E Train (Ethan Minton) is an award-winning literacy advocate, podcast host, book reviewer and the Founder & CEO of E Train Talks, Inc. a 501©(3) literacy nonprofit. From interviewing hundreds of authors on his podcast, to sharing countless book reviews, to donating books to thousands of kids in need, E Train is on a mission to celebrate the magic of reading with youth from all over! In his charge to end book deserts, E Train has collected and distributed over three thousand new and diverse books to underserved kids in the Sacramento community and has spoken with thousands of children in classrooms all over the country about the power of stories! E Train is living proof that “Readers Make Leaders,” and is dedicated to inspiring more kids to follow their passions and beginning their own reading journey!
With your help, we will change the world for the better one-story at a time!
E Train Talks Inc., is on a mission to change kids' lives one story at a time!
E Trian Talks is 100% volunteer driven. Founded by Ethan, a 14-year-old changemaker who donates his time visiting classrooms and literacy events giving books to kids in need and inspiring kids to read. We are always in need of new book donations, funds & gift cards to purchase picture books, middle-grade stories and YA books to give to underserved schools, libraries and children in need. We love receiving First Book & Scholastic gift cards! Every dollar given will to directly to buying new and diverse stories to give kids.
E Train Talks, Inc. believes that all kids should have the opportunity to experience reading joy! E Train visits schools and gives diverse books to kids in Title One Schools, low-income communities, unhoused kids, and to children who need them most. Sharing diverse books offers kids the chance to see themselves in the stories they read, and makes a lasting positive impact on their lives. E Train Talks celebrates all kids by giving books that represent everybody, because EVERY child deserves to see themselves in a book!
Organization name
E Train Talks Inc
2022
Tax id (EIN)
93-3020520
Mission Category
Education
Operating Budget
$0-$50,000
Organization Need
In-Kind Donations, Technology, Other
Demographics Served
Youth & Children, Low-income individuals/families, Black/African American
Local Counties Served
Sacramento, Yolo
Address
2129 Edith StreetSacramento, CA, US
Yolo County, CA, US
West Sacramento, CA, US
Oak Park, CA, US, 91377
Elk Grove, CA, US