RIF and Kappa

Reading Is Fundamental, an organization that works to build literacy throughout the nation by helping young people discover the joy of reading, was founded in 1966 and is the oldest and largest children and family literacy nonprofit in the United States.

In 2004, Kappa Kappa Gamma adopted RIF as it's national philanthropy and developed its 'Reading Is Key' program to introduce new books to at-risk children.

Reading Is Key

The Dallas Alumnae Association of Kappa Kappa Gamma joined again with Educational First Steps for our Reading Is Key event on March 7, 2010 at the Dallas Public Library Bachman Lake branch.  Dallas Alumnae Association volunteered to support the Reading Is Fundamental program in promoting literacy.

Educational First Steps is a Dallas based nonprofit whose mission is to improve the quality and availability of early childhood education for economically disadvantaged children.  Their goal is to help children enter public school ready to learn.

Dallas Police and Fire personnel, WFAA's Cynthia Izaguirre, and other special guests, read from books that were given to the children.  Each child received a gift bag which included a new book  with a specially designed bookplate, information about public libraries, and a variety of gifts.

Earlier in the fall, Barnes & Noble generously donated a portion of their sales one Saturday at the Lincoln Center store on Northwest Highway to help with our project.  Kappa alums and Kappa 'Pickers' from UNT volunteered their time and talent to educate customers about RIF and our Reading Is Key event.

For more pictures from our 'Reading Is Key' events, please click here.