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 […]
Third Annual Highlights & Kids Need to Read #GivingTuesday Partnership!
This Tuesday is Kids Need to Read’s third annual #GivingTuesday partnership with Highlights for Children! For every magazine subscription ordered on November 29th, Highlights will match with twelve issues of Highlights or High Five for KNTR! Last year, over 36,000 magazines were raised for disadvantaged kids and used in all of our major literacy programs! […]
KNTR Celebrates Literacy Partnership with Mesa Arts Center
By Nacole Vickery and Denise Gary Photographs by Denise Gary and Lori Cothrun Kids Need to Read was excited to celebrate its partnership with Mesa Arts Center by participating in two of their recent events: Educator Preview Night and the 2016 Season Kickoff. This is KNTR’s fourth year to provide books for the center’s ProjectLit […]
Board Member Gary Mlodzik Named Cox Community Champion for KNTR Volunteer Work
By Nacole Vickery Photographs by Will Shoemaker, Gloria Nguyen-Chambers, Shelby McBride, and Gary Mlodzik We were thrilled to see KNTR Board Member and Grow Your Library Director Gary Mlodzik honored by Cox Communications for his volunteer work in this 30-second video! Kids Need to Read was also fortunate to receive a $1,000 contribution from the company as […]
The Page Coach visits Navajo Nation Fair
by Nacole Vickery and Denise Gary Photographs by Denise Gary The Page Coach traveled to the northern part of Arizona for a visit to the Navajo Nation Fair during their Kids Day, giving over 4,000 books to children at the event! It also happened to be International Literacy Day and we had an absolutely stupendous […]