NEW!!! UNTIL FEBRUARY 14...
CARDS FOR A CAUSE HELPS
NOVA RIF KIDS!

RIF of NOVA supporter and former Lynbrook Elementary School teacher Caithlin Allen is doing something unique to raise funds for NOVA RIF. She is hosting an online fundraiser called Cards for a Cause. Here are the deets!

Cards for a Cause offers four box sets with 30 cards each. Two choices feature all-occasion cards, another is called Thanks and Blanks, with a variety of thank you and blank cards, and a fourth is a box full of children's birthday cards. A fifth box contains 50 holiday cards. Each box is $30, making each card a fantastic price and the box a very nice gift for friends and family!

Caithlin is able to donate a sizable portion of each card box sold to buy books for RIF of NOVA's community of children. As she says, "So many of us are fortunate to have books at our fingertips, and that is not the case for many children here in Northern VA. I am so excited about RIF of NOVA's mission and how we can get books into the hands of our community members who need them right now."

The Cards for a Cause fundraiser is live through January 30th but open to NOVA RIF purchasers at the same link through February 14. Please find the link to order or donate here: https://forms.gle/v9cL8BL3LNe6arCdA.

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 BOOKS MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE -- PARTICULARLY DURING COVID-19

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We at NOVA RIF are giving out books, even during the scourge of Covid-19, it's THAT critical! Look look at the faces of children who have chosen a NOVA RIF book during the pandemic, both below and on our photo gallery page. Please click here!

And what does one book mean? It turns out that involvement in a RIF book program can change a life. Please listen to Ingrid Bynum, principal of Patrick Henry K-8 School in Alexandria, during an interview at her school's NOVA RIF book distribution in October. Plus, as Principal Bynum points out, because NOVA RIF provided books, parents at her school were not "forced to choose between essential reading material and food."

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$3 = one book = one child!

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If you'd like to help, please send a check to the post office box listed below or click here or on the Donate box on any page to donate online. Your generous donations to the cause of literacy for children in our region will be most gratefully appreciated.

Special thanks to all who donated funds, gently used books, and stories of inspirational women during our Votes for Women -- Votes for Books 2020 Appeal. The theme of our appeal was the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that gave many women the right to vote. Together, we met our goal, raising over $20,000! This means that over 6,600 children in the Northern Virginia area will be able to choose a book of their own.

If you would like to donate to help even more children get new books, please click a donate link on any page. A full list of donors can be found here. Book donor names and photos can be found here. And stories of women who inspired us can be found here.

Because of you, RIF of NOVA kids will be able to choose books of their own, even in a pandemic!

With sincerest thanks,
Members of the Board, Reading is Fundamental of Northern Virginia

Reading is Fundamental of Northern Virginia, Inc. 
P.O. Box 7012
Arlington, VA 22207-0012                                
Phone: 703.528.3763
Fax: 703.528.1993
rifnova@gmail.com

Please connect to our How We Help pages to see lists of children's book ideas for:

Hispanic American heritage
Women's suffrage/elections/voting
Book diversity
Covid-19 resources
Children's holiday books

Check out our latest newsletter, the RIF RAP, to learn more about RIF of NOVA and the children we serve! To subscribe to the RIF RAP, please sign up here. 

"Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams
and more reading helped me make my dreams come true." -- Ruth Bader Ginsburg