Events
KC Reads: Sports Edition!
KC Reads: Sports Edition!

SAVE THE DATE KC Reads: Sports Edition! is a dynamic gathering that brings together Kansas City’s business, civic, community, and sports leaders to explore what makes our city great, on the field, in the workplace, and across our schools, and what it will take to keep...

Story by Story: The KC Book Fair
Story by Story: The KC Book Fair

Let’s change the literacy story of Kansas City, together. Lead to Read KC and Rainy Day Books are teaming up to create a one-of-a-kind experience designed to spark generosity, uplift community, and rewrite the literacy narrative in Kansas City. At Story by Story: The...

Lead to Read KC Trivia Night
Lead to Read KC Trivia Night

Lead to Read KC’s annual Trivia Night is back! This super-fun event hosted by our incredible Associate Board includes drinks, a buffet dinner, prizes for the top-scoring teams and a raffle prizes!

March Book Battle
March Book Battle

Lead to Read KC is tipping off a bracket-style book competition to help collect the most requested and beloved titles for Kansas City children. Your pledges will help put books kids love most in their hands! Learn all of the details at 2025 Book Battle.

Kansas City Reads Business Breakfast
Kansas City Reads Business Breakfast

Join business and community leaders for Lead to Read KC’s inaugural business breakfast for a morning of meaningful conversation, connection and action toward shared vision: a Kansas City where everyone reads and everyone thrives. More event details can be found HERE....

Happy Hour at Afterword Tavern & Shelves
Happy Hour at Afterword Tavern & Shelves

Join us at Afterword Tavern & Shelves as we launch our Book Battle, a head-to-head book competition to collect 32 of the most popular and requested titles for Kansas City students. You can get us closer to our goal of stocking classrooms and book distributions...

BAM! Book Drive
BAM! Book Drive

Our friends at Books-A-Million in Legends Outlets Kansas City are having a book drive through August 18 to benefit Lead to Read KC.

Boulevardia
Boulevardia

If you’re planning to attend this year’s music and beer festival on Saturday, June 15, stop by the Washington Park Bar where our volunteers will be selling beer—Lead to Read KC gets to keep 100% of the tips! Boulevardia information is available...