by Sarah Gaikwad | Nov 20, 2014 | Organization Updates
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, we want to give thanks to some of the incredible people that make up our organization. This fall just after our training session at Wendell Phillips, I got an email from Reader Martha. She said she was so excited about the program that...
by Sarah Gaikwad | Sep 22, 2013 | Organization Updates
Its always about leadership. Two leaders who work at Burns and McDonnell, Doug Dietrich and Tom Anderson took the first step, engaging with some hungry readers in KC’s urban core with Lead to Read KC last school year. Tom Anderson heard about Lead to Read at his...
by Sarah Gaikwad | Jun 9, 2013 | Organization Updates
In 2011 Sarah Gaikwad joined the start-up Lead to Read KC team as Volunteer Coordinator. Her energy and passion for Lead to Read continued to grow as she helped launch the first full year of the program. In 2012, Gaikwad took on the role of Program Coordinator and...