Announcing the Winners of the RIF Birthday Photo Contest!
October 30th, 2009
TA-DA! Beat the drum, sound the trumpet, twirl the flags!
RIF’s Ambassadors representing all states and territories were asked to take a photo wishing RIF a Happy 43rd birthday! The winners are shared here with you as we approach Tuesday, November 3 which is birthday time! Each winning RIF program received a cash prize to have a birthday party or purchase other RIF-related items as well as each winning site will receive a Multicultural Book Collection.
Congratulations to the winners, thank you for participating in this special celebration!
GRAND PRIZE WINNER
Arctic Light Elementary School
Fort Wainwright, Alaska
Ambassador Donna Morrow
Two winners in this category!
Columbia, South Carolina
Ambassador Ida Thompson
Boston Public Schools
Harvard Kent School
Boston, Massachusetts
Ambassador Kathleen Sullivan
Chief Shikellamy Elementary
Sunbury, Pennsylvania
Ambassador Lisa Mertz
Filed under: RIF 43rd Birthday, RIF Ambassadors, RIF Contests
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1. Donna Morrow | October 30th, 2009 at 9:59 am
Dear Carol, RIF Staff & RIF Sponsors,
On behalf of the students, families, and staff of Arctic Light Elementary, THANK YOU! We are very honored to be selected as the Grand Prize winner for RIF’s 43rd Birthday Photo Contest, especially with so many fantastic entries from RIF Ambassadors around the country.
Any RIF event, large or small, gives us an opportunity to have fun, work together, and support each other. Like for this birthday photo…..our families are celebrating the return of our soldiers from the year long Iraq deployment, and some of our families are from America Samoa –they’ve had a few worried weeks about family & friends after the earthquake/tsunami, so this birthday photo card gave us a chance to get together and SMILE!
We wish RIF a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
Arctic Light Elementary School
2. Lueburda Jamison Myers | October 30th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Happy 43rd Birthday RIF!
Thanks for providing another tremendous opportunity for our RIF Kids at West Shreveport Elementary School to participate in a national “fun” birthday event of this enormity that allows them to engage in friendly creative competition with other boys and girls who enjoy books and reading. This level of positive exposure for our Kids is truly an exciting and rewarding experience.
Again, on behalf of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Delta Lambda Omega Chapter RIF Literacy Corps, we want to commend National Reading Is Fundamental, Inc. for all that you do for children and their families. We are delighted to have been a part of your colossal literacy contributions to the nation for the past 30+ years.
Lueburda Jamison Myers, Louisiana RIF Ambassador
Sharon McCarty, Chapter President
Shirley Pierson, School Principal
3. mary rudder | November 2nd, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Hi Carol, RIF Sponsors ,Staff and Ambassadors,
We at the Harvard Kent School in Boston, Mass are thrilled to be featured as a photo award winner!
We have enjoyed RIF distributions in the past and look forward to our 2009-2010 season.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY RIF–You have started many life long readers off on their adventures through books!
Thanks for giving us the opportunity to participate!
4. Lisa Mertz | November 5th, 2009 at 9:56 am
Happy Birthday RIF from the staff and students of Chief Shikellamy Elementary! And thank you so much for voting our photo Most Creative. We had so much fun taking the photo and were so proud of our effort that we hung it around the school for everyone to see. We celebrated with a book give-away on the 3rd. After seeing the photos of the chocolate cakes though, I think you guys in D.C. had some fun too!
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