{"id":9532,"date":"2025-10-17T13:11:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T17:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/?p=9532"},"modified":"2025-10-17T13:11:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T17:11:06","slug":"shelfies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/2025\/10\/17\/shelfies\/","title":{"rendered":"Shelfies!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We recently hosted our second Build-a-Child\u2019s-Library event of the school year, at Lynbrook Elementary School in Springfield.\u00a0 At these book fairs, every student selects a new book to take home on a topic that interests them.<\/p>\n<p>As our volunteers were setting up the day before, a student came to the door and asked, \u201cIs tomorrow when we get a book to keep?\u201d She was so excited when the answer was: \u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We provided new books to nearly 600 children in\u00a0Pre-K through 6<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0grade.\u00a0\u00a0Twelve of our volunteers helped the\u00a0students find their books and sign their names inside the cover, making it theirs to keep. The smiles on the faces of the children were proof that the event was a huge success.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/10\/NanDru.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9535\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/10\/NanDru-251x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/10\/NanDru-251x300.jpeg 251w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/10\/NanDru-856x1024.jpeg 856w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/10\/NanDru-768x919.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/10\/NanDru-1284x1536.jpeg 1284w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/10\/NanDru-1712x2048.jpeg 1712w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/10\/NanDru-958x1146.jpeg 958w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/10\/NanDru.jpeg 1886w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/10\/ALNV-2Kids.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/10\/ALNV-2Kids-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/10\/ALNV-2Kids-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/10\/ALNV-2Kids.jpg 384w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We recently hosted our second Build-a-Child\u2019s-Library event of the school year, at Lynbrook Elementary School in Springfield.\u00a0 At these book fairs, every student selects a new book to take home on a topic that interests them. 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