Tag: Reading Is Fundamental

Macy’s And Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) Raise Over $1.52 Million In July Campaign Supporting Children’s Literacy

Stuart Mitchell

In support of providing books and reading resources to children living in our nation’s most under-resourced communities, Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) and Macy’s announced that over $1.5 million was raised last month as part of Macy’s Mission Every One social purpose initiative, which included an in-store round-up and online donation campaign to support student literacy across the country. Funds raised during the campaign will support RIF’s Race, Equity and Inclusion work providing diverse books and reading resources to underserved communities in an effort to help close the literacy gap, while also supporting RIF’s…

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Reading Is Fundamental Announces The Celebrity Authors And High-Profile Literacy Advocates Joining ‘Rally To Read 100’ Event On Read Across America Day

Stuart Mitchell

Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) announced today the lineup for its Reading Inspires! Webcast to be held on Read Across America Day, March 2, 2022. To conclude its 6-month campaign, “Rally to Read 100,” RIF is welcoming classrooms and families across the country to join them for a virtual gathering with special guests including celebrated author, advocate, and Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation Chelsea Clinton, the Grammy-nominated and five-time New York Times bestselling author Sandra Boynton, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, academic and children’s author Monica Brown, and other celebrated…

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Just In Time For National Reading Month, Reading Is Fundamental Expands Its Suite Of Digital Offerings For Young Readers With LeVar Burton Kids’ Award-Winning Skybrary

Stuart Mitchell

Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), the nation’s largest nonprofit organization for children’s literacy, announced today at SXSW EDU that it is the exclusive new home of LeVar Burton Kids’ Skybrary, an interactive library of high-quality digital books and video explorations designed to engage young readers and foster a lifelong love of learning. Renowned actor and education advocate LeVar Burton’s Skybrary is now part of RIF’s unparalleled digital library of books and supplemental learning and reading resources. Burton will serve in an advisory role moving forward. “RIF is committed to providing children…

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