Major Supporters
We offer our thanks to the foundations, organizations and individuals who help make our work possible.
- All About Books
- Baby and Child Associates
- Barnes and Noble
- Bliss Books & Wine
- Cathy & Joe McCaddon
- Children's Mercy
- First Book National Book Bank
- Humana, Inc.
- Kathy Palermo
- Lucas Flooring
- MarksNelson, LLC
- Monica Tiffany
- MVP Law
- National Reach Out and Read
- Pamela Miller and Michael Cummings
- Sallie Page-Goertz and Kenn Goertz
- Scholastic
- Tanya Rodecker Wendt and Samuel Wendt
- Teresa and Tom Walsh
- The University of Kansas Health System - Pediatrics
- UMC Church of the Resurrection
- Usborne Books
Community Partners
- Altrusa International
- Chicken n Pickle
- Children’s Mercy
- Church of the Resurrection Book Mobile
- Dreams KC
- General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC) – Achieving through Reading
- Guadalupe Center
- Johnson County Library
- Junior League of Kansas City, MO
- Literacy Lab
- Kansas City, Missouri & Kansas Public Libraries
- Kansas City, Missouri & Kansas Public Schools
- KU Endowment Association
- KU Medical Center
- Lead to Read
- Literacy KC
- Mid-America Regional Council (MARC)
- Mid-Continent Public Library
- NonProfit Connect
- PaperPie
- ReeceNichols
- Royals Charities
- SchoolSmartKC
- The Kansas City/Shawnee Mission Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club
- Turn the Page KC
- University of Missouri-Kansas City
Grants and Foundation Support
- Black and Veatch
- Children’s Mercy
- Church of the Resurrection
- Elevance
- Hall Family Foundation
- Hulston Family Foundation
- Ira and Florita M. Brady Foundation
- McGowan Family Foundation
- National Reach Out and Read
- Oppenstein Brothers Foundation
- Pi Beta Phi local Alumnae Club and Foundation
- PNC Foundation
- Sherman Family Foundation
- Truman Heartland Community Foundation - Jelley Family Foundation
"Once I had a young boy make up a story to go with the pictures of a book. He did this several times and made a new story every time. It was wonderful to let him explore his imagination and hear what he created."- Volunteer, Reach Out and Read Kansas City