- Giving Back -
$10,000 To School Libraries from Riding For Reading
Fifty five riders, representing
schools from throughout the Los
Angeles area, competed in the
third annual Riding For Reading
Class held at the Los Angeles
Equestrian Center on Monday,
September 1. Riding For Reading
is a horse related, non-profit (501
(c)(3) organization dedicated to
promoting reading, literacy and
education through equestrian
sports and activities in the Los
Angeles area.
The first through twelfth graders
represented each of their schools
in a quest for the $10,000 total
financial awards that will be
distributed to the schools libraries
of the winners. Ashlyn Mathews,
happy.” grants and donations. In addition,
an eighth grader at Rancho Pico
Mathews’ school district various publishers and authors
Junior High School was the overall
representatives for Hart District, support the program by donating
winner. Her school will receive $1,500
also almost shed tears of joy when books as gifts to the riders and their
as its share of the $10,000 prize.
they heard of their student’s success. schools. Popular children’s author
While all fifty five riders will receive
“Ranch Pico Junior High School is a Teri Farley not only donated books,
grants to their school libraries, the
new school and they desperately need but attended the event and took the
amount is based on how they placed
help with library funds. Libraries are time to sign books for the riders
in the Riding For Reading Class.
built over time,” explained District who were thrilled to meet her. She
As the class Champion, Mathews’
Liaison Pat Willett. “We can always signed their books, one to each rider
school will receive the largest grant.
use all the help we can get for our and their horses, as well as signing
“I thought the Riding For Reading
libraries.” an additional book to each rider’s
Class would be fun,” said Mathews
Riding For Reading started with school.
“and I would be able to help raise
one class in Los Angeles in 2006 and For more information on Riding
money for my school’s library.” Of
has slowly expanded to multiple For Reading, to make a donation,
course Mathews had no idea she
events around the country. By the and to learn about its various
would be Champion. “It was really
end of this year, Riding For Reading literacy programs, go to:
exciting when I made it in the Top
library grants will impact more than
www.ridingforreading.org.
Ten and then when they called me
500,000 school age students.
as Champion I almost cried I was so
Support for the charity comes from
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