{"id":9774,"date":"2026-04-19T13:41:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T17:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/?p=9774"},"modified":"2026-04-19T13:41:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T17:41:27","slug":"book-bonanza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/2026\/04\/19\/book-bonanza\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Bonanza"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The third time is the charm!\u00a0 Finally, after two weather cancellations, we held our \u201cBuild a Child\u2019s Library\u201d event at Sudley Elementary School in Prince William County, at which we provided new books for each of the 611 students.\u00a0 Our members enjoyed watching them choose a book of their very own.\u00a0 After they made their selection, we stamped the books \u201cThis book belongs to:\u201d and encouraged them to write their name inside the cover.\u00a0 We also provided a bookmark.\u00a0 Students in several 4<sup>th<\/sup> grade classes were away on a field trip, but we left them an assortment of books for their choosing, so they wouldn\u2019t miss out.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2026\/04\/4ids-Stella.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9776\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2026\/04\/4ids-Stella-300x242.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2026\/04\/4ids-Stella-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2026\/04\/4ids-Stella.jpg 412w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2026\/04\/2Girls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9775\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2026\/04\/2Girls-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2026\/04\/2Girls-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2026\/04\/2Girls.jpg 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We are always glad when the students find the perfect book they are looking for or finally decide between possible choices, often with the help of our members, their teachers and classmates. The students\u2019 thank\u00a0yous\u00a0and smiles warmed our hearts.\u00a0 A big thank you to the teacher who let us use her science lab for the event, and the teachers and staff who helped us get books to all the students.\u00a0 We also appreciate everyone who donates to help make these events possible!<\/div>\n<p>To find out more about our programs that provide food, clothing, books and\u00a0other essentials for area\u00a0children in need, explore our programs elsewhere on this site.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2026\/04\/Boy-Susan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"285\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9778\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2026\/04\/Boy-Susan-285x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2026\/04\/Boy-Susan-285x300.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2026\/04\/Boy-Susan.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The third time is the charm!\u00a0 Finally, after two weather cancellations, we held our \u201cBuild a Child\u2019s Library\u201d event at Sudley Elementary School in Prince William County, at which we provided new books for each of the 611 students.\u00a0 Our members enjoyed watching them choose a book of their very own.\u00a0 After they made their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65463,"featured_media":9777,"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-9774","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\/9774","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\/65463"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9774"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9779,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9774\/revisions\/9779"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}