To make smiles like these...we need to BOOK IT! |
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When: October 16, 2021, 9:00 a.m.
Where: Bluemont Park, 329 N. Manchester St., Arlington, VA 22203
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Hey, Sponsors and Donors! |
In wonderful news, we have a Pulitzer Prize Plus sponsor: The Vineyard Family Foundation!! Set up in 2000, the Foundation supports the most vulnerable with food, housing, and medical assistance and helps community programs that promote education, art, and cultural events. Shown in the photo, Mark and Bradley Vineyard; Bradley is a NOVA RIF board member. (Whoo hoo!!!)
Since the August RAP, several more sponsors have signed on, too. They are noted below and/or on our website.
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Hey, runners and walkers! |
Virtual: If you decide to participate virtually, we are grateful...virtually! Please take photos of your virtual run or walk and email them to us for the RIF RAP and to post on social media (rifnova@gmail.org)! Let's get virtual runners and walkers from all around the country (even the world!!!) to walk or run for books for NOVA kids!
In-person: Start times will be staggered to allow for safe running and walking for all.
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Pictures help tell the love-of-reading story! Do you have a photo of a baby or toddler "reading" or trying? If so, send in your favorite photo(s) to our email: rifnova@gmail.com. We will publish one new photo a month in the newsletter and on our website through the end of the year (with absolutely no names). All we need from you is approval to use the photo in our media.
New! September's BOOK BABY: Reading is better with a bunny for backup!
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Groveton Elementary's Family Resource Fair |
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Groveton Elementary School kicked off the new school year with a first-ever Groveton Family Resource Fair on Saturday, August 14 — offering free transportation and pizza and free school supplies for each Groveton student who attended. Many community and business partners participated, including the Fairfax County Health Department, FC Library, Fairfax County Park Authority, Fairfax Connector, Neighborhood Health and United Community among many others.
A free walk-in vaccination clinic was a highlight of the day -- along with books! Rocco DeBonis, Groveton School Librarian, gave away over 500 books donated by RIF of NOVA! Yay!!!
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Getting back to the 5K...and raising funds for books:
What do books mean? Let's ask the experts!
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New Top Sponsors Helping to Provide Books
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"I had to learn how to speak dog!"
NEW! In New Books...with a NOVA Connection, we feature Penelope's Bully by first-time children's book author Andre Gatling. Penelope thought moving to a new neighborhood would be exciting, but she didn't expect to be bullied because she is different. In the story, she befriends Chloe, a homeless puppy who is also bullied for being different.
Meet Andre Gatling and find out more about his new children's book and how he learned to "speak dog!" Click right here!
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Donated Books ...
... over 10,000 Collected!
NOVA RIF continues to collect donations of new and like-new donated books! A full list of book donors can be found on our website at: http://www.rifnova.org/contribute-books.html. Shown in this pic: multiple-time book donors Kelly, Lena, and Wendy Richardson! Thanks to them and all our wonderful book donors.
If you have or want to collect books for children from Pre-K to grade 8, contact us at rifnova@gmail.com. We will arrange to pick them up. So far, we have collected over 10,000 books for the children we serve!
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*Send a check to our mailbox:
RIF of NOVA
P. O. Box 7012
Arlington, VA 22207-0012
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Other options to help:
*Register with smile.amazon.com. Type in Reading is Fundamental of Northern Virginia, Inc. to select us as the charity you want to support. Amazon will donate 0.5% of your eligible purchases to RIF of NOVA. The 0.5% can really add up!
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*If your workplace holds a United Way campaign, designate RIF of NOVA as your chosen philanthropy. Our United Way # is 8959.
*Celebrate a graduate, a birthday, or memorialize a loved one with a special donation.
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Thank you for any donation -- no matter how big or small! And thank you for being part of the RIF of NOVA community!
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Please share the RAP! Forward our newsletter to your friends and anyone interested in providing books to children who need them!
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