Last year, over 140,000 books were given to over 45,500 of the neediest children and their families in Greater Austin through the literacy intervention programs of either RIF or CAROR.

BookSpring instills children with a love of reading and promotes books as a means to success. By offering a range of programs that support early literacy, BookSpring champions the value of reading and encourages parents to read to their children from birth on, resulting in stronger families and increased life-long opportunities for every child.

Save RIF's Funding

On February 1, President Obama released his FY11 budget request which eliminates the funding for Reading Is Fundamental and its nationwide services. Without federal funding, more than 4.4 million children and families will not receive free books or reading encouragement from RIF programs.

Please join BookSpring to keep RIF’s funding in the budget and contact your representatives now. This will directly affect the lives of over 20,000 children in our own community. Let’s all do what we can to enable all Austin children to grow up with books!

BookSpring is the proud sponsor of the
I LIVE HERE, I GIVE HERE campaign.