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Books for Keeps

We provide more than 60,000 free, new books to more than 20,000 low-income children in Pittsburgh each year. Many of our children receive their very first book from RIF Pittsburgh!

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Our children are given the opportunity to choose a book of their own, without any input from teachers or family members. This act of choosing helps to bond children to their books, creating a sense of pride in owning a great book. This sense of pride helps to motivate and encourage children to love to read!

Every child who chooses their very own book to keep from RIF Pittsburgh participates in an interactive Reading Celebration that day. During the Reading Celebration, volunteers engage the children in a fun and interactive activity designed to help them learn to love to read! Our books and activities help to build reading skills, provide motivation to read, and create pride in book ownership.

Our programs are supported in part by Bayer USA Foundation, Birmingham Foundation, Bank of New York Mellon, The Buhl Foundation, Buncher Family Foundation, Child Health Association of Sewickley, Citizens Bank, Community Development Block Grants, Dollar General Literacy Foundation, Equitable Gas Company, The Grable Foundation, Hope Fund of POISE Foundation, John R. and Margaret S. McCartan Charitable Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation, Kinder Morgan Foundation, Malakoff Family Fund Of The Pittsburgh Foundation, Massey Charitable Trust, PNC Charitable Trust, PNC foundation, PPG Industries Foundation, The Donald & Sylvia Robinson Family Foundation, Snee-Reinhardt Charitable Foundation, Target, Tippins Foundation, Verizon, Westinghouse Nuclear, United Way and individual donors.


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