The Arrow Foundation is a local non-profit organization that annually raises money to award a $1,000 graduate scholarship to an active Pi Beta Phi alumna and to benefit local and national literacy promoting charities.
Pi Beta Phi recently partnered with First Book www.firstbook.org, a national nonprofit organization founded in 1992 with a singlemission: to give children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books. Did you know that in low-income neighborhoods, the ratio of books per child is 1 age-appropriate book for every 300 children? Locally, the Arrow Foundation has partnered with the following organizations to promote literacy throughout the Metropolitan DC area:
The Reading Connection provides reading programs to homeless children in the Northern
Virginia, District of Columbia, and Southern Maryland regions. The education of a child who
lives in a homeless shelter often falls prey to the financial needs and emotional difficulties of the
family. www.thereadingconnection.org
The Arlington Pediatric Center provides outpatient medical care for infants, children and
adolescents who reside in Arlington households with income at or below 200%of the Federal
Poverty Level ($35,300 for a family of four). Froma library of donated and gently-used books,
every childwho attends an appointment chooses a book to take home, as do any accompanying
siblings. www.arlpedcen.org
Please consider donating an item or gift certificate to be included in our auction. Donations will be recognized in our auction program, which will include item descriptions, merchants’ names, and the estimated value of the item donated. Our club members are patrons of the businesses that contribute
to the auction. All donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
Click here to download the Donation Form and mail your donation to:
Bonnie Alder, Fundraising Chair
7769 Shootingstar Dr.
Springfield,VA22152
Questions? Contact Bonnie Alder by phone (571) 327-6435 or email. Thank you in advance for your consideration and your support.
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