Take a look, it's booked: LeVar Burton has hit his “Reading Rainbow” Kickstarter goal of $1 million dollars in less than 24 hours.
Burton first tweeted out the
news of the upcoming crowd-funded effort at 6:50 a.m. PT on
Wednesday. By 5 p.m. PT, his campaign was a million dollars richer and
fully funded.
At the time of this writing,
Burton had more than 23,000 backers with 34 days to go. At 5:17 p.m. PT
he thanked everyone who donated by tweeting “grateful.”
The actor's latest “Reading
Rainbow” effort will create a new version of the show for the
web. Burton also plans on offering a “classroom version” of the program
for teachers and is spearheading a not-for-profit that will give copies
of “Reading Rainbow” away to low-income schools for free.
The campaign raised money with
rewards ranging from a special thanks on the website with a $5 pledge.
While a $10,000 pledge would get you an extravagant private dinner with
Burton in Los Angeles, plus the opportunity to wear the actor's original
“Star Trek: The Next Generation” visor.
“Reading Rainbow” ran from 1983 to 2006 and continued in reruns until 2009.
Watch LeVar Burton's thank you message below....
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