Celebrate Reading Month with Raising Cane's and Read To Me International
Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers celebrates its 5th year partnering with Read To Me International (RTMI), a local non-profit organization that provides parents with the skills and techniques to engage their keiki in reading for National Reading Month. Each Saturday in March from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., RTMI representatives will engage parents and keiki in free book readings, bookmark makings, singing and learning activities at select Raising Cane’s restaurants across Oahu.
“As parents, we all need to make time to read aloud to our keiki,” says Ali Urbick Marketing Leader for Raising Cane’s. “Over the past five years Raising Cane’s in Hawaii has expanded our partnership with Read To Me International to include a very successful Summer reading series, in addition to our March reading events that help our keiki build their vocabulary, expand their imagination, and increase their knowledge of the world.”
All events are free and open to the public, but seating is limited.
Registration for Cane’s Read Aloud events is recommended at www.readtomeintl.org/events/
Saturday, March 7, 2026 @ 10:30 a.m. PEARL CITY Cane’s Restaurant
1240 Kuala St., Pearl City, HI 96782
Saturday, March 14, 2026 @ 10:30 a.m. HAWAII KAI Cane’s Restaurant
333 Keahole St., Honolulu, HI 96825
Saturday, March 21, 2026 @ 10:30 a.m. MILILANI Cane’s Restaurant
95-1249 Meheula Pkwy, Mililani, HI 96789
Sunday, March 22, 2026 @ 10:30 a.m. WAIKIKI Cane’s Restaurant
@ Royal Hawaiian Center
2201 Kalakaua Ave, Honolulu, HI 96815
Saturday, March 28, 2026 @ 10:30 a.m. KAPOLEI Cane’s Restaurant
717 Kunehi St., Kapolei, HI 96707
PROGRAM:
10:30 a.m. Registration
10:45 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Pre-K to K Reading & Activities
11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. First to Fourth Grade Reading & Activities
A Parent Survey will be distributed at each session and every keiki in your family will receive a free book upon completion of the survey.
15% of food sales from each event will be donated to Read To Me International.
As part of this Raising Cane’s and RTMI Program, Raising Cane’s is giving reading incentive bookmarks to each parent to challenge their child to read 7 books or more in March. Each bookmark has a paw print to be checked for each book read. The paw prints belong to the restaurant’s mascot and namesake, a yellow Labrador Retriever named Raising Cane.
After reading 7 books, keiki can turn in their completed bookmark to their local Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers restaurant to get a FREE KIDS COMBO.
Parents and educators can learn more about how Cane’s supports education and request bookmarks at www.canesandcommunity.com
Event Links
Website: https://go.evvnt.com/3514015-0
