February is a great month for showing your love and appreciation for friends, family, and your community. Throughout February, Raising A Reader wants to invite all our supporters to join us in showing appreciation for those special moments of book-sharing. Each time a child and a parent cuddles up to read together, something truly amazing…
New Year, New Books for Bay Area Children
Thanks to the Golden Gate Mothers Group, children throughout the Bay Area will enjoy brand new books with their families this year! The GGMG will be hosting a book drive throughout the month of January to help families in San Francisco, Alameda, and Contra Costa Counties establish book sharing routines that can ignite a child’s passion…
RAR Offers Alternatives to Traditional Holiday Gifts
Give a Gift that Keeps on Giving! There’s no time like the holiday season to take a moment to appreciate all the special people in our lives that accompany us on our journey through the years. It’s also a great time to get together and celebrate a year’s-worth of memories. Chances are, you’ll be invited…
A Note from Executive Director, Molly Wertz
This week we’re feeling grateful at Raising A Reader. It’s been five years since we secured our 501c3 status and began our work as an independent organization. But that’s a funny way to say it – we are anything but independent. Our work depends on strong working relationships every single day. Thursday night we gathered…
We’re Top-Rated!
Thank You! We asked our supporters to help us make the 2014 Top-Rated List on GreatNonprofits.org, and you made it happen! We couldn’t be more excited! Without your great reviews and positive feedback on our organizational profile page, we couldn’t have earned a spot on the list. Now that we’re top-rated, Raising A Reader will…
The Golden State Warriors Award $25,000 to support Raising A Reader!
Raising A Reader is among the 32 Bay Area organizations that have been awarded grants from the Warriors Community Foundation. This year, the Warriors Community Foundation has awarded over $1 million to organizations to improve educational outcomes for underserved youth. Among the grantees include San Francisco Unified School District, Oakland Unified School District, and other…
RAR Honors Educators in Oakland, San Francisco
Educators are at the heart of Raising A Reader’s work. Without dedicated educators, committed to ensuring that our red bags are sent home with students each week, our work would not be possible. Our educators work hard every day, and we want to honor their continued commitment to enriching the lives of children day in…
Auction Highlight: A Prairie Home Companion - Live! Tickets
Bid Now for Third Row, Center Seats! Purchase two tickets for A Prarie Home Companion - Live! at the Nourse Theater in San Francisco and support Raising A Reader’s early literacy programming. Similar tickets are currently listed for $360.00 on StubHub, but you have a chance to show your support for RAR and snag two tickets at…
Q&A With Mac Barnett & Christian Robinson
All of us here at Raising A Reader are getting so excited for our holiday celebration event next Thursday. We are so grateful to Mac Barnett and Christian Robinson for spending the evening with us as our special guests. I spoke to them both earlier this week, and we discussed their favorite children’s books, the importance of the…
Online Auction Now Live!
Support Raising A Reader by participating in our first-ever Online Auction This year we will be hosting an online auction from October 27th through November 9th at: https://www.biddingforgood.com/rar2014 Treat yourself or a loved this giving season with….. Tickets to the San Francisco Ballet, the Children’s Creativity Museum, Pier 39, the New Parkway Theater, the Exploratorium, the Fine Art Museums…