Reading Is Fundamental is America’s leading nonprofit children’s literacy organization. RIF’s 400,000+ volunteers support young people from birth through high school throughout the U.S. and its territories. Utilizing its broad volunteer network, RIF provides children with free books and makes reading fun through exciting reading-related activities. Since its founding in 1966, RIF has distributed over 200 million books at more than 20,000 sites. Its community-based programs can be found in traditional settings such as schools, libraries, and community centers as well as in hospitals, migrant worker camps, homeless shelters, child-care centers, and detention centers. RIF is the sponsor of “Reading is Fun Week.” During this period, communities across the country help celebrate the pleasures found in reading and books through festive school and community events.