Brief Introduction

Reading is Fundamental, Honolulu, Inc. (RIF-Honolulu) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

RIF-Honolulu:
• Encourages a love of reading through book ownership.
• Provides 16,000+ books a year to PreK-3 students in under-resourced communities on Oahu.
• Is staffed entirely by volunteers.

100% of all contributions to RIF-Honolulu are used exclusively for our Oahu children’s reading program.

You can make a difference for Oahu’s keiki when you support our literacy program. Contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

Please send your gift to:
Reading is Fundamental, Honolulu, Inc.
PO Box 61826
Honolulu, HI 96839-1826

The Latest

  • Happy Holidays..and thanks for your patience

    • Dec 18, 2025

    We’ve had many technical difficulties that we hope will be resolved soon. In the meantime…

  • RIF “Kick-Off”

    • Sep 16, 2025

    To kick off a new year of school visitations, RIF volunteers enjoyed another yummy and entertaining get-together. Prospective volunteers met current ones, and everyone shared a bit about themselves. Fred shared the best – another story called ‘The Dragon and the Pearl”. 

    Watch the moral 😝 at the end of the 12 minute video 🐉.

    As always, much mahalo to our hostess, Janis!

  • Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon + Storytelling

    • Jun 09, 2025

    This year’s RIF volunteer appreciation luncheon was held at Natsunoya Teahouse and we were fortunate to have the RIF National CEO and President, Alicia Levi, “crash our party”! 

    Another treat was Fred Sheng’s storytelling. He again shared his unique take on visits to our RIF classrooms prior to distributing books. Part One of the video is the “background/educational part” and Part Two (the actual story) starts at 2:35.
     
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