It's Our Golden Gala -- Countdown to October 20!
RIF RAP
October 2022
The WHAT:
RIF of NOVA's Golden Gala!
The countdown is on! We are just days away from RIF of NOVA's 50th anniversary Golden Gala: One for the Books! We hope you will sign on for this fun- and fundraiser to help provide books annually for 20,000 deserving children as we enter our next 50 years!

SPONSOR or DONATE! There's still time! Click here to find out how.

ATTEND the Gala! Individual tickets are available for purchase by clicking here.
The WHERE:

Date: Thursday, October 20
Place: Westwood Country Club, 800 Maple Ave E, Vienna, VA 22180
Time: 6:00 p.m. Cocktail Reception Meet & Greet; 7:00 p.m. Dinner & Program
Suggested attire: Cocktail or business wear
Need additional info? Contact: GoldenGala2022@gmail.com
The WHY:
To provide books for NOVA kids like these!
The WHO:
(No, not the rock band!) The Authors!
At the NOVA RIF Golden Gala, you can rub elbows with some pretty cool authors! Twenty bestselling and debut authors will join in for the festivities to mingle and talk about their books and their journeys, including our Keynote Speaker David Baldacci. This prolific author of suspense novels and legal thrillers is passionate about combating illiteracy in America. The next thriller in his New York Times bestselling Memory Man series is Long Shadows.
Golden Gala Guest Author Galleria

The full list of Golden Gala Guest Authors, along with biographies and recent or upcoming book covers for each author, may be found by clicking here. You'll be able to buy their books at the Gala, too!
The HOW:
With help from YOU -- our community!
Reading is Fundamental of Northern Virginia raises all its own funds to provide books for 20,000 children each year via grants, sponsorships, and donations. New Gala sponsors have signed on and are listed below. We are so grateful! Thank you!

What WAS happening in the children's book world in 1972 when RIF of NOVA began? On a special page on our website, we are counting backward from January through December to reach the top-selling book of 1972.

Number 3 on the list is Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by British author Roald Dahl and published in 1972 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. It is the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, continuing the story of young Charlie Bucket and chocolatier Willy Wonka as they travel on an elevator through space and time. Visiting the world's first space hotel, battling the dreaded Vermicious Knids, and saving the world are only a few stops along this intergalactic joyride.

As RIF of NOVA celebrates 50 years in 2022, we are hearing from our community of supporters!


"LUCKY DOG Films congratulates RIF of NOVA on its 50 years of giving free books to young readers. We are proud to be longtime supporters of your amazing volunteer work in our local communities." 

Rich Confalone & Kip Prestholdt, Owners
"My goal as a school librarian is to continually instill and nurture the love of books and reading in each and every one of my students. One of the most effective ways to do that is to allow students the freedom to select their own books. I love seeing the joy on students' faces when they find a RIF of NOVA book that they love and are excited to read. Congratulations on 50 years of books and book choice for children in our community!"

-- Cathy Guthrie, librarian and NOVA RIF liaison, Cora Kelly School for Math, Science, and Technology (pictured below reading to students during a June NOVA RIF book distribution)
All donations help!
$3 = one book for a deserving child in our community!
*Contribute online by Paypal or credit card at: https://donorbox.org/donate-to-rif-of-nova. Donate links can be found on every page of our website, too.
*Send a check to our mailbox:
RIF of NOVA
P. O. Box 7012
Arlington, VA 22207-0012
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!
*If your workplace holds a United Way campaign, designate RIF of NOVA as your chosen philanthropy. Our United Way # is 8959.

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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