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*New and Improved* RIF Ready Packs!

Great news! RIF Ready Packs have been expanded to include more vendors, more themes, and lots more packs. Plus, based on feedback from coordinators like you, we've updated the ordering site. So whether you've ordered Ready Packs before or this will be your first time, check out this easy book ordering option.

RIF's fall children's letter writing campaign closes soon!

RIF needs children's letters from your program! Please send us your children's letters thanking congressional members for supporting RIF. We'll hand deliver them to representatives' offices along with photos and other items you include. This personal touch goes a long way in communicating to Congress the importance of RIF. Give it a try! Writing letters is a fun and easy activity to include in your next distribution.

The RIF Locator Map-NEW and IMPROVED

The new RIF Locator Map may generate inquiries about volunteer opportunities with your RIF program. To help you respond to these questions, we created e-mail templates for quick and easy replies.

Important Update For RIF Coordinators

RIF eligibility criteria for programs seeking federal funds is changing.
Click here for details and to find out about ways to report your program's economic need.

Volunteer of the Year Awards

RIF is pleased to announce the 2009 Anne Richardson Volunteer of the Year award winners.
Click here for details.

Program Spotlight: All Aboard RIF's Reading Train!

The C.T. Plunkett Elementary School program in Adams, Mass., helps kids keep their reading on track! This program has been helping young readers for six years, and provides free books to more than 550 children. At a recent distribution, kids got so excited to choose a book, they moved with the speed of a locomotive!
Read the full article.

Free, Bilingual Activity Book for Preschoolers

Have fun reading and writing with preschool-age children with Our Book By Us!/Nuestro Libro ¡Hecho Por Nosotros! Created with award-winning author and illustrator Peter H. Reynolds, this book encourages children to read, write, listen, and talk.

Download for free! 

Fun for Kids

 Leading to Reading             
 bilingual; for kids ages 0-5.

 Reading Planet
 for kids ages 6-15.

 Leamos en Familia
 bilingual; for kids ages 6-15.

 RIF's Activity Calendars
 bilingual; for kids of all ages.

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