I have not seen this on dailykos yet, so I am posting a brief diary.
Here are the basics from the Reading is Fundamental wesbsite.
You can help save RIF's funding.
Reading Is Fundamental was eliminated from the President's proposed FY2009 budget. Congress can save it.
Contact your congressional representatives and urge them to support RIF's $26 million funding appropriation.
Last year, 4.6 million at-risk children were able to choose and keep 16 million free books through RIF programs. Without this funding, these programs will cease.
This site makes it easy for you to contact your representatives in congress. I did some very quick arithmetic, and this $26 million is about two hours worth of Iraq war spending.