Reading is the Way Up Fund

The Reading is the Way Up Fund was established by City National Bank to create a funding resource to purchase books for school libraries in California.

In addition to buying books, this City National Bank community initiative includes book drives, encouraging volunteers to read in local schools, working with schools to improve libraries, and creating special events to get kids excited about reading, sending mascot Blue to schools across the state.

Research confirms that children learn better when they have access to books. Yet today California's public school libraries are out-of-date and understocked.

By ensuring that the state's K-12 public schools have the necessary resources to create and maintain their libraries, City National Bank's Reading is the Way Up initiative will help California's children discover the joy of reading and experience a lifelong love of books.

Individuals can help kids learn to love reading and improve our school libraries by making a secure, tax-deductible contribution Reading is the Way Up Fund in the box above.

Learn more about City National Bank's Reading is the Way Up Initiative.

Contributions to the California Community Foundation represent irrevocable gifts subject to the legal and fiduciary control of the foundation's Board of Directors.

Click here to contribute to this fund now.