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It's Time for Take Off!

Come aboard the RIF-US Airways Read with Kids Challenge. The nationwide goal is to read with kids for 10 million minutes. Register today and log your minutes. Check out the great prizes, and learn how you can receive US Airways bonus miles.

Vote for RIF Kids

American Express will donate $200,000 to the participating charity with the most votes in their online Members Project. Please vote as often as once a week to help RIF offer kids new books and reading motivation.

Reinstate RIF: We're Moving Forward!

Good news! The House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Education have reinstated RIF's FY11 funding. But challenges remain. The funding must still be approved by full committees in both houses of Congress, make it into the final bill, and be signed by President Obama. We may need your help, so please stay tuned at Rasco From RIF and RIF's Advocacy Center for the latest news. Thank you!

A Vision to Offer Help and Hope

Congratulations to Jean Dean RIF, our August Program of the Month. This 20-year-old partnership between RIF and Kiwanis Alabama is a model of large scale success. Serving over 26,000 children a year, the program began as a heartfelt vision to give help and hope to young children.

Featured RIF Ready Packs: Math Madness

The Math Madness RIF Ready Pack books make math fun through creative titles, clever puzzles, playful rhymes, and colorful illustrations.

Book Supplier Update

With guidance from the Literature Advisory Board, RIF has issued Baseline Standards of Book Quality for Vendor Produced RIF Catalogs. With these guidelines now in place, coordinators can be assured that all books listed in vendor "RIF Catalogs" have been reviewed and approved at the national RIF office.

With the understanding that not all vendor catalogs are "RIF Catalogs," we offer the guidelines for your review and encourage coordinators to use them when selecting books from vendors whose general catalogs have not been reviewed by RIF. If you have feedback regarding the guidelines or RIF book-related issues, please contact Cathy Bryan, RIF's director of publisher relations at cbryan@rif.org.

*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.

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.

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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