{"id":118769,"date":"2025-08-04T17:58:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T17:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/118769\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T17:58:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T17:58:12","slug":"give-804-campaign-aims-to-get-every-richmond-student-reading-at-grade-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/118769\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Give 804&#8217; campaign aims to get every Richmond student reading at grade level"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"cms-textAlign-left\">RICHMOND, Va. \u2014 A new initiative of the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rps.fund\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Richmond Ed Fund<\/a> aims to make sure every RPS student has access to books at home and reads at grade level.<\/p>\n<p>The first annual Give 804 campaign kicked off at Gelati Celseti on Monday and runs until September 30. It aims to raise $50,000 and 10,000 books to help stock classroom and home libraries across the city and ensure all Richmond Public School students can read at grade level by the third grade, a major goal in the school division&#8217;s 2024-2029 plan.<\/p>\n<p>Community members can donate books, money, or time to the cause by becoming a <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSf8LduTKwyT-1Jb0Q5twejO4yPzb5USoLvkjsh-ewtMOcMMBg\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reading buddy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Book drops will be available at the following locations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ILYSM Books<\/li>\n<li>BBGB<\/li>\n<li>Shelf Life<\/li>\n<li>Minglewood Bakery<\/li>\n<li>Urban Farmhouse<\/li>\n<li>Urban Hang Suite<\/li>\n<li>Julio&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li>Elwood Thompson&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li>Cafe Zeta<\/li>\n<li>Gelati Celesti<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Additionally, Gelati Celesti will donate 20% of all Rainbow Cookies Ice Cream sales at its Richmond-area shops until August 11.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSf8LduTKwyT-1Jb0Q5twejO4yPzb5USoLvkjsh-ewtMOcMMBg\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to learn more about becoming a reading buddy<\/a>. To make a monetary donation to Give 804, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/rpseducationfoundation.networkforgood.com\/projects\/255558-give-804\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"cms-textAlign-center\"><b>CBS 6 is committed to sharing community voices on this important topic. <\/b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtvr.com\/news\/local-news\/mailto:newstips@wtvr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Email your thoughts to the CBS 6 Newsroom<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"cms-textAlign-center\"><b>\ud83d\udcf2: CONNECT WITH US<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"cms-textAlign-center\"><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cbs6-richmond.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b class=\"rte2-style-bold\">Blue Sky<\/b> <\/a><b>| <\/b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CBS6News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b class=\"rte2-style-bold\">Facebook<\/b> <\/a><b>| <\/b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cbs6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b class=\"rte2-style-bold\">Instagram<\/b> <\/a><b>| <\/b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CBS6\" target=\"_blank\"><b class=\"rte2-style-bold\">X<\/b> <\/a><b>| <\/b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@cbs6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b class=\"rte2-style-bold\">Threads<\/b> <\/a><b>| <\/b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@cbs6_rva\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b class=\"rte2-style-bold\">TikTok<\/b> <\/a><b>| <\/b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WTVRCBS6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b class=\"rte2-style-bold\">YouTube<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtvr.com\/giving-you-a-voice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/brand-promise-1280x720.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RICHMOND, Va. \u2014 A new initiative of the Richmond Ed Fund aims to make sure every RPS student&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":118770,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[1022,171,16972,67,132,68,906],"class_list":{"0":"post-118769","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-richmond","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us","14":"tag-virginia"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114971797584553466","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}