Thank you
for helping us
reach our goal!
Messages to the students
It’s wonderful you love books and are learning to read.
love you, Nana and Grandpa
Be a life-long learner, Dahlia! Enjoy the knowledge & adventures of reading.
Aunt Jane & Uncle Rick
Love you Anna!!! Keep reading!!!
Good luck with your fundraising! Love Uncle Chris!
Have fun reading!
I’m glad to see Pepper likes reading too.
Love and miss you, Gramma Judith
Keep reading everyone! Remember, stay safe and do your push-ups!
Keep Reading.
Doddakashi family
So glad you love reading!
We love you!
Mom and Dad
You are talented and your love of books is a gift that a lot of people don’t have.
Best wishes.
Poppy and Geema
Grandpa loves you all! Reading to you all as you’ve grown has been a highlight of my life.
To Eden and endless adventures.
We’re so proud of all of you! Keep reading!
I love that you love reading as much as I do.
We are so proud of you and your love of books! Keep reading and growing!
Happy reading! Read on!
We love that you love to read. Enjoy your Spring Break.
Love Mom, Dad, Rio, Chooch, and Toby
Keep reading and some day you can enjoy one of my favorite authors, Stephen King!
Love you both!
Pop-Pop
You are the best reader I know!! Am so proud of you! ❤️❤️
Reading is awesome!
Keep on reading.. opening up your imagination!
Poetry, writing letters, reading outside under a tree or at the beach.. spend some time alone giving this gift to yourself.
So happy that You both love to read so much,
look forward to doing a lot of reading with you tomorrow… and the next day… and the next…
Mom and Dad
Yeet Yeet.
Read like an egg.
Sned it.
Brittany and Bo
We love reading with you Johnny!
We love you Ben …. keep up the reading!
Keep reading, and keep dreaming. Your imagination can take you anywhere.
Jessica
Can’t wait to snuggle up and read all day with you!
I love you,
Mama
Have fun reading. Love you both tons.
Grandma and Pap
Keep on reading, Johnny!
Love,
Poppy and Nana
Proud of you Killian! I love you very much! Read away!…
NaNa
We love to see you captured by reading, to go anywhere that excites you!
Our love,
Mom and Dad
We couldn’t think of a better cause to donate to.
We just LOVE how much and How well you read!
Keep it! We Love you so much
Nana C and Papa D
We love how much you love reading, Lucy! May it reveal wonderful new worlds and Provide you with magical moments.
Love, Nona and Nono
Happy Day of Reading!
Love mom and dad❤️
“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
– Stephen King
Enjoy the magic!
G-Ma & Bapa Steve
We’re so glad you enjoy reading, Ben. Your world expands with every page.
Love, Grandma and Grandpa
Proud of you for your love of reading!
Mimi
Love,
Mom and Dad
You have read many books that a lot of people don’t read until they are adults. It’s really fun to hear about the people you’ve met and the adventures you’ve had through your reading! Keep it going!
Love, Grandma Beth
Hope you enjoy your day of reading!
Love, Auntie Julie
I read 81 books this year and I’m 37 years old! If I can do it, you can do it! Read read read and be one of the smartest people in the room.
Francesca
Have fun reading! ❤️
Tiana
We love you Matson! And we love that you love to read!
Nyna & Dines
Read!
xo
Auntie Val, Uncle Norm and Zachary
Love you to the moon and beyond!
Mom & Dad
Happy Day of Reading!
Jodi
Read on!
Michal
“It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.”
― Oscar Wilde
And Mom and Panch
We love you!
Grandma and Grandpa
We love you
Grandma and Grandpa
Your hard work has paid off!
Mom, dad, Aidan, George, Susana
We love you!
Grandma and Grandpa
Keep up the great work and love of reading. ❤️
Always so proud of you!
Love you!
Gramma & Skip
We love you so much!
Love Momma and Daddy
Monkey!
This is a great idea and something positive for us to think about in these strange times.
Xoxo, aunt Marian
I love your spirit, Ryder.
Linda
Inspired by your inclusivity theme this year.
Here’s to the joys of reading and the places the stories take you…
Love,
Mom
So glad you love to read. It’s one of our favorite things to do also. Enjoy your special reading day at Oak Grove. We love you.
Grandpa and Grandma Romey
I am so happy Aishy that you enjoy reading. Keep doing what you love.
Granny
Such an important and wonderful fundraiser.
Thank you!
Jen
We love you both ❤️❤️
Xoxo MD
Thanks for volunteering to read, to raise money for your school!
Love, Grammy
Enjoy your day of reading. You can go anywhere in the world!
Love, Grammie and Draza
All the best
from Judy Kindberg, your Gramma Lori’s forever high school friend!
So glad you love books!
Love, Gram Betty
We love that Oak Grove is celebrating inclusivity, an important and meaningful value that you share! So happy to be a part of this effort.
Aunt Cheryl, Uncle Jesse, Lucas, Isabel and Liliana
Good luck with your fundraiser. You are both excellent readers, and Pap and I are so proud of you.
Have a really fun Reading Day!
❤️ Love Mom & Dad
Bonnie
I will see you soon. We can read together.
Love,
Grandpa
Love that you are doing this Avalon! Best of luck reaching your goals!
Edward and Andrea
Reading can take us anywhere we want to go.
Hoorah for you.
Grandma B, Richard, and Charlotte B
Keep on reading!
Xoxo
Mom and Dad
You are the best! Happy Day of Reading.
Love, Grandma Bobby
Now you are a reader – someday you will be a great author of your own plays and stories.
We love you, Bama and Papa
I love you Avalon!
Jennifer
So happy to be a part of this wonderful program, supporting my two amazing grandchildren! ☺️
Clarissa
Once a lizard, always a lizard!
xoxo
We highly recommend The Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World!
xoxo
Toulouse and Emma
I like this year’s goal for inclusivity!
Love Mom & Dad
I enjoy our lunches together as much as I hope you enjoy Day of Reading!
Jacqueline
What is the Day of Reading?
The Day of Reading is a different kind of student fundraiser — one that inspires the imagination, links children together through the magic of storytelling, AND raises money for some exciting enhancements to our campus and programs. Our students look forward to their friends and family sponsoring them to spend a day at school doing what they love reading!
Would you like to become a matching donor?
We are currently seeking a Matching Donor with the hope of having a total of $5,000 (or more) matching funds. Would you like to match or increase the amount? Email Jacqueline Valle or call 646-8236 x153.
Want to learn more about Day of Reading?
Our in-person Day of Reading was cancelled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, we held the event remotely with enthusiasm and success, thanks to all of you!
Our Day of Reading generally follows this plan in person:
STUDENTS: After 18 days of inspiring friends and family to give, on March 20, Oak Grove students come to school in their jammies, along with a favorite stuffed toy and a treasured book. High School students are paired with a buddy in the younger grades, and the day is spent exploring the magic of words and pictures.
GRANDPARENTS & PARENTS: Also on March 20, Oak Grove parents and grandparents are invited to come to school in their jammies (or at least something comfortable) and read, too! We welcome you to visit your grandchild/child in the classroom, arranging this beforehand, directly with the student’s teacher.
We ask that all visitors sign in at the Main House Front Office at the start of a visit, where coffee, tea, and snacks are available.
What are we raising funds for?
This year’s Day of Reading is different!
With the $40,000 goal for proceeds raised by our students, we will fund friendship benches and gardens, cooperative play and leisure equipment (outdoor leisure game sets, multi-sensory installations, etc.), a speaker series on Allyship and Equity, a butterfly garden, and many other innovative ideas. Additionally, we will donate 15% of the funds to Pacific Pride Foundation, a LGBTQ+ advocacy group.
Family and friends can help.
The event spreads beyond campus to extended family and friends, because each one of us can make a donation large or small to sponsor the Day of Reading.
“We want our two girls to be supported with a foundation of compassion, intellectual inquiry, and creative expression. We want them to build on the qualities of joy and curiosity that they embody right now so that they remain the essential parts of who they are as adults.”