Nathan Fillion “Makes a Big Splash” for Kids Need to Read!

by Denise Gary Photograph © Stephanie Pellegrin Video © PJ Haarsma With assistance from author PJ Haarsma (who is apparently some sort of Octopod), actor Nathan Fillion makes a gallant attempt to stump for KNTR in this “splasher” flick and . . . well . . . woe to his brand new shoes! Both gentlemen […]

KNTR Founders Awarded Edwin P. Hubble Medal of Initiative

By Denise Gary Photographs © William Russell, Kelly Schlereth, and Denise Gary I had the great pleasure of visiting Marshfield, Missouri and its friendly inhabitants when I attended the Edwin P. Hubble Medal of Initiative dinner during the city’s annual Cherry Blossom Festival. The Hubble Medal was bestowed upon me, PJ Haarsma, and Nathan Fillion […]

KNTR Founders to Receive Edwin P. Hubble Medal of Initiative

Friday, April 27, 2012 Edwin P. Hubble Medal of Initiative Dinner Cherry Blossom Festival Marshfield, Missouri The Edwin P. Hubble Medal of Initiative will be presented to PJ Haarsma, Denise Gary, and Nathan Fillion for their work in founding Kids Need to Read to provide literacy resources to disadvantaged children and adolescents throughout the United […]

KNTR at TLA Conference and Arizona Diamondbacks Game This Weekend

By Denise Gary Kids Need to Read has several exciting happenings going on this week! This Friday, several of us will be hosting a presentation at the Texas Library Association 2012 Conference in Houston, Texas. During our panel, we will be premiering a new video created by Nathan Fillion and PJ Haarsma in support of […]

KNTR Welcomes Author Janette Rallison to Advisory Council

Kids Need to Read is honored to welcome author Janette Rallison to the foundation’s Advisory Council, where she joins author PJ Haarsma, actor Nathan Fillion, writer Margaret Bostrom, author/illustrator Jackie Morris, and author/illustrator James A. Owen, as well as two additional new council members, author Tom Leveen and author/illustrator Steven Riley. Janette Rallison (who is […]