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Then ... and now!
RIF of NOVA celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2022! For 50 years, we have been providing books to deserving children in our community -- the City of Alexandria and Arlington, Fairfax, and Prince William Counties. During that time, we have given over two million books to children who need them the most, contributing to learning, literacy, and love of reading and books!
To learn more about the history of RIF and RIF of NOVA, please click here. To see photos of our book distributions to local children during the current school year, please click here.
Though the faces have changed in five decades, the need for books for children lives on, and RIF of NOVA is happy to be a part of the literacy solution. Join us by donating during our 50th anniversary year, where $3.00 means a book for a local child and opens new worlds of thought and opportunity. Just listen to Ingrid Bynum, principal of Patrick Henry K-8 School in Alexandria, during an interview during one of her school's NOVA RIF book distributions. As she notes, a RIF book can change a life, as it did for her.
Need more inspiration?
Click on the video above to watch some of our favorite RIF of NOVA book activities -- putting books into the hands of deserving children (both before and during the pandemic) and raising funds to do so.
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$3 = one book = one child!
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.
Because of you, RIF of NOVA kids will be able to choose books of their own, even as the pandemic continues into our 50th anniversary year!
With sincerest thanks,
Members of the Board, Reading is Fundamental of Northern Virginia
Because of you, RIF of NOVA kids will be able to choose books of their own, even as the pandemic continues into our 50th anniversary year!
With sincerest thanks,
Members of the Board, Reading is Fundamental of Northern Virginia
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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 |
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Please connect to our Resources pages to see lists of children's book ideas for:
Graphic Novel Resources for Children
Covid-19 Resources
Black History Month & Diverse Book Resources
Hispanic American Heritage Book Resources
Strong Girls/Women Book Resources
Environmental Book Resources
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.
RIF of NOVA is committed through its actions in providing books to children in the Northern Virginia region to building a sustainable, equitable, inclusive, and resilient community.
Graphic Novel Resources for Children
Covid-19 Resources
Black History Month & Diverse Book Resources
Hispanic American Heritage Book Resources
Strong Girls/Women Book Resources
Environmental Book Resources
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.
RIF of NOVA is committed through its actions in providing books to children in the Northern Virginia region to building a sustainable, equitable, inclusive, and resilient community.
"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
"Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school."
-- Beverly Cleary
