https://www.PR.com/ Latest news releases from PR.com for Kids Need to Read. Mon, 12 Oct 2026 14:53:34 -0400 © 2026 PR.com 60 en-us https://www.PR.com/images/logo_white.jpg https://www.PR.com/ 68 69 PR.com provides press release distribution, and is a unique directory of businesses, products and services. Find full company profiles. https://www.pr.com/press-release/800279 Mon, 02 Dec 2019 05:00:00 -0500 For the sixth consecutive year, Highlights and Kids Need to Read partner together to provide magazines to disadvantaged children. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/800279 Kids Need to Read https://www.pr.com/press-release/787841 Fri, 21 Jun 2019 03:00:00 -0400 Kids Need to Read is the honored recipient of a $25,000 grant award from Thunderbirds Charities. The funds will be used to provide books and other reading resources to disadvantaged children via The Page Coach. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/787841 Kids Need to Read https://www.pr.com/press-release/770654 Mon, 26 Nov 2018 05:00:00 -0500 While other nonprofit organizations ask for donations of funds on #GivingTuesday, Kids Need to Read enjoys a unique and highly successful partnership with Highlights to raise tens of thousands of magazines for distribution to disadvantaged children through the two agencies’ annual #GivingTuesday campaign. The magazines benefit Kids Need to Read’s literacy programs for children nationwide. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/770654 Kids Need to Read https://www.pr.com/press-release/754016 Mon, 21 May 2018 10:00:00 -0400 Kids Need to Read has been the sponsored charity of Phoenix Comic Fest over the past nine years. In that time, the pop culture convention’s support has resulted in over $250,000 raised for the Mesa-based literacy organization’s programs for disadvantaged children. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/754016 Kids Need to Read https://www.pr.com/press-release/686038 Sat, 03 Sep 2016 03:00:00 -0400 Kids Need to Read (KNTR) received proceeds totaling $64,000 raised during Phoenix Comicon 2016. This is the seventh year the convention has supported KNTR and its literacy programs for disadvantaged children. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/686038 Kids Need to Read https://www.pr.com/press-release/657842 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 10:00:00 -0500 Highlights for Children has donated 36,331 magazines valued at $181,292 through their #Giving Tuesday project. These magazines will benefit Kids Need to Read’s literacy projects for children, including READ Together and The Page Coach. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/657842 Kids Need to Read https://www.pr.com/press-release/658604 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 03:00:00 -0500 Kids Need to Read hosted author and illustrator Steven Riley to present the Build-a-Book program to students at six valley schools. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/658604 Kids Need to Read https://www.pr.com/press-release/657795 Mon, 15 Feb 2016 10:00:00 -0500 Kids Need to Read was selected to receive one of only five Special Impact Grants from Pi Beta Phi Foundation to help fill The Page Coach with books for disadvantaged children. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/657795 Kids Need to Read https://www.pr.com/press-release/657793 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 03:00:00 -0500 Kids Need to Read was selected to receive $30,000 grant award to fund The Page Coach. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/657793 Kids Need to Read https://www.pr.com/press-release/653657 Thu, 14 Jan 2016 03:00:00 -0500 Leading U.S. literacy nonprofit organization, Kids Need to Read (KNTR), and game company, uKloo Kids Inc. are working in partnership to add the uKloo Early Reader Treasure Hunt game to a new, national school program that helps children embrace a love of reading. The game incorporates physical activity with reading and problem solving. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/653657 Kids Need to Read https://www.pr.com/press-release/652695 Thu, 07 Jan 2016 03:00:00 -0500 Kids Need to Read (KNTR) announced today that it has received a $6,000 grant from Cox Charities to be used toward the READ Together program. READ Together partners with poorly funded schools located in low socioeconomic areas to encourage adult caregivers to read every day with their children. Kids Need to Read is one of 55 Phoenix area non-profits receiving $350,000 in funding this year from Cox Charities. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/652695 Kids Need to Read https://www.pr.com/press-release/625694 Thu, 25 Jun 2015 03:00:00 -0400 Kids Need to Read (KNTR) is the honored recipient of a $25,000 national grant award from the Kathy and Jerry Wood Foundation. The funds will be used to implement the READ Together program in poorly funded schools across the United States. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/625694 Kids Need to Read https://www.pr.com/press-release/620867 Sat, 23 May 2015 03:00:00 -0400 Kids Need to Read (KNTR) has had the good fortune of being the sponsored charity of Phoenix Comicon for six years, and are hosting a fantastic line-up of events at Phoenix Comicon 2015. From children’s activities to nightly dances and creative fundraisers benefiting Kids Need to Read, there is something for everyone to enjoy. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/620867 Kids Need to Read https://www.pr.com/press-release/618506 Fri, 08 May 2015 03:00:00 -0400 Kids Need to Read (KNTR) invites you to join them for a housewarming celebration at their new headquarters as they officially throw open the doors to a bigger, better facility on Tuesday, May 12th from 4:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Executive Director Denise Gary will formally welcome guests followed by a ribbon cutting ceremony with members of the Mesa Chamber of Commerce at 4:30 P.M. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/618506 Kids Need to Read https://www.pr.com/press-release/600418 Sun, 11 Jan 2015 03:00:00 -0500 Kids Need to Read (KNTR) sincerely thanks Mr. Joss Whedon for his extremely generous gift to the organization in the amount of $50,000. The contribution was made as a tribute to Whedon’s friend and colleague, KNTR co-founder Nathan Fillion. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/600418 Kids Need to Read https://www.pr.com/press-release/593287 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:00:00 -0500 Kids Need to Read (KNTR) is the privileged beneficiary of the annual Holiday Book Drives at two Barnes & Noble locations: Desert Ridge and Chandler Mall. The Holiday Book Drive is the bookseller’s annual program where customers can purchase books to donate to each store’s chosen cause. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/593287 Kids Need to Read