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Reading
Is Fundamental, Inc. (RIF) is the oldest children's literacy organization
in the United States. It is a nationwide non-profit which brings
children and books together to help young people acquire the habit of
reading. Children who are
read to, then read themselves, and grow up to be adults who can read. So, RIF does more than help local sponsors distribute books
to children, it develops a better-educated, more informed public.
From
its headquarters in Washington, DC, RIF supports more than 5,500 programs
serving 5 million children in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin
Islands. RIF serves young
people from pre-school through high school, from all economic and social
backgrounds. Project sponsors
include local, non-profit groups such as parent-teacher associations,
Kiwanis Clubs, and others and public agencies such as schools and
libraries. RIF
negotiates substantial discounts from more than 150 book publishers and
distributors. Sponsoring groups select and purchase the books and
administer the program in their communities.
A local program makes reading exciting and allows children to chose
books to take home, to read and to keep, without cost to the children or
their families. Jean
Dean RIF/Kiwanis is the largest RIF project in the United States serving
pre-schoolers. It serves
26,000 at-risk young children (primarily 0 through 5 year olds) in every
county in Alabama through a total of 550 sites. Every
TAX DEDUCTIBLE $2 donated to JEAN DEAN RIF means
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