Jenna Ortega Reads Stories to Kids Impacted by School Closures

You star Jenna Ortega is the latest celebrity to jump on board the #coronakindness train.

The actress has joined Jennifer Garner, Gal Gadot, Natalie Portman, Reese Witherspoon and many other famous faces in  the #savewithstories campaign, where celebrities post videos of themselves reading children’s books aloud.

The aim is to comfort kids in isolation due to the coronavirus lockdowns, but also to raise money for the 30 million children in the US who rely on school for meals.

Jenna is encouraging her fans to donate to Save the Children and No Kid Hungry who are both working to ensure families impacted by school closures have access to food trucks or other meal delivery systems.

You can watch her reading “Don’t Call Me Bear!” by Aaron Blabey below:

 

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“Don’t Call Me Bear!” by Aaron Blabey (published by @scholasticinc) . THIRTY MILLION CHILDREN rely on school for food. Responding to the needs of kids during school closures, @savethechildren and @nokidhungry have a new fund @SAVEWITHSTORIES to support food banks, and mobile meal trucks, and community feeding programs with funds to do what they do best—and also—with educational toys, books, and worksheets to make sure brains are full, as well as bellies. . If you can manage a one time gift of $10, please text SAVE to 20222. If another amount would work better for you, please visit our website—link in bio. There is no maximum and there is no minimum—together we will rise and together we can help. . Thank you and stay safe. XX #SAVEWITHSTORIES

A post shared by #SAVEWITHSTORIES (@savewithstories) on Mar 17, 2020 at 6:56pm PDT