Join Kids Need to Read for Phoenix Comicon 2017! (Schedule of Activities)
May 25–28, 2017 Phoenix Convention Center 100 N 3rd St, Phoenix, AZ KNTR Booth 1078 Celebrating eight years of partnership as the sponsored charity of Phoenix Comicon (PHXCC), Kids Need to Read (KNTR) is thrilled to announce a fantastic line-up of events for Phoenix Comicon 2017! PHXCC has prioritized support for KNTR since the organization’s […]
Thunderbirds Charities Awards $5,000 to The Page Coach
Kids Need to Read is very excited to announce that Thunderbirds Charities has awarded a $5,000 grant to help fund books for The Page Coach, KNTR’s mobile conveyor of literary treasure to children living in low socioeconomic neighborhoods of the Mesa/Phoenix metropolitan area and throughout Arizona. The mobile outreach unit enables KNTR to connect with children at […]
Summer Rides of The Page Coach
by Nacole Vickery and Denise Gary Photographs by Denise Gary, Shelby McBride, Robert Gary, Arizona Ghostbusters, Arizona Avengers, and Ridgeline Academy The Page Coach—KNTR’s mobile outreach vehicle—was introduced earlier this year and we have since taken it on many literary adventures throughout the spring and summer, bringing brand new books, Highlights magazines and literacy programs […]
Phoenix Comicon Delivers a Record-shattering $64,000 for KNTR
By Denise Gary Photographs by Bruce Matsunaga, Robert Gary, Shelby McBride, and Denise Gary Everyone [at the Kids Need to Read booth] was so enthusiastic and helpful. This is a great charity and I felt the people cared immensely about helping kids. —Phoenix Comicon attendee Phoenix Comicon 2016 resulted in a record-shattering $64,000 for Kids […]
KNTR Enjoys Seventh Year as Benefiting Charity of Phoenix Comicon
June 2-5, 2016 Phoenix Convention Center and Hyatt Regency Phoenix KNTR Booth 1078 This is Kids Need to Read’s seventh year as the sponsored charity of Phoenix Comicon! It is an honor to continue to serve as one of the convention’s major avenues of community service, providing much-needed reading resources and literacy programs for disadvantaged […]