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Monthly Newsletter -- "RIF RAP"

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National News

RIF of NOVA Community Advisory Board member Ramunda Young is co-owner of an independent community book store in Washington, DC called Mahogany Books, which focuses on books for, by, and about African Americans and those from the African diaspora. During a recent virtual book club gathering to discuss The Promised Land, a surprise visitor dropped in...none other than the book's author, former President Barack Obama. Enjoy a Today Show feature about the event by clicking here! Congratulations to Ramunda and Derrick Young!

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Local Press

TheZebra.org featured a story about a book distribution at Patrick Henry K-8 School on October 19, 2020. Read that coverage here. See photos of the Patrick Henry and other early fall distributions here.

Local TV ​

Before the Book It For Books 5K RIF of NOVA fundraiser in October 2019, RIF of NOVA's Lisa Keathley and Groveton Elementary School librarian Rocco DeBonis (a RIF of NOVA liaison and a RIF book recipient as a child) spoke with NBC-4's Eun Yang about children's literacy. Their conversation focused on the skills gap CEOs face when workers can't read.

Blog

Groveton Elementary, a RIF of NOVA school in Alexandria, VA, was featured on the national RIF blog page! K-2nd graders at Groveton enjoyed reading around the “campfire” at Camp Groveton (aka the school library) as they chose three books to take home.
​Read more here and check out these pics from the event: