Reading Is FUNdamental of Southern California

To promote literacy and motivate children to read by building at-home libraries for underserved children in Greater Los Angeles.

 
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They Were Just Names….

They were just names - Margaret McNamara, Marva Sherer, Ethelwyn Sutro, Edie Horton, Amanda Stark, Ruth Grams, Sylvia Ziskind, Mark Taylor, Lois Miller, Mary Abrams, Hanna Barbera, Dorothy McKenzie, Beulah Bondi - names Phyllis Shlecter,  RIFSoCal’s Chair Emeritus, said almost reverentially as she took us on a trip down memory lane.  But oh the wonder of finding boxes of meticulously kept scrapbooks highlighting RIFSoCal’s first years - with pictures that brought them all to life. Get ready to visit the 70’s, hairstyles and all!


Dorothy McKenzie with children

Dorothy McKenzie with children

Mrs. Edith Horton with Wilbur and children

Mrs. Edith Horton with Wilbur and children

Beulah Bondi with Templeton and children

Beulah Bondi with Templeton and children

First RIFSoCal bookmark

First RIFSoCal bookmark