To children everywhere and he needs our help to do it. Skip that jumbo latte or super-sized fries and do something that will make a difference in the world.

Go here...

https://www.kickstarter.c...ld-everywh

donate today and share the link so others may do so, as well.

well, I know he's available!

Only if he wears Geordi's visor.

Just donate.

Stymie said:

He raised the money in about ten hours. Go for him.

Wow, he raised a million dollars in only 10 hours!?! That's great!

wildgoldenhoney said:

Stymie said:

He raised the money in about ten hours. Go for him.

Wow, he raised a million dollars in only 10 hours!?! That's great!

With 34 days left to go for raising funds, it's over 1.8 million as I type and taking on a life of it's own.

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cool!!! great idea and cause

3rdeyedude said:

That Jimmy Fallon is a fool!

Wow!

Adults used to watch Reading Rainbow, too!

Oh I loved Reading Rainbow. Go LeVar!

Nice to see dude still got some pull. This is a great and much needed cause.

Butterfly in the sky, I can fly twice as high! Take a look, it's in a book, Reading Rainbow!

90's kid here! This was one of THE shows that made up my childhood. I'd love it if they brought it back.

Skylightt said:

Butterfly in the sky, I can fly twice as high! Take a look, it's in a book, Reading Rainbow!

90's kid here! This was one of THE shows that made up my childhood. I'd love it if they brought it back.

It was the BEST kids' show on TV...

Lord knows we gotta do something to get people reading again.

wildgoldenhoney said:

Stymie said:

He raised the money in about ten hours. Go for him.

Wow, he raised a million dollars in only 10 hours!?! That's great!

yes it is

babynoz said:

Lord knows we gotta do something to get people reading again.

Burton just brought in the Heavy Hitters. Shits getting real.

After raising $1,000,000 in a day, with the usual Kickstarter lure of T-shirts, tote bags, and signed books, Burton has now upped the ante, rounding up a number of his former Star Trek colleagues to reward top donors. Rewards now include four separate private readings by Burton’s fellow former Trek actors, who will read from classic children’s books and meet and greet those make top-tier contributions. The first of these events, “The Men of Star Trek,” includes Burton’s TNG costars Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, and Michael Dorn, plus Voyager’s Robert Picardo. The second, “The Women of Star Trek,” features TNG’s Marina Sirtis and Gates McFadden, plus Voyager’s Kate Mulgrew and Jeri Ryan. The third and fourth events are solo shows with Enterprise captains William Shatner and Patrick Stewart.

From the AV Club.

lazycrockett said:

Burton just brought in the Heavy Hitters. Shits getting real.

After raising $1,000,000 in a day, with the usual Kickstarter lure of T-shirts, tote bags, and signed books, Burton has now upped the ante, rounding up a number of his former Star Trek colleagues to reward top donors. Rewards now include four separate private readings by Burton’s fellow former Trek actors, who will read from classic children’s books and meet and greet those make top-tier contributions. The first of these events, “The Men of Star Trek,” includes Burton’s TNG costars Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, and Michael Dorn, plus Voyager’s Robert Picardo. The second, “The Women of Star Trek,” features TNG’s Marina Sirtis and Gates McFadden, plus Voyager’s Kate Mulgrew and Jeri Ryan. The third and fourth events are solo shows with Enterprise captains William Shatner and Patrick Stewart.

From the AV Club.

He's rasied the million dollars. What does he want now?

From 1983 to 2006, Roots and Star Trek: The Next Generation actor LeVar Burton showed legions of elementary school-age kids the joys of reading with Reading Rainbow. Now Burton is using Kickstarter to try and bring Reading Rainbow into the future. After the success of an iPad app they launched in 2012, Burton and his team want to create a fully interactive Rainbow online, with free subscriptions going to classrooms all over the world.

purplethunder3121 said:

Adults used to watch Reading Rainbow, too!

Yep

babynoz said:

Lord knows we gotta do something to get people reading again.

Amen