'Reading
Rainbow' Kickstarter Doubles Goal, Soaring to $2 Million
Like a butterfly in the sky going twice as high, LeVar Burton's campaign to
bring back Reading Rainbow has doubled its
Kickstarter goal of $1 million, eclipsing $2
Million Thursday.
After reaching the
$1 million mark Wednesday on the campaign's
first day, supporters continued to flood the crowdfunding website with donations. Around 4 p.m. ET Thursday, the campaign hit $2 million, with 33 days remaining for people to contribute.
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"I am overwhelmed," Burton, the creator and host of PBS' ****** Reading Rainbow from 1983 to 2006, wrote during a
Reddit AMA shortly before reaching the new milestone on Thursday.
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