Become a Friend of the Festival

Become a literary champion and fuel creative minds

UPDATE: Fall for the Book Friend and retired school librarian Paulette Miller and her husband Mack Miller have generously pledged to match up to $2,000 in donations to help send writers to schools. This giving challenge will fund one additional writer visit to a school. You can double your impact by giving today.

One of our proudest achievements this October was reaching over 1,200 K-12 students by bringing in three authors to local schools talk about topics ranging from fantastic flora, to learning to draw manga, to a teen navigating life after an ICE raid. We worked with the schools to create meaningful, immersive activities to connect the featured books with their current school work. For many of these children and teens, it was their first time seeing an author speak in person. To continue to bring these fun, educational, and free programs to the schools, we need your help.

With cuts in government funding for the arts and the loss of 10% of our own budget, we have faced programming challenges. If we raise $2,000 by December 31st, we will be able to send another author into a local school again next year. A gift of any size helps make this program possible.

During this holiday season, we hope you will make a donation to Fall for the Book’s education outreach program today and help us bring more programs to local children.

Thank you! 

The Fall for the Book Team: Kara, Suzy, Kate, and Rowan

Benefits for Friends of the Festival

Friend: Donate $1-$74 and receive:
Supporter: Donate $75-$149 and receive all of the above, plus:
Patron: Donate $150-$299 and receive all of the above, plus:
Advocate: Donate $300-$499 and receive all of the above, plus:
Champion: Donate $500-$999 and receive all of the above, plus:
Leader: Donate $1,000 or more and receive all of the above, plus:
Become a recurring donor of $40 a month or more and receive:

Fall for the Book is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and donations are Tax Deductible after Market Value. Market Value of Listed Benefits: Patron –  $80, Advocate – $105, Champion – $185, Leader – $201, Recurring – $130. 

Or send your check payable to “Fall for the Book” to the address below: 

Fall for the Book
George Mason University, MS 3E4
4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030

For more information, contact us at 703-993-3986 or at friends@fallforthebook.org.

* For donations received by August 1, 2024

Thank you to our 2025 Friends of the Festival!

Leader

Robert & Lucy Beck

Kathleen & Jack Kehoe

Sally Merten

William Miller & Elisabeth Vermilye

Peter Stearns & Donna Kidd

Champion

Ken Budd

Jennifer Disano

Ron Gutkowski

Anne Lauer

Paulette Miller

Nancy & David Roodberg

Advocate

Ellis Glover

Suzanne Levy

Geoff Lewis

Phylis Salak

Gordon & Barb Scott

Patron

Anonymous

Jean Browne

Niki Davison

Patricia Duque-Lewis

Lori Eaton

Jennifer Francois

Debora Goldberg

Camille H.

Sally Lorentson

Bonnie Nelson in honor of her Ukrainian friends

Patricia Paterno

Catherine Read

Karen Reilly

Colleen Rich in honor of Denise Dixon Merrill

Debra Shutika

Brenda Young

Supporter

Anonymous

Mark Brutsche

Inez Dinwoodie

Janice Fitzgibbon

Christine Fow

Virginia Hoy

Mary Jo Kellgren

Friend

Anonymous

Julie Benson

Dianne Blais

Camelotchris

Kathy Deligianis in honor of George Deligianis

Ashley Evans

Nancy Fiedelman

Karla Haworth

Ginny Hoy

Kelly Loomis

Patrick Lusk

Alice Magelssen-Green

Michael McDonnell

Chris McGann

Suzy Murphy

Lee Ann Regan

Elizabeth Slucher

Stephanie Steele

Mollie Weinert

Thomas Wolf

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