Support Reading: A Family Affair this Saturday!

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Support Reading: A Family Affair. Please make a donation today.

LCNV’s 6th Annual Reading: A Family Affair – to be held this Saturday, March 24 – is a free event dedicated to family literacy and attended by a broad multicultural cross section of the area, including immigrant and at-risk families. As their children’s first teachers, these immigrant and at-risk parents need language and literacy skills that will allow their children to succeed., Research shows that literacy is a family matter; children absorb parents’ values. A parent who models reading habits, or more importantly, reads to their child, ultimately shapes that child’s love of reading. Reading: A Family Affair reaches both parents and children, stressing the importance of family literacy through performance art.

The Literacy Council relies entirely on generous contributions from community partners and people like you to support Reading: A Family Affair, as well as LCNV’s educational programs, which serve more than 1,600 students each year. Please support this event and LCNV’s programs by making a tax-deductible donation today.

Your support allows immigrant and at-risk children to experience the gift of literacy through storytelling, music, puppeteering, and other art forms. Kids will get to meet Clifford the Big Red Dog, sing with Groovy Nate, watch Bob Brown Puppets come alive, and even write their own stories. Plus, each child takes home a FREE book. To see a complete list of the performers LCNV has lined up, please visit: RAFA Performers.

Every cent counts. Your generous gift, whether it is $25, $50, $100 or more, will make a life-changing difference. Please don’t wait – donate today.

Literacy Council of Northern Virginia
2855 Annandale Road
Falls Church, VA 22042
(703) 237-0866 x 109
www.lcnv.org

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