opening of our new headquarters! Located on West Broadway Road in Mesa, Arizona, the new facility provides us with the additional space needed to expand our efforts as we work to provide vital reading resources across the […]
MAKE Donates Video PSA to Kids Need to Read
By Denise Gary What if? “What if there was a place that gave children lots and lots of great books? Well there is!” Take a look at this exciting video PSA created for and donated to Kids Need to Read by MAKE! Filled with wonder and fantastic visual effects, Kids Need to Read could not […]
Kids Need to Read Receives $2,000 John F. Long Foundation Grant
by Denise Gary Photograph by Denise Gary Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. —James Matthew Barrie Kids Need to Read was awarded a generous $2,000 grant from John F. Long Foundation to be used toward the 2014–2015 Kids-N-Peace program! The funding is being used to provide books […]
Reading, Writing, and Risking: A Discussion with Actor/Author Eric Pierpoint
by Andrew Adams Photographs courtesy Eric Pierpoint Late last year, actor and author Eric Pierpoint teamed up with Kids Need to Read (KNTR) to create The Eric Pierpoint Book Express, an ongoing fundraiser that’s bringing new books to underserved kids throughout the country. Eric was gracious enough to take some time from his busy schedule […]
Kids Need to Read Receives Veora E. Johnson Spirit of Unity Award for Community Service
by Denise Gary Photographs by Robert Gary and Denise Gary Kids Need to Read was deeply honored to accept the Veora E. Johnson Spirit of Unity Award for Community Service at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Celebration Gala in Mesa, Arizona. We are most grateful to the committee for recognizing our organization’s work on […]