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<\/a><\/p>\nImagine that one of our Build a Child\u2019s library events is where you receive the very first book to call your own? \u00a0We know that the presence of books in the home translates to greater enthusiasm for learning. \u00a0Our program ensures that each child who progresses through the school, from kindergarten through 6th<\/sup>\u00a0grade, will graduate from the school with 7 books in their personal library.<\/p>\n Our volunteers generally agree that our “Build a Child’s Library” events are their favorite program to participate in. \u00a0Seeing the excitement on the faces of the children as they choose a book to keep is very rewarding. \u00a0We purchase the books with money raised through generous donations, grants, and fundraising. \u00a0We are an all-volunteer organization and can only be successful through the generosity of others.<\/p>\n To find out more about our Build a Child\u2019s Library program, please check out our recent Build-a-Child’s Library video\u00a0from the Videos Tab on this site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We recently hosted a \u201cBuild a Child\u2019s Library\u201d event at Loch Lomond Elementary School in Prince William County. \u00a0We hold these book fairs at six Northern Virginia Title 1 elementary schools during the school year. \u00a0Each student gets to choose a book on a favorite topic and sign their name in the book, which then […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95369,"featured_media":9755,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95369"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9760,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9752\/revisions\/9760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/a><\/a><\/p>\n